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...
First-Time Buyers Grabbing Houses and Tax Credit
RISMEDIA, June 4, 2009-(MCT)- Generation Y is getting jazzed about a new $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers-jumping at the opportunity to move up and out of their rentals. “The last 90 days I’ve seen it go crazy,” Kevin Foster, a real estate agent...
SOLD! Gorgeous Home in Donelson, TN
SOLD! I love selling homes in Donelson - it's my home town! 2825 Renee Drive, Nashville TN 37214 3 bedrooms 2 baths Formal Living room featuring built-ins and hardwoods Period eat-in country kitchen .88 privacy fenced areas Renovated den Storage and sewing room 2 car...
First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Can Now Be Used As Down Payment
Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, on Tuesday said that the Federal Housing Administration is going to permit its lenders to allow home buyers to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment. Previously, most buyers...
New Listing: Two bedroom flat @ Westlawn Green in Sylvan Park
4425 Westlawn Dr. D-201, Nashville, TN 37209 MLS # 1071844 Price: $189,500 Virtual Tour Only steps from Sylvan Park and McCabe Golf Course, the Westlawn Green community offers amazing amenities for an active, urban lifestyle – at an affordable price!...
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...
Davidson County Property Reappraisal News
It is no secret that Davidson County is going through a property reappraisal. You may have some questions about the process. George Rooker, Assessor of Property, will be having some public meetings throughout the county to provide opportunities for people to learn...
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...