Indianapolis real estate is still hurting, according to number recently released in an article by Lisa Bernard-Kuhn of the Cincinnati Enquirer on November 10, 2009.  In a report of several markets in the Midwestern United States, the article claims that Indianapolis saw an increase in median home price of two percent, rising to $120,200.  This median price is much lower than that of the surrounding region, though.  The median existing single-family home price in the Midwest was down 5.5% to $150,200 in the third quarter from the same period in 2008.

However, “distressed sales – foreclosures and short sales – accounted for 30 percent of transactions in the third quarter, which continued to weigh down median home prices because they sell at a discount relative to traditional homes.”  Many experts believe “that foreclosures will continue to come on the market, but rising sales from the expanded home buyer’s tax credit should stabilize home prices by next spring.”  This comes as good news for people hopeful to sell their properties and real estate in Indianapolis within the next year or so.

RTV6 reported on November 10, 2009 that home sales surged in October over 20 percent and were expected to continue to rise.  Indianapolis homes for sale have seen similar results and have been fortunate enough to experience some of the same good news.  The report said that “increased demand and less inventory brought more consumer confidence to the market.”  In fact, “home sales are also expected to get a boost from the renewal of the federal first-time home buyer’s tax credit, extended through April of 2010.”  On the whole new home sales have faired pretty well in Indianapolis.  Unlike in the west and south where new home sales have dropped off to almost nothing, Indianapolis and the rest of Indiana has only seen numbers drop between six and thirteen percent, according to the Tristate News on October 29, 2009.