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Baker & Daniels' Real Estate practice climbs in Midwest rankings
2008-07-10 16:18:00
INDIANAPOLIS -- Baker& Daniels LLP has once again been named to the Midwest Estate">Real Estate News annual list of top real estate law firms, announced in the magazine's May issue. The firm climbed six spots from last year to become the highest ranked Indiana law firm at No. 21.Baker & Daniels' real estate team completed more than 160 transactions in 2007, with 46 deals worth $15 million or more. The Midwest Real Estate News rankings recognized real estate deals completed throughout the Midwest from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 in 2007. ...
 
Property tax relief is no sure thing
2008-06-25 17:56:00
First, to clear up the confusion: Last July, Daniels froze tax bills in Marion County at 2006 levels and ordered a new reassessment because of evidence that business property had been undervalued, creating a higher-than-expected burden on homeowners. Residents in some neighborhoods were facing tax hikes of 50 to 300 percent and a rebellion was in full swing.The revolt helped underdog Greg Ballard beat incumbent Democratic Mayor Bart Peterson last fall. And the freeze convinced many taxpayers -- rightly or wrongly -- that their 2007 taxes wouldn't go up much over 2006. So when they received their new assessments and catch-up bills this month, many were stunned to see increases only slightly lower or in some cases higher than the original bills sent out la ...
 
Work starting on new hotel complex in Indianapolis
2008-05-27 15:52:00
A new hotel complex is expected to bring hundreds of new rooms to downtown Indianapolis in time for the 2012 Super Bowl.White Lodging and REI Real Estate Services are breaking ground Thursday on the $425 million JW Marriott Indianapolis complex on a seven-acre site overlooking White River State Park.The complex will include three hotels, including a 34-story JW Marriott Tower with more than 1,000 rooms. ...
 
RE/MAX partnership creates largest office
2008-04-18 11:32:00
The RE/MAX name is a legend in the real estate industry and is one of the most recognizable brand names and logos in the world. Today RE/MAX of Indiana is pleased to announce that the legendary RE/MAX name continues to grow as RE/MAX Real Estate Groups is partnering with another Indianapolis north side real estate office, RE/MAX Legends, to form RE/MAX Legends Group, the largest RE/MAX office in Indiana.The partnership brings together more than 80 RE/MAX agents to provide real estate services to Indianapolis and surrounding areas. In 2007, award-winning and experienced agents with RE/MAX Real Estate Groups and RE/MAX Legends had more than 1,800 closed transactions and more than $300 million in sales combined. ...
 
Property tax relief proves elusive for many
2008-04-05 18:01:00
Manolis is not alone: Nearly 30,000 homeowners in Marion County are likely to receive revised bills higher than their original 2007 bills because of the reassessment, according to an analysis by The Indianapolis Star.More than 20,000 of those who will end up paying more are in Center Township, where The Star found seven census tracts in which bills are likely to increase for 75 percent or more of the homeowners. Across the township, bills are expected to increase on four of every 10 homes. ...
 
Finding Good Real Estate Deals in Fishers, Indianapolis
2008-03-26 06:36:00
Many people are choosing to call Fishers or Carmel home and investing in property there. Both are located close to Indianapolis and have all the required institutions such as quality schools, hospitals, churches, and government services. There are a number of commercial and shopping centers and other places for recreational activity. Property prices in these two cities have seen a steady growth in the last twenty years. Prospective homeowners can find their dream homes in all sizes and price ranges when looking for Fishers real estate or Carmel real estate. ...
 
February home and condominium sales in Central Indiana rose 1 percent
2008-03-18 16:09:00
F.C. Tucker Co. said that overall in the nine-county region, sales of 2,132 homes were pending in February, compared to 2,113 in February 2007. Tucker said in a news release that could indicate that the local housing market is starting to rebound.Along with an increase in total February sales, five of the nine counties in the Indianapolis area posted an increase: Hancock County reported 25 more homes pending, a 46.3 percent increase. Sales in Shelby County jumped 21.9 percent, Morgan County increased 19.6 percent, and Marion County improved 1.5 percent.The average sales price is down 4.1 percent between Februarys, decreasing from $143,174 to $137,363. Homes stayed on the market an average of 108 days, an increase from 92 d ...
 
City to develop own plan to revive neighborhoods
2008-03-11 11:10:00
The plan will be broader than a proposed Indianapolis Housing Agency initiative to shore up neighborhoods marred by abandoned houses, said Olgen Williams, deputy mayor for neighborhoods, but it could include the initiative as an element of its plan.It would be the first neighborhood turnaround plan launched by Ballard, who took office in January at a time when the city's tax base had been eroded by one of the nation's highest home foreclosure rates."What can we do with all those abandoned homes?" Williams said in an interview. "It may be one of the top three issues in the city when it comes to our communities."Under the housing agency's proposal, the city would buy repossessed houses from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the hard-hit z ...
 
Indiana housing market on slippery slope
2008-03-03 16:35:00
"Because there are fewer qualified buyers and a huge supply of homes, sellers are getting beaten up," Scott said. "They are having to reduce their asking price and sometimes even paying closing costs."Ken Blackwell, owner of Blackwell Construction in Bloomington, blames the slowdown on the national credit crunch coupled with a glut of single-family homes on the market."When things are going well, everyone becomes a developer and builder, flooding the market with too much inventory," he said. "Today, you can drive around Bloomington and see subdivisions no one has even heard of." ...
 
Brad King has joined Indianapolis-based Resource Commercial Real Estate
2008-02-25 05:30:00
INDIANAPOLIS - Resource Commercial Estate">Real Estate has hired Brad King as an Advisor in its Industrial Services group. King will work closely with current Resource industrial specialists, Blair Kiel and Jon Shuel.King has more than 15 years of experience in project management, planning and zoning, economic development, and regulatory assistance. He will use his expertise to provide tenant representation, owner representation, incentive procurement, and zoning compliance assistance. ...
 
Ex-broker convicted in loan fraud case
2008-02-20 03:54:00
Jason Keigley, 35, was arrested last year after a lengthy investigation involving the Indiana secretary of state's office. Keigley, then-owner of 1st Place Mortgage in Indianapolis, used a complicated mortgage scheme to raise money for investments."This is definitely an example of a white-collar crime," Hendricks County Prosecutor Patricia Baldwin said after Keigley's trial in Hendricks Superior Court. "It involved at least one victim losing everything he had worked for all his life." ...
 
City still trying to sell 3 penthouse condos
2008-02-16 12:06:00
The Carmel Arts Residences, which range from $665,000 to $795,000, occupy the top two floors of the four-story, $4.1 million Lurie Building in the city's Arts & Design District.Evan Lurie, a former Hollywood stuntman and actor who co-owns a Miami gallery, owns an art gallery on the first floor of the building. ...
 
Real estate and economic development veteran Brad King has joined Indianapolis-based Resource Commercial
2008-02-11 16:57:00
INDIANAPOLIS - Resource Commercial Estate">Real Estate has hired Brad King as an Advisor in its Industrial Services group. King will work closely with current Resource industrial specialists, Blair Kiel and Jon Shuel.King has more than 15 years of experience in project management, planning and zoning, economic development, and regulatory assistance. He will use his expertise to provide tenant representation, owner representation, incentive procurement, and zoning compliance assistance. ...
 
Indianapolis commercial real estate
2008-02-05 17:02:00
Business experts insist the slowdown in the Estate">real estate market is not a signal that doom, gloom and mass layoffs are ahead for the metro area."It's pretty obvious looking at the data a recession is going to be here," said Matt Will, finance professor at the University of Indianapolis. "But I don't think Indiana will experience the same recession as the rest of the country does. In fact, Indiana may not have a recession. Right now, our economy is coming up." ...
 
Simon Property 4Q Results Increase
2008-02-02 03:19:00
INDIANAPOLIS — Mall real estate investment trust Simon Property Group Inc. on Friday said its fourth-quarter and full-year results beat Wall Street's estimates but offered 2008 guidance that fell below expectations.Funds from operations, or FFO, rose 13 percent to $507.7 million, or $1.76 per share, in the fourth quarter from $450.4 million, or $1.57 per share, in the year-ago period. ...
 
Building Downtown
2008-01-28 00:30:00
Many of the failed 1980s projects could never be revived, but former developer J. Scott Keller says his plan for the grandly named Crystal Palace, consisting of 65 glass-sided condominiums atop a parking garage, could fly today."I think it makes more sense now than it did then," says Keller, an Indianapolis appraiser who got out of the development business in 1989 when the real estate market was hit by a credit crunch. ...
 
New Custom MLS Search for Indianapolis Real Estate
2008-01-22 15:10:00
Rebate Estate">Real Estate in Indianapolis Indiana will soon be offering people who are looking for Indianapolis real estate a brand new way to search the local MLS. Rebate Real Estate is upgrading the search function of it’s website to include a custom IDX (internet data exchange) solution aimed at improving and simplifying the home search process.The upgraded IDX will include features such as: map search with Google maps, saved searched, and email notifications, ...
 
Indianapolis real estate to hold steady in ’08,
2008-01-21 09:39:00
Estate">Real estate giant Colliers Turley Martin Tucker expects a 2008 slowdown in new office and industrial construction in Indianapolis as market demand catches up to a rapidly expanding supply. Retail construction likely will continue its quick pace, buoyed by the addition of mega-fitness chains and the local expansion of Dunkin Donuts. But tightening credit markets will continue to limit the number of projects that can find financing. ...
 
 
 
 
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