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Grandin Hall in Carmel is new community of 54 homes by the local builder Estridge Homes along 146th Street just west of Hazel Dell Road.  This charming community offers homes ranging from the high 500’s to just under one million dollars and is being offered by the custom branch of Estridge Homes.  Grandin Hall, while not a 100% custom experience, is about as close as you can get without going totally custom.  Estridge offers four unique floor plans and each of those floor plans has a choice of 5 very distinct elevations to choose from.  If you are considering a house, they will draw custom plans for you so that you can see what your home will look like once completed.  The home site is not included in the base price of the home and these can range from…

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While I am admittedly way outclassed in this competition, I thought it would be fun and a good learning experience to throw my tiny hat in the ring on this one.  I don’t really know if I can add any tips, but I hope to learn a good deal by going through this exercise. 

So without knowing what I am getting into or what to expect here is my bid for the greatest real estate agent in the world. 

For those people sitting on the sidelines for this greatest real estate agent contest, I would encourage you to get involved.  This is just for fun and to learn along the way.  I have no idea what I am doing, but what can it hurt?

Good luck everyone.

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Gray Eagle is a popular golf course community located in the exclusive Geist area of Fishers Indiana and provides residents with beautiful homes and a country club atmoshphere. Gray Eagle is a new master planned community that is still being developed; so buyers have a choice of new or existing in this neighborhood. Here is quick look at how Gray Eagle sales were last year:

  2006 2007 % Change Active N/A 32   … Read Full Post

The Village of West Clay in Carmel Indiana is an extremely unique, extremely diverse mixed use community that boasts a mind boggling diversity of architecture and is a masterpiece of community development. West Clay offers people looking for Carmel real esate anything from a quaint condo or villa, to an estate sized home worth well over $1,000,000. West Clay is still being developed and will be for the next few years so the sold data will not be 100% accurate; however the statistics are as follows:

 

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The Lakes at Hazel Dell in Carmel Indiana is a very sought after community because of its great value, great schools, great location, and quality of homes. Carmel real estate usually outpaces the rest of Indianapolis and Lakes at Hazel Dell is another quality community that helps Carmel real estate remain at the top of the pack. Let’s take a look at last year’s numbers:

 

  2006 2007 % Change Active N/A 2   Homes Sold 10 … Read Full Post

The Bridgewater Club in Carmel Indiana is one the area’s finest luxury golf course communities.  Masterfully planned, the development boasts an unbelievable array of amenities including a fitness center, a full service restaurant, a 25 meter pool and much much more. 
As you will see in the numbers, Bridgewater has a very wide assortment of homes ranging from villas to multi-million dollar estates on estate sized lots. It is important to keep in mind that the Bridgewater Club is still being developed and most of the builder’s number will not be in here:

 

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While the rest of Carmel real estate and Indianapolis as a whole have seen dramatic decreases in the number of homes sold, Bayhill real estate has seen an incredible 110% increase in the number of homes sold for 2007 versus 2006.  Here is a breakdown of what happened for 2006 and 2007 for Bayhill real estate:

 

 

  2006 2007 % Change Active N/A 2   Homes Sold 10 21 110% High Selling Price $775,000 $899,900 16% Low Selling Price … Read Full Post

 

It what could be a watershed moment for Zionsville and the new mixed use mega-project, Anson, Medco has selected Boone County and Anson for their newest and biggest facility in the nation.  Medco is the nation’s largest pharmaceutical mail order distribution company and they just announced plans to build a 318,000 square foot facility on the border of Zionsville that will employ 1,300 people by 2012 with an average salary of $53,000.  That is almost $70,000,000 a year that is going to be pumped into the economy over the next few years!

Undoubtedly, this is going to have a huge impact on Boone County, Zionsville real estate, and the Anson project for years to come.  Boone County overall has pretty resistant and slow to grow at the pace of some of its…

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