Lexington KY Real Estate Source

Welcome to my Lexington KY real estate website and thank you for visiting. My name is Sharon Roark with Keller Williams Bluegrass and I would be happy to help you with either finding a new home or selling your existing home in the Lexington, Kentucky area.

The Lexington KY Real Estate Source will help you get to know the beautiful, culturally rich, vibrant southern town called Lexington. I have put together valuable information on Lexington, Kentucky and the surrounding areas of Georgetown, Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Nicholasville, Paris and Versailles. My site is updated daily with all the homes for sale in the Lexington area MLS, providing an easy search for your next home, vacation property or investment property. The state-of-the-art MLS search tool allows you to save properties or save searches to return to later, making it especially easy for you to fit your home search into your busy lifestyle.

Lexington, Kentucky was recently named the 5th top "hotspot" in the nation by Forbes Magazine based on the cost of doing business, cost of living, educational attainment, crime rate, job growth and income growth. Look around my website and contact me with any questions you may have about buying or selling real estate in Lexington, Kentucky.

This website is updated daily with Lexington KY Real Estate Listings from the Lexington KY MLS.

Sharon's Lexington KY Real Estate Blog

Biggest Mistakes People Make When Buying a Home

Are you looking at homes for sale in Lexington, KY and want to make sure you get the best fit for you and your family? Well, there are certain very common mistakes buyers -- even experienced buyers -- make when it comes to buying a home. The fo...

Low-cost Improvements for Sellers That Pay off Big Time

Have you been wondering what home updates to make to make your home in Lexington, KY easier to sell? Well, certain features are more beneficial in specific regions of the country (pools, for example, are real selling points in the hottest regions of ...

Mortgage Credit Certificates Boost 1st Time Buyers Ability to Buy a Home

If you're a 1st-time buyer and you've been looking at buying a home in the Lexington, KY area, you may already be familiar with the $8,000 1st-time buyer tax credit from Uncle Sam. What you may not have heard about, however, is another program that c...

Real Estate Scam Hits Lexington KY Real Estate Market

A national real estate rental scam is now affecting the Lexington KY real estate market. The scam originates on Craigslist.org, a popular online classified ad site that allows people to post items for sale or rent free of charge. The scam recently a...

Building Permits up 40% in Lexington KY for Single-Family Homes

After two years of doom and gloom in the Lexington, KY housing market, recent evens in Lexington have officials hopeful that the housing market will soon begin its turn-around. Mayor Jim Newberry, for example, pitched a city budget last week that pro...

Top 5 Things to Look for in a Home

Starting your home search and wondering what to look for? Well, obviously, you want a home that is (or has the potential to be) attractive, but beauty, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. Beyond appearance, though, what should you look for? Giv...

Newly Listed Ranch for Sale in South Lexington

Meticulously maintained brick ranch on quiet, tree-lined street offered for sale. 3br, 2ba plus finished basement (basement currently used as 4th bedroom and home office, but would be a great family room as well!) Tons of updates! Since 2007, home ...

2009 Color Trends in Lexington KY Homes

Has the long, cold winter left you staring at the tired, boring walls of your Lexington KY home? Well, one of the easiest and most economical ways to transform a room is with a coat of paint. So what's "in style" in the world of color...

February Sales Down Inventory Up in Lexington KY

If you've been looking at real estate in Lexington KY, you've probably noticed quite a bit of inventory on the market, and you wouldn't be alone. According to recently released figures from the Lexington Bluegrass Association of Realtors, invent...

First Time Buyer Incentive Getting Home Buyers to Act in Lexington KY

If you've been looking at real estate in Lexington KY lately, you may have noticed a phenomenon that past couple of weeks -- houses are selling! I have an adorable little house listed in Gainesway that I sold last week. The contract actually fell thr...

Wilmore KY Named "Most Affordable Suburb" by Businessweek

A recently-released study conducted by BusinessWeek magazine has name Wilmore, KY the "Most Affordable Suburb" in Kentucky. The study selected one suburb in each state where residents can find" the best quality of life for their m...

Should You Accept a Contingency Offer?

With current market conditions, there's been an increae in the number of home buyers offering a "contingency" contract to buy your home. But is it a good idea to accept a contingency contract on your home? For the buyers, the big advantage...

Keeping My Streak Alive!

As many of you know, I am a realtor in Lexington KY who is also a home stager in Lexington KY. Although staging does involve quite a bit of extra work up front, the end results have been so positive that it always seems worth it to me. Well, I'...

Foreclosures in Kentucky Down in January

According to a report issued by Realtytrac, foreclosures dropped 23.9 percent in Kentucky from December to January, RealtyTrac is national firm based in California that specializes in tracking foreclosures. Kentucky's January foreclosu...

Stimulus Bill Will Provide $8,000 Tax Credit to Home Buyers

After much debate, both the U.S. House and Senate have passed the Economic Stimulus Bill, expected to be signed soon by President Obama. The bill, which contains many provisions designed to provide Americans with various forms of tax relief, also pro...

Lexington, KY Named Top Ten College Sports Town

Forbes Magazine has named Lexington, Kentucky the fifth-best in its list of top 10 “Top College Sports Towns” in its February edition. The criteria included what the Forbes called “quality of life measures” such as...

Keller Williams -- Here I Come!

I'm proud to announce that effective this week, I am now a member of the Keller Williams Bluegrass family, which is part of the national franchise of Keller Williams Realty. Many items factored in to my decision to join Keller Williams, not the leas...

Analyze Your Finances & Lifestyle BEFORE You Think About Buying a Home

Should you buy a condo or a single family house? Should you spend as much as you've been pre-approved for or less? The answers to these questions depend on your lifestyle, whether you're looking at homes for sale in Lexington, KY or Dallas, TX. Sing...

Money-saving Upgrades That Will Get Your Home Sold

If you're thinking of selling your home, you may be pondering some fast fix-ups to help your home compete in this tough marketplace. But which improvements will give you the most bang for your buck and which will likely have you investing more than y...

My Hopes for 2009

There are many prognosticators making predictions about what 2009 will bring to the housing market; some predict good things, other predict bad things and a few think real estate in markets like Lexington KY will begin to see a recovery while the har...

Why Choose Me When Looking at Lexington Ky Realtors?

There are many real estate agents in the Lexington KY real estate market and many of them are good at what they do. Why, then, should you choose me as your realtor when you have so many options when buying or selling a home? I'm a lifelong Central K...

Why Now is a Great Time to Buy

I still get this question on occasion, so I thought I'd address it in a blog post but yes, in case you're wondering, now is a great time to buy real estate in most markets. Why? Well, let me tell you... Mortgage rates are the lowest they've been sin...

After 2 Years, Home Staging Sells House in 10 Days!!

I love what I do. Not only do I get to help families make one of the biggest decisions of their lives by helping them find the perfect home for them, but I also get to help sellers who may have been struggling for months (or even years!) to get their...

Home Staging Strikes Again!

Home staging has helped sell another home quickly, this time in Frankfort KY. This lovely home (pictured below) in Two Creeks subdivision sold in just 3 weeks -- in an area where homes are routinely sitting on the market for up to a year or more. Th...

5 Positive Real Estate Trends in These Difficult Times

1. Mortgage Rates are still at historic lows. While mortgage rates were already trending downward before mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship, but after the announcement about the companies' go...

Lexington KY (Kentucky) Housing Market Statistics September 2008

Have you been wondering how real estate in Lexington KY is selling? Below is a breakdown of single family home sales for September, 2008 broken down by area (section of town). For more market statistics and information about home sales in Georgetown ...

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