Don Capouch - Broker/Realtor F.C. Tucker

08/09/2022

Howdy, folks! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope Monday wasn't too rough on you all! I just want to let everyone know that I will be marathon hosting two open houses this Sunday, 08/14/2022. Two amazing homes. If you're out around town, feel free to drop by, grab a snack and a some water, and take a look around! Here are the homes below. Have a good one!

3911 E Morningside Drive - 12:00pm-2:00pm
708 W Dixie Street - 2:30pm-4:30pm

https://www.tuckerbloomington.com/property/in/47403/bloomington/none/708-w-dixie-street/62e03227e39e953cac3a9427/

https://www.tuckerbloomington.com/property/in/47408/bloomington/park-ridge-east/3911-e-morningside-drive/62a7497a9ebbbbce8dac2c7f/

Relaxed elegance is the perfect description of this completely updated Park Ridge East stunner. From the moment you step in the door a sense of calm washes…

08/03/2022

An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's 1st Law of Motion, roughly. I've found this doesn't just apply to physics but to everything in life. If you want to build momentum and change things, you have to stay in motion.

07/21/2022

Hey, folks! If you or someone you know is thinking about buying a home, then one of the main things you need to understand is how recent interest rate changes can impact your costs, your prospects, and what you might be able to do to make things more affordable. I wrote a blog post about just this thing! You can find it here:

https://www.doncapouch.com/blog/current-state-interest-rates-and-what-it-means-you/

Go ahead and read it. If you have any questions or just want to know more, you know how to reach me!

How to buy a home when interest rates are high

07/17/2022

Good morning, all! Short notice, but FYI, I will be hosting an open house at 3405 S Cedarwood Circle in Bloomington from 2pm-4pm, this afternoon! Feel free to stop by, or if you know of anyone looking for a great, beautiful home go ahead and let them know! (site says open house is 12pm-2pm, but this is incorrect. Again, 2pm-4pm).

Thanks!

Photos and Property Details for 3405 S CEDARWOOD CIRCLE, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47401. Get complete property information, maps, street view, schools, walk score and more. Request additional information, schedule a showing, save to your property organizer.

06/22/2022

Hey, all! Hope everyone has been doing well! I'm starting a host of new initiatives from the social/new media standpoint looking at trying to provide something of value to everyone.

I'll be creating content via YouTube and my website blog, I'll be trying to provide nuggets of knowledge/wisdom (maybe some fun 🙃) through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I'll also be looking to cover local news/real estate topics, local, state, and national trends, in addition to real estate adjacent topics like personal finance, financial independence, and motivation.

To start, here is my first website blog post: https://www.doncapouch.com/blog/pilot/

While you're visiting the site/blog, I would also encourage you to make an account on my website (it is super easy!). The website has many free tools such as evaluating the value of your property (that I can dial in with a CMA), market reports for your area, looking at listings, and more!

As always, if you have any questions or just want to reach out to talk, feel free to message me!

Have a great day, everyone!

-Don

06/22/2022

Our branch of F.C. has been locally owned and operated since 1989! Our office has hundreds of years of combined real estate experience and expertise in so many different areas.

If you haven't taken a look at F.C. Tucker in Bloomington for your real estate needs before, take a look and see what you think, and don't hesitate to reach out if you need help! I'll be more than happy to answer any questions 🏡☺️

Locally and operating since 1989, F.C. Tucker Bloomington/Realtors® has been a Bloomington community fixture for over 30 years. We offer the entire Bloomington MLS on our site so you can search all homes for sale in Bloomington, Ellettsville and surrounding cities.

The real estate agents of F.C. Tucker/Bloomington, REALTORS® have the experience, knowledge and training to help you buy or sell your home. Our real estate office is a part of one of Indiana's only state-wide full-service real estate corporation. We assist hundreds of residents each year to buy and sell homes, investment properties and land. We take great pride in providing professional real estate services. Our goal is 100% client satisfaction beyond closing.



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05/21/2022

It was an amazing experience selling and closing on 2706 S McMillan Court in Hyde Park subdivision with the Bernsteins! So happy to make a ⏱quick close⏱ with a 💲great price💲 so they could move on to greener pastures! Good luck on your future endeavors, guys!

Oh, and if you - or someone you know - would like to have this same experience, please, don't hesitate to reach out to your friendly, knowledgeable, and motivated, neighborhood realtor 😁

03/13/2022

Keeping up on the state of the market is critical if you have any plans of buying or selling at any time in the near future! The Indiana Association of Realtors releases information each month on the state of the market statewide and for each county. You can find the info in the attached links.

The links talk about New Listings, Closed Sales, Median Sales Price, Percent of Original List Price Received, and then the percentage change for these things over the last 3 months compared to the year before and a rolling 12 month compared to the year before. I've attached a pic of a table to this post with last months info for Median Sales price and Percent of Listing Price received for each county. Great indicators of each market for buying or selling!

Monroe County -http://marketstatsreports.showingtime.com/IAR-Indiana_8a76z/sst/Trailing/Monroe-County.pdf
Owen County -http://marketstatsreports.showingtime.com/IAR-Indiana_8a76z/sst/Trailing/Owen-County.pdf
Lawrence County -http://marketstatsreports.showingtime.com/IAR-Indiana_8a76z/sst/Trailing/Lawrence-County.pdf
Greene County -http://marketstatsreports.showingtime.com/IAR-Indiana_8a76z/sst/Trailing/Greene-County.pdf
Brown County -http://marketstatsreports.showingtime.com/IAR-Indiana_8a76z/sst/Trailing/Brown-County.pdf

01/21/2022

It's been a minute! Hope everyone's holidays were merry and bright.

It's been a busy 2022 so far, and in case you didn't see it, the remonstration effort in Bloomington ramped up into high gear at the end of last year and the beginning of this year.

6 of the 7 areas had high enough tallies that annexation was automatically struck down. Area 1-B (includes The Highlands neighborhood) was the only one that didn't make the automatic threshold. A court push is always in play for the city if it wants to fight it, but it has been a wild ride to watch this news.

If you live in one of the proposed annexation areas, you might be relieved, have mixed feelings, or maybe even were hoping you would be annexed in. If you live in one of the areas, I encourage you to try and dive into the news and figure out how local government is impacting where you live. Whatever your feelings on the matter, it has been an interesting ride!

01/02/2022

🥳📣New Year, new things!📣🥳 I've already got a jump on 2022 with a fresh, new website that is more user friendly and sleeker than my previous one. Feel free to give it a look and let me know what you think in the comments! If you're looking for a new property, looking to sell, or look around my social media, you'll find it here 🏠🏡

See all the Bloomington Homes and Condos for Sale - Updated Every 15 Minutes!

11/24/2021

Hey, All! As I stated last time, I have been trying to dive deeper into statistics of real estate, market/economic indicators, and more. A few of the major market indicators that I am going to start brining up monthly are new residential home starts and new residential home sales. This is from a national perspective, so I will make an effort to follow up with a more local view soon! I am also going to look at doing a deeper dive into why we may see current market conditions persist for several years into the future.

Although the start of new homes has trended downward over the past several months, over the long-term, we are still trending upward with a 4% increase over last month and a 3.4% increase over 1 year ago. Hopefully, this trend will continue and lead to a decrease in pressure n the home buying market.

New residential home sales picked up again slightly (about .4%) from September ,continuing the upward trend in sales, but are still well below the levels seen a year ago - a nearly 23% decrease (weird to think that was during the last, and worst, COVID surge)! There could be many reasons for new home sales being below last years levels, but from what I've been told and seen anecdotally, there are buyers sitting on the sidelines now with how prices have continued to ramp up.

The continued uptrend in new construction starts, permits, and closings coupled with the reduction in sales could lead to a slight continued cooling of the market.

All data and information is courtesy of the Census Bureau. For additional information, see the following links: https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/index.html and https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/index.html.

10/24/2021

As I've been diving deeper into real estate, the statistics, and Bloomington itself, I found this very interesting infographic on the home seller profile of the typical home seller in 2017 in the Bloomington, Indiana metro area. I wanted to share this with you all as it gives some wonderful insights.

Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions, or if you'd like to learn more!

This profile comes from the National Association of Realtor's (NAR's) website.