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10 Best Cities for Condo Deals
I recently spotted this Forbes Magazine article raking the 10 Best Places for Condo Deals. If you are thinking of investing in a condo in one of these cities I would be proud to make you a referral to a qualified, experienced agent in their urban market. As a...
Affordability: Perception vs. Reality (you might be suprised at what you can afford)
Affordability • 76.4% of consumers think a median-income family can only afford 50% or fewer of the homes for sale in their area. In reality, a family earning the national median income can afford nearly 75% of the homes for sale today on Realtor.com. Foreclosure •...
Music City Star reduces Donelson Fare
The cost to ride the Music City Star from Donelson Station to downtown Nashville will be sharply reduced starting on July 1, the Regional Transit Authority announced Wednesday. Pre-purchased tickets now will cost $1.60 a ride (currently $4); $16 for 10-Ride ticket...
Tips for Parents Buying Property for Children
With home prices low, now could be a good time for parents to give their children a home or even an investment property. Here are some suggestions for managing the tax consequences from Mark Luscombe, tax analyst with Wolters Kluwer. Give a cash gift. Individuals are...
Hume Fogg& MLK make Newsweek’s Top 30 High Schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 9, 2009) – Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School and Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School have been named to Newsweek Magazine’s Top 30 U.S. High Schools, ranking respectively at 28 and 29. “This is a tremendous honor,” said MLK Principal...
The Gulch Named to Men’s Jounals Best Neighborhoods in America
…”Nashville, TN For a century the Gulch was just a barren railroad corridor, then redevelopment brought it back from the dead. It also created the first LEED Neighborhood Development certification in the South — all while preserving some history. Don’t miss the...
5 Home Maintenance Issues Home Sellers Shouldn’t Ignore
Consumer Reports magazine advises home owners not to put off important maintenance projects, noting that waiting until the economy rebounds could end up making the repairs more costly while putting a family’s health at risk. The magazine identifies five crucial...
A slow market is the BEST time to move up
You read that right! Savvy home purchasers often realize something that the media often forgets to report. Trading up to a larger home in a down or slow market could pay off big-time. You may think that you’ll make less on a home sale right now than you might have a...
Older Homes Hold Values Better
With all the news about home prices collapsing, Jennifer Anderson got a little nervous last year after learning that she and her husband, Bryan, would have to sell their home. The Army was moving the family from Fort Campbell in Clarksville, Tenn., to Fort Lewis near...
Affordable Home Staging Ideas
REALTOR® Magazine asked readers of our Daily Real Estate News e-mail to send in their best tips for sprucing up listings on the cheap. Here are some of the quick, creative ideas that poured into our inbox. Ideas for: LIVING ROOMS Create a Focal Point “Pick out the...
What to do when your Mortgage is Rejected
Don’t be surprised if your friendly lender, the one who invites you to sit down and apply for a mortgage, ushers you politely out the door empty-handed after you’ve chatted a bit. The sudden chill isn’t personal. The Mortgage Bankers Association, or MBA, in...
USA Today: Nashville Works to Liven the Gulch
NASHVILLE — For decades it was little more than an eyesore, a sunken warren of freight railroad tracks and run-down brick warehouses that was home mostly to vagrants and a bluegrass bar with boarded windows. The Gulch, as it is known, is now the focus of a $400...
Home Gyms Offer Excellent Staging Opportunity
Equipping a home with an exercise area can increase its appeal to buyers. Despite the current economic slowdown, retail sales of home gym equipment continue to grow, topping $5 billion in 2007 and rising another 3 percent in 2008, according to the National Sporting...
Mortgages Tailored for Islamic Home Buyers
A few years ago, an Islamic home buyer would have found it almost impossible to get a mortgage compliant with Islam’s sharia law, which prevents the faithful from paying interest. Today, sharia-compliant loans are a growing market.
Realtor Humor
Man Robs Bank After Foreclosure A masked gunman held up an Athens, Ga., bank on Thursday, saying that he was only getting his money back after the lender had foreclosed on his home. The man entered Regions Bank wearing a black ski mask and pointed a handgun at a...
Realtors Spend Money on Print Marketing because Sellers Expect It
I just ran across this old article from 2006 and found it more relavent today than ever. Sellers too should realize that internet marketing now reaches far more potential buyers than do print ads. Marketing should be directed to a targeted group who have a higher...
Nashville Accolade Spotlight
You know, this really is a fabulous place to live. Take a look at some of the recent awards Nashville has won: America’s Friendliest Cities The Today Show named Nashville one of America’s five friendliest cities. May 2008 2007 Competitiveness Award Tennessee is the...
Steph’s Nashville Favorites
I wanted to pass along a few of my favorite things in Nashville to do, see, shop, and eat. Today I tackle “To Do”: Trivia Time! This game, hosted by area bars, is a hoot! A fairly serious competition has formed between rivial teams who compete for the area pennant. My...
The Gulch Certified as Green Neighborhood
"Nashville’s Gulch has been certified as the first green neighborhood in the South and one of only about a dozen in the country. Mayor Karl Dean and Gulch developer MarketStreet Enterprises made the announcement Tuesday morning. The Gulch was one of about 240 projects...