Indianapolis Real Estate News And Information From HomeToIndy.com

 Although it's been almost four years since I took these pictures, this home is still as beautiful today and one of my favorites.

Tonight I am meeting some friends for dinner at Amici’s in the Lockerbie Square area of downtown. While waiting for eveyone to arrive for dinner, I couldn't resist the temptation to walk down the street and take some pictures. I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a great photographer. I just like to take pictures and sometimes I surprise myself. So, I persist......

Walking down a street of remodeled homes from the 1800 and 1900's for me, is like letting a child loose in a candy...

In 1864, the first park in Indianapolis opened after Governor Oliver P. Morton donated the land now known as Military Park for use as a recreational area. Today, Indianapolis is home to some of the nation’s finest parks and greenways. More than 100 years ago, forward-thinking officials hired George E. Kessler, a city and park planning expert and landscape architect from St. Louis, to design the Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System.

Mr. Kessler studied botany, forestry, landscape design and civil engineering in his native Germany, and then returned to the United States in 1892 to pursue his livelihood. Mr. Kessler’s impressive career spanned 40 years, where his work and legacy spread through 100 cities across 23 states, Mexico and China. He worked on more...

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, an Indianapolis landmark, is located in the center of the circle in Downtown Indianapolis.

The monument was commissioned in 1888, and was erected to to honor Indiana’s Civil War veterans. Made from Indiana limestone, the monument was completed in 1901 at a cost of $600,000.

At the time the monument was constructed, the primary mode of transportation was the rail raod. The train station lies to the south of the city of Indianapolis, so the Statue faces the train station, watching and waiting to welcome home returning soldiers.

It’s sword represents victory

It’s torch represents the...

Pending Homes Sales provide us with up to the minute statistics of what is happening in the market right now. Pending home sales help determine the rate of activity in the home sales market and represent the current expected sales for the next month.

Since contracts on homes do not always close, the sold home data is not the same as pending sales.

Lets look at the current market statistics for pending home sales:

Avon - There are currently 445 homes for sale in Avon Indiana, with prices from $54,000 - $1,149,000. There are currently 113 pending sales in Avon, priced from $42,400 - $489,000.

Brownsburg - Currently there are 361 homes for sale in Brownsburg, from $44,900 - $1,300,000 and 75 pending sales ranging in price from $49,500 - $400,000.