Southern Indiana home buyers are entering a different market than they faced a year ago. July 2026 data from the Indiana Association of REALTORS® shows average daily inventory across the Southern Indiana REALTORS® Association market at 1,147 homes, up 25% … Read more
Author: Joyce Brewer
Need to Buy Before Your Current Home Sells? The Financing Risks Buyers Should Compare First
A job transfer, growing family, caregiving need, or firm moving deadline can make waiting for one home to sell before buying the next one unrealistic. But buying before selling home changes more than the order of two transactions: it can … Read more
More adults are moving in with their parents as the U.S. affordability crisis deepens
Nearly half of Americans under 30 now live with a parent, a shift that changes the usual story about when adulthood, renting, and homeownership are supposed to begin. For many adults living with parents, the arrangement is no longer … Read more
An Underwater Mortgage May Feel Manageable—Until You Need to Sell
A seriously underwater mortgage does not necessarily create an immediate crisis for a homeowner who can comfortably make the payment and plans to stay put. The problem becomes much more concrete when life requires a sale, because a home’s market … Read more
Renting Is Still Cheaper Than Buying—but the Gap Is Starting to Narrow
The rent vs buy 2026 calculation still gives renters a sizable monthly advantage in many major U.S. housing markets. The more interesting development is that the advantage is no longer widening everywhere, which means some renters should begin watching the … Read more
What Happens When a Home Appraisal Comes in Lower Than the Purchase Price?
A low home appraisal can turn an accepted offer into a financing problem just when a buyer thinks the hardest part is over. Buyer and seller may agree on a price, but a mortgage lender still needs its own view … Read more
Buying a House With a Friend or Family Member? Decide These Things Before Closing
Co-buying a home can turn two incomes, two savings accounts, and one shared goal into a workable path to ownership. But affordability is only the opening question. Before friends, siblings, parents, adult children, or other relatives close on a house … Read more
Buying Near a Data Center? The House Isn’t the Only Thing to Inspect
Homes near data centers are becoming a more common home-search question as large computing facilities spread beyond established technology corridors. The useful question is not whether a data center is automatically “good” or “bad” for a house; it is whether … Read more
Do You Need a Property Survey Before Buying a House?
A property survey before buying can reveal something a showing, inspection, and listing description may never settle: whether the land you think comes with the house actually matches the legal parcel. A fence can be in the wrong place, a … Read more
Remodeling Spending Is Concentrated in Three States—Homeowners Should Plan Projects Around Local Contractor Demand
Home remodeling costs 2026 are being shaped by a market that remains active even as spending growth cools in parts of the country. For homeowners, that creates a practical problem: a busy contractor calendar can make a fast decision feel … Read more