Behind the Sale: 10121 Pemburry Drive in Northbrook Shores, Granger, Indiana

10121 Pemburry Drive is a well-built, custom home in Granger’s Northbrook Shores neighborhood. It sold last week, closing for $402,500. It last sold in May 2005 for $410,000. This time around it was listed for $499,000 in June 2008, reduced to $479,900 in August, then further reduced to $459,900 in September. It finally sold for […]

Price Jumps, Price Drops and All 84 New Listings

There are 84 ‘new’ properties for sale in the South Bend mls this week. That includes a few that switched Realtors or companies, but generally covers the homes for sale this week that weren’t last week. Here are six of the most notable in terms of price change since their last sale. Price Drops 56150 Butternut […]

South Bend Property Taxes

If you’re buying a property in South Bend before the end of the year (or anytime), it’s well worth paying attention to the property taxes. One house listed for sale today had a property tax bill of $25,364. Another is listed for $17,500 and had a recent property tax bill of $2,067 – an effective […]

Notre Dame Condo Building Boom Covered in the South Bend Tribune

South Bend’s local newspaper, The South Bend Tribune, carried an article that provides an overview of the new condo developments near the University of Notre Dame. Reporters Marti Goodland Helline and Margaret Fosmoe ask the right questions about the continued construction in the face of slacking demand, unfortunately the newspaper format didn’t allow them time […]

South Bend Real Estate Report: October 2008

As of November 1st, there are 2,657 residential properties for sale in the local mls. 509 homes that were for sale expired this month, but most were listed again for sale. In October, there were 250 sales for $29,059,500. That’s down a bit from September’s 274 sales. The most expensive sale price was $525,000, on […]