Cyndi Sloop's Community Scoop

When a prospective borrower fills out a 1003, their credit gets pulled. When this happens it creates a mortgage credit inquiry event to be flagged on the borrower's credit record.  Now what happens from there has some troubling aspects. First of all, the lender who is initially seeking your busin...

When a renter signs a lease with an option to purchase a property for a specific price within a certain time frame, that is called a lease option. In most lease-option situations, a portion of the rent is applied to a future down payment. Lease options are most popular among buyers who don't have...

Today the regional director of HSA Home Warranty for our area spoke at our Tuesday meeting regarding HSA Home Warranties as well as home warranties in general.Probably one of the most misunderstood areas of this warranty is what is covered and what is not.  First of all, a home warranty covers th...

Dear Active Rain Members: You are cordially invited to join the new Blog Group called Gadgets, Tools & Extras that has recently formed due to the new GROUP addition on the Active Rain Site. My hope is that each menber will share websites or tools they've found or used and any general information ...

Lately we've heard several different prospectives on the real estate market.  Some news articles say we are in a housing bubble.  Others report about the down market, more talk about this being a buyer's market.  We hear about foreclosures and the list goes on and on.  So what is the truth?Some o...

Did you know that before there was an official day for Thanksgiving that many ancient farmers would hold Autumn Harvest festivals and celebrations?  You can look back in history and find different cultures such as the Greeks, the Romans, the Hebrews and even the Egyptians had these festivals for ...

11/21/06-Currently there are 21,274 Active Listing on the Indianapolis Area MLS.Since the beginning of November and up until yesterday 1,219 properties have had closings.  Since the beginning of this month 2,570 homes have listed with a realtor/brokerage.  The average days on the market for the I...

In Central Indiana, our current market is healthy and stable at this time.  We see and hear a lot from the Media that "The Housing Bubble has Burst!"  Here are some facts about our market:    Local sales through August, 2006 are actually up .5% from record 2005 level.Local prices did not rise dra...

These are the active listing for Geist Valley Estates Subdivision as of 11/20/06.  If you are looking for a subdivision that does not have a Home Owner's Association you might want to visit this subdiivision.Residential/CondoResML ##ICodeTypeAddressAreaBdBath F/HSchoolLegalGarageFPLevelBasSq.Ft M...

Just a mile south of Pendleton Pike in Lawrence Township is a newer CP Morgan community called Carroll Crossing.Located at 62nd street and  At present, there's 25 lots left for building upon before CP Morgan completes the community and closes it out.  The ammenities that are apart of Carrol Cross...