Eric Blackwell's Blog: Louisville Condominiums

One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to find more of our agents' listings that offer (in my opinion) true bang for the buck or are otherwise interesting to me and write about them. If you are looking for a condominium or patio home in Louisville, you may actually want to look outside of downtown Louisville. Crestwood Gardens is a new development of condos / patio homes in Crestwood Kentucky that offers an amazing alternative to downtown Louisville condo living and yet allows you to enjoy the carefree condo / patio home type of lifestyle that is more free from maintenance worries.

I am going to post the full listing of these condominiums in the "My Listings" section (another one of my new year's resolutions is to get a bunch of them listed here… Read Full Post

Why are condominiums and patio homes remaining strong in today's real estate market? In my opinion, it goes back to the basics of supply and demand. While home sales are strong in Louisville, the inventory levels keep rising...meaning that there is an inevitable reckoning coming where the two must meet up again.

So I started researching at our local board of REALTOR  for which segments of the market had the lowest inventory / sales ratios. Condominiums and patio homes in Louisville and particularly  in the  East  End of Louisville had the most demand and the least supply!

if you have a condo to sell, this still means marketing, but it is an encouraging thing to see these market levels more in balance than the rest of the market. Read Full Post

The greatest compliment for a condominium unit is that the REALTOR who is selling it actually lives there. That way they are not asking you to do something that they haven't. Joann Rankin feels that way about the Clifton Lofts condos.

She has been there from the start, lives there now and plans to be there for a long time to come. When you buy a condminium, you buying neighbors as well as a home! One way that Joann introduces prospective buyers to the other condo owners is to host parties on the rooftop garden! (BTW-This is another of my FAVORITE features of this place!

What intrigues me about the Clifton Lofts is their location. Frankfort Ave. is right in the heart of Louisville's urban scene and yet outside of the typical downtown or riverfront.…