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Open House Promotion a Big Hit

by Jim Newell on May 21, 2013

At Carpenter Realtors, I've learned that this is a company that believes in the value of open house. The value is in working hard for your sellers, in exposing that home for sale to the greatest number of buyers, and in personally meeting those buyers and possibly, future sellers. Do that math - more... Read More »

Real Estate Search App Far Exceed Expectations

by Jim Newell on April 30, 2013

And they say word of mouth moves slowly. Typically, I'm not at a loss to evaluate "Why" something happens. Unless that something is fairly beyond my expectations. So here I am, wondering what to make of the traffic we've already generated for Carpenter Realtors ' two-month-old apps. A littl... Read More »

Indiana Housing Market Recovery Builds Momentum

by David Caveness on April 25, 2013

The central Indiana housing market continued to build momentum through the first quarter of 2013. The first quarter saw double-digit increases in housing units pended and closed as well as strong growth in the average sales prices of closed units. Despite the impact of the uncertainty of the “fiscal ... Read More »

New home search apps are a big success

by Jim Newell on March 28, 2013

I need to say this. I'm pleased. Extremely pleased. I'm not often pleased and more so not often extremely pleased. But the launch of the new Carpenter home search apps (app.callcarpenter.com) has given us reason to be extremely pleased. To date, we've had over 2,500 unique installs of our new Andro... Read More »

Indianapolis’ first homes for sale app introduced at Carpenter’s Rally

by Jim Newell on February 4, 2013

It was quite a sight. 500 Carpenter agents entering the ballroom of the Wyndham West Hotel to learn what's in store for 2013. Vendors tell us it's a sight to them, too. Overall, they agree that no broker has this type of turnout at their sales and awards rally. Mostly, we believe the non-attendees are... Read More »

Career Opportunity – Corporate Referral Manager

by Ryan Carrell on January 31, 2013

Carpenter Realtors’ Client Service Center, located at its North Meridian office, has an opportunity for an energetic, tech savvy, customer-focused professional to join its team.  The Corporate Referral Manager is the primary liaison between Carpenter agents, corporations, and our relocation management com... Read More »

Indiana Housing Recovery is Underway

by David Caveness on January 29, 2013

Our latest edition of Carpenter Reports, a review of quarterly housing activity, has just been released. In it, we see that the central Indiana housing market is in full recovery mode. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw near record unit sales in housing and that momentum is building steam. Despite ... Read More »

Carpenter’s 2013 Sales Rally

by Jim Newell on January 11, 2013

At Carpenter Realtors®, we’ve just announced the date and time for our annual Sales Rally. The Rally is set for Wednesday January 30th at the Indianapolis Wyndham West Hotel and Conference Center. This year’s rally is titled, “The Opportunity is NOW,” reflecting the steadily-improving Indi... Read More »

Being an IT guy and a bit of a techie I like to be on the bleeding edge of technology.  So when Windows 8 came out I bought it the first day it was released.  I will say that I had read a lot of negative reviews on it and had held off on trying the beta because of that.  However, I knew Microsoft was ... Read More »