The amount of homes for sale in Fishers remains fairly constant at around 750; currently there are 773 homes for sale. This blog post is to talk about the sales in September and also look at the full month by month report for 2009 for Fishers Real Estate.
For September, there were 129 homes that sold compared with 172 in September of 2008. This is a 25% decline.
The most popular neighborhoods were Sunblest, South Avalon, and Sandstone. Of the 129 homes that sold 49 of them or 38% were in the $150,000 to $250,000 price point with only 15 homes over $350,000.
The average price per square foot was $93 and the average days on market were 71. (The Marchant Team days on market for 2009 is averaging only 59!)
The most expensive home that sold in Fishers was $2,625,000 in Breakwater with over 14,000 square feet and on 3 acres! The most inexpensive home was for $65,000 near 113th and Florida road with only 1,152 square feet.
The last two months (July and August) we have thrown out the possibility that we have "borrowed" buyers in the earlier months of the year. I think September continues to show that trend.
The other possibility is that in September of last year, the zero % financing ended so many buyers quickly purchased before that funding was sunset in the July-September timeframe.
Next month should be an interesting bar on our graph to substantiate one of these hypothesis. 
Another trend we are watching is the distressed property numbers. This month there were 21 of the 129 or 16% that were distressed.
Last year for the month there were only 9 or 5%. I have six closings this month and 4 of them are with a distressed property.
Remember if you are needing to sell your home and think you may be upside down or you are looking to buy a distressed property, this Fishers Realtor is very educated and savvy on those types of sales.
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There are some great Halloween events planned for Carmel residents! While October is a great month to purchase one of the 826 homes for sale in Carmel Indiana, it is also a great month to get out and enjoy our Indiana cool weather.
The Carmel Clay Parks has many events! If you have kids that like to color, they can pick up a coloring sheet at the Monon Center or at the website and submit it by October 23rd to be entered to win a prize. The artwor
k will be judged in age groups of 0-2; 3-5; 6-8 and 9-12 years old.
The Pumpkinfest will be on Saturday, October 24th from 12-4 and is FREE. You can purchase a pumpkin, enjoy a hayride and create a scarecrow!
There will be pumpkin decorating on October 17th from 2-3; pumpkins are $10.00 each.
There is a Pumpkin Patch Festival from 10-1 at the Clarian North facility at 11700 N Meridian. There will a bounce house, petting zoo, face painting, clowns and balloons for the kids. Costumes are encouraged!
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Headless Horseman at Conner Prairie is a favorite for all!
A visit to Tuttles Apple Orchard to pick apples or take a hayride.
The 37th annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival in Noblesville is a great choice and available during October.
The Indianapolis Zoo is hosting Halloween ZooBoo during the weekends in October.
The largest Haunted House is at Hanna's Haunted Acres!
If trick or treating is all you want to do this Halloween, residents in Carmel will be trick or treating on Saturday, October 31st from 5 -8 p.m.
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It's October and time to give you my Top Halloween Spot pics! From the hundreds of clicks on my Easter Egg Hunt post, I know many of you follow the blog to find out what's happening in and around the Fishers area as well as staying up to date on the Fishers Real Estate market. Just as an update, today there are 782 homes for sale in Fishers!
I think the Children's Museum is one of the best places to take your kids anytime of year! But at Halloween, they have the Tomb of Doom. From October 16th through the 31st, kids can wear their costumes and explore the Egyptian labyrinth of fun including the Desert of Despair, Vile Nile and Pyramid of Peril as they search for the Lost Mummy! There is a lights on version during the day for this event also.
The Indianapolis Zoo has their Halloween ZooBoo every weekend starting the 16th - Oct 30th. The zoo stays open late with the animals on exhibit. There is a hay maze, monster music, pumpkin bowling, a haunted train ride and trick or treat stations.
Something fun to do any time this fall is a visit to Tuttles Orchard where you can go on a hayride, weave your way through the four acre family friendly corn maze or pick your pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. You can also pick over 22 varieties of apples!
One of the most popular events for Fisher Home Owners is the Headless Horseman at Conner Prairie. The cost is $9 or $13 depending on the day of the week you go. There is storytelling, crafts, live music, and a nightly staging of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" complete with hayride.
There are so many other great Halloween events including:
The 37th annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival in Noblesville is a great choice and available during October.
The largest Haunted House is at Hanna's Haunted Acres!
There is a Pumpkin Patch Festival from 10-1 at the Clarian North facility at 11700 N Meridian. There will a bounce house, petting zoo, face painting, clowns and balloons for the kids. Costumes are encouraged!
So, have a great October enjoying the events, have some warm cider, pumpkin bread and please continue to come back and read about Fishers Real Estate, Events and Happenings!
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With nearly 800 homes for sale in Fishers, it is important to have a Realtor® who understands the Fishers Real Estate market, knows how to set your home apart from others and communicates with you. Every so often I receive a call from someone who has their home listed with another real estate agent and they find me from this blog and ask me to list their Fishers home. The number one reason they switch from their current real estate agent is communication.
There are a variety of reasons to list you home with this Fishers Realtor that include:
As part of my normal communication, I create a Seller's Report that sh
ows activity, competition, marketing and recommendations.
It gives the seller a snapshot of the activity and important aspects of selling their home in a timely fashion.
I usually like to do this report at least once a month.
Do I sometimes recommend price reductions, absolutely. Typically I ask for them after 11 showings or 21 days, whichever comes first. But, if they see what I am doing in terms of marketing, I think they understand my requests.
One of the latest recommendations I am making is holding an open house during the week, maybe a Thursday night with snacks! I attend conferences and educational seminars to get different ideas that help sell my client's homes. This is one of those ideas.
When you list your Fishers home for sale, you hope it isn't with a Realtor that just puts a sign in the yard, drops it in MIBOR with a picture or two and prays it sells. You want someone who spends time with you and understands why you bought the home and why you are motivated to sell it. You want someone who will give you suggestions on what to do to increase the price or decrease the time on the market. You want someone who gives you professionals to help "sell" your home like stagers and photographers and sometimes painters and handymen. But you aslo want someone who will communicate with you too. Read my references, call me and let's get your Fishers home sold!
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There are currently 731 homes for resale in Fishers that were built before 1/1/09 and another 53 on the market that were built after 1/1/09.
Of the 53 new homes in Fishers for sale, 12 are condo's and 41 are homes. The majority of the new construction in Fishers are Ryland, Pulte/Centex and Estridge with a few MI, Drees, Beazer and Custom Builders. The average price per square foot of these homes that are at least 3 bedrooms and are residential versus condo is $141.00. A custom build is usually well over $150.00 a square foot.
I have spent the last couple of weeks working with various buyers that want new construction in the Fishers or Carmel area. You might wonder why would you use a Fishers Realtor® if you are building new construction here.
Most builders have employed integrity pricing, meaning they are doing very little negotiations. This is important to you because you want to know that what you paid for your home is close to what the neighbor paid for his. You don't want the Builder to have discounted it for whatever reason; it will just bring the value of your home down. That being said, there was a buyer that I represented and was able to negotiate 6% off his purchase price by providing comparables; so sometimes we can do that for our clients.
But you do want a Fishers Real Estate agent to represent you for the following reasons:
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Hi, I'm Cindy Marchant and I have been a highly successful real estate professional in the Indianapolis market since 2001. After reading The Purpose Drive Life book, I felt a calling to work more with people so I left a career with a local hospital as their Controller and pursued a career in real estate. My personal goal is to give you the best experience with your real estate transaction. I hope to simplify the process of buying and selling real estate, and to exceed your expectations while making the process enjoyable to you. My extensive experience and proven track record are factors you can count on when working with me. Be sure to visit our blog to see how we work with buyers and sellers. I use the latest technology to understand the current market and to make the connections necessary for our sellers. I work with several relocations company's and also work with the Perfect Wedding Guide so I have lots of buyers for your listings too! Please enjoy my website. It is just one of the successful tools I use to assist my clients in marketing their real estate.
I live in Lawrence Township and work in Lawrence, Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville and Zionsville. Our offices for Keller Williams are located in Fishers, so I have become quite the resident expert in Fishers Real Estate. I also worked on the west side for many years and also work Avon, Brownsburg and Plainfield too. I review market statistics for these areas on a weekly basis, and actually enjoy it. I guess being an accountant is a hard habit to break!
I have first time buyer classes each month to help first time buyers understand the somewhat daunting process. We have a realtor, a lender, a home inspector and a home decorator spend time with the class. I also work with move up buyers; this brings its own set of fears and trials for those folks. I had about seven of these types of transactions last year and almost all of them were able to close on their new house and the house they were selling in the same day. This requires a lot of negotiating on my part which I am totally comfortable with from my previous career. Finally, I work with buyers wanting to downsize, I completely understand this phase of life! :-)
I work with sellers as well, using a 35 point process to sell their home. I do not use a cookie cutter method in selling; I market the home specifically as it best relates to that house. For example, if the home is in Broad Ripple, I will advertise in NUVO, if it is an expensive home, it may be advertised in the IBJ or Indiana Medical Society Bulletin. I have links for each listing, for example if you are in Carmel I will link to Central Park; if you are in Fishers, I will link to Money Magazine where Fishers was named the 24th best place to live in the country. I use a stager, schedule a virtual tour (including the diagram of the floorplan), utilize professional photography among other creative ways to get the home sold quickly for top dollar.
I enjoy all of the clients I meet and work with so much that we have several client appreciation events. I invite my clients to a ball game, a wine tasting party, a hayride among other fun events. They receive a pie at Thanksgiving from me. My clients have entrusted one of the most important decisions in their lives to me and I want them to know how much I appreciate that trust.
1) We recently relocated to Kingwood, Texas, from Fishers, Indiana, and Cindy was recommended to us by a mutual friend from East 91st St. Christian Church. We interviewed several potential realtors, and when we interviewed Cindy, we knew we'd found the realtor we wanted. From the beginning, Cindy was professional and courteous, but also warm and friendly. Instead of first walking around our house, she took the time to get to know us, and to ask us about our needs. We were impressed not only with her background and extensive knowledge of real estate, her sales record, and her resourcefulness, but with her unassuming nature, and her desire to serve our family's needs. We quickly arrived at a fair sale price, and Cindy prepared an attractive, informative, and very well-constructed booklet to leave for potential buyers. We felt our home was given maximum exposure, and sold more quickly than we had anticipated. Cindy provided us with outstanding service and personal attention, as well as negotiated and advocated on our behalf. From the outset, we developed a mutually respectful relationship with Cindy, and we feel she truly went the extra mile with us.--- and she enjoyed it! She really made the whole home-selling process a lot easier and more comfortable. We were also impressed with Cindy's generous nature, in donating a portion of her commission to the charity of her clients' choice. With all the anxiety and work which accompanies selling a home, it was such a relief and a great feeling to be completely comfortable with our choice of realtor. I would not hesitate to whole-heartedly recommend Cindy as a realtor; she is truly an outstanding woman, who is devoted to her clients, as well as to the community. Submitted by Rennie and Megan
2) We would like to express our appreciation to you for the quick sale of our home. From the moment we met and learned of your team approach, we felt confident that our decision to list our home with you was the right one. Two weeks and nine showings later the house was sold. Several things contributed to this success: the listing price we selected based on your research; your home improvement suggestions for making our house more appealing, and your networking capability. We especially appreciated how you worked around our schedules to make showing appointments least disruptive to our family.We are now settled in our new home in South Carolina. The move was made much easier because of the closing date on our Indy home that you helped us negotiate - one move at our convenience! Thank you so much for your professionalism. It was a pleasure working with you and we are thankful that our paths crossed. Submitted by Tim and Cindy
3) If you are considering a realtor in the Indianapolis, Lawrence, Fishers area, then look no further than Cindy Marchant.My wife and I spent nearly a year and a half looking for homes. We went to open house after open house. One Sunday afternoon, we went to an open house Cindy was hosting. After talking to her, we knew immediately she was the realtor for us. Her knowledge of the area, the market, and of the business was head and shoulders above the other realtors we had talked with.When we decided to sell, we contacted Cindy. She came over and did an analysis of our home. She suggested some things we should take care of, and we did. The result? Our home sold in one week in a less than advantageous market for home sellers. Also, our home sold for 98% of our asking price. We were extremely satisfied with Cindy and, if needed, would use her services again in a heartbeat. Submitted by Jeff and Becky
I am writing this letter to sing the praises of Cindy Marchant with Keller Williams. Cindy is truly a full-service broker and made my house selling and buying experience very enjoyable even in today's challenging market. Cindyhad a stager to come to my home and make it more appealing to potential buyers. In addition, she created wonderful brochures for people to take with them after they walked through my house and had a videographer come in to film my home which made it come alive to people searching the web for new homes. Everything worked well because I sold my house in less than two months for a greater amount than I would have even asked had it not been for Cindy's guidance. Cindy cares about her clients. She went above and beyond what I expected from a broker. Cindy pays attention to all of the details, big and small and made me feel like I was her most important client. My guess is that all of her clients feel this way. I do not hesitate to recommend Cindy to family and friends in need of a real estate broker. Submitted by Karen
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