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Current active properties=18,364 Units sold in Dec. '06=2,104 Units sold in Dec. '05=2,437 Average sales price in Dec. '06=$153,279 Average sales price in Dec. '05=$150,799 Includes the counties of Boone, Brown, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Montgomery, Putnam and Shelby.

A quick overview of home stats in Central Indiana--for more information on particular neighborhoods, please email Diane at talktodiane@speakeasy.net : In 2006, number of homes closed: 31,699 In 2005, number of homes closed: 32,244 % change rounded= - 1.69 In 2006, Average Sales Price: $155,043 In 2005, Average Sales Price: $154,083 + .62 In 2006, Average Square Feet: 2,135 In 2005, Average Square Feet: 2,132 + .15 In 2006, Price per Square Foot: $72.62 In 2005, Price per Square Foot: $72.27 + .48 Thank you to Landrigan and Company, Realtors for compiling and publishing the Regional Summary 2006 report. All statistics obtained from Metropolitan Board of Realtors.

Even though we are in the dead of winter, it's not too early to think of Spring cleaning! Here are few tips for organizing (and keeping it organized!) your closet: Don’t expect to get everything organized all at once—take organizing one step at a time. Remember that it always get worse before it gets better!! For every new piece of clothing you buy, get rid of one from your closet. Take advantage of vertical space by hanging two clothing bars, one on top of another, for shirts and shorter items, like pants folded in half. Store sweaters and other seasonal iteams (folded nicely of course!) in clear tubs on the top shelf, which is generally out of reach. Invest in wooden hangers, preferably all the same size. They will help clothes keep their shape. If your closet has a swinging door rather than an sliding door, take advantage and use the back of the door to hang a plastic shoe rack or tie and belt rack. You don’t necessarily have to color code your closet, but it is helpful to keep

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