Hardin County Daily Brief: October 23, 2026
A $17 million City Hall bond, Halloween events and Fort Knox gate closures lead the county's news.
Updated weekly by Rachel Brantingham on Hardin Local Weekly — days on market, inventory, prices, and what they mean for buyers and sellers in Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, and West Point.
The data behind every week's housing segment — median price, inventory, days on market, and what it means for buyers and sellers.
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A $17 million City Hall bond, Halloween events and Fort Knox gate closures lead the county's news.
Trunk-or-treating in Radcliff, a state teacher honor, and fog to watch on the morning drive.
Volleyball postseason heats up, a local school board digs into the Kentucky Education Fund, and fog may slow your commute.
Trunk or Treat draws hundreds, frost and fog this morning, and a farm program opens applications.
A 50th-year festival in Glendale, a return for Cardboard Nation, and a frost advisory to start the week.
Firehouse Subs returns, HomeGoods opens at City Center, the week ahead is all Halloween, Grafton on the middle-class money trap, and Britten goes back to Eat at the Spot.
Britten McDowell goes back to Eat at the Spot in Radcliff for smoked jerk chicken, peas and rice and a spicy beef pie, and gives it 4.5 out of 5 forks.
You can make six figures and still feel broke. Grafton Sizemore on the middle-class money trap, why your bills can look like success, and why income is not wealth.
Firehouse Subs is back in Etown, HomeGoods opens October 22 at City Center, the Eriksen building and its fountain are gone, and two Splatter & Shatter winners.
A historically accurate ghost walk, four haunts, two trunk or treats and the last weekend of Spooky Movies at the State: Jon O'Brien and Grafton Sizemore's Hardin County week, October 19 to 25.
A new rule on pet sales, a museum tribute, and a frost advisory for Sunday morning.
Ford sets a 2027 production start in Glendale, and Elizabethtown moves ahead on a new City Hall.
Housing Market
The 4th of July paused the market but didn't stop it. Inventory fell to 400 active homes, and Rachel breaks down what 3.5 months of supply means for you.
Housing Market
With 416 active homes and inventory up 23 percent, Hardin County has shifted to a balanced market, Rachel Brantingham breaks down what it means by price point.
Housing Market
Inventory is up nearly 20% since April, yet the median sold price climbed to $315,000 in Hardin County.
Housing Market
Pending home sales nearly doubled in a single week — Rachel Brantingham explains why that, plus lower rates and committed buyers, signals a healthy summer market. Full Heart of Kentucky MLS numbers inside.
Housing Market
Active inventory crossed 400 homes for the first time in recent memory — and Rachel Brantingham explains why that's balance, not a warning sign. Full Heart of Kentucky MLS numbers inside.
Housing Market
Last week's slowdown was seasonal, not structural. Rachel Brantingham breaks down a rebounding, seller-leaning Hardin County market — and why mid-term rentals are a smart play.
Housing Market
Rachel Brantingham breaks down a slower, seasonal week in the Hardin County housing market — and why it still favors sellers.
Housing Market
Hardin County housing this week — 40 new, 34 pending, 21 closed, 72 days on market (down 23 YTD). Luxury homes finally moving. Rates ticked back up.
Housing Market
74 days on market, 3.3 months of inventory, $325k average sold price, and a luxury tier that's finally moving — Rachel Brantingham's full Hardin County housing update for the week of May 12, 2026.
Housing Market
76 days on market, 3.3 months of inventory, $313k average sold price — Rachel Brantingham's full Hardin County housing market update for the week of May 5, 2026.
Housing Market
Hardin County hits 3.1 months of inventory — the tightest of the year — and demand is concentrated under $400,000. Rachel Brantingham's April 21–28 read on a competitive spring market.
Housing Market
Hardin County is now at 3.8 months of inventory — under the 5-month buyer's-market threshold. Rachel Brantingham's April 14–20 read on a strengthening spring market.