by Megan on January 26, 2012
Today’s home buyers have more access to knowledge than ever. They do their research on the internet, they pick up tips from HGTV, and we’ve all learned from the mistakes that were made several years ago. First time buyers are especially conscientious of their decisions. They understand that they are benefitting from one of the most amazing opportunities to become a homeowner, with record low interest rates, great inventory, and extremely competitive prices. Plus they often pay less to own than rent.
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by Megan on January 9, 2012
For the first time since 2006, home sales in the Greater Nashville area were up from the previous year. December 2011 home sales ended with an 18.2% increase over December 2010, with 1,773 closings according to Greater Nashville Association of Realtors. Fourth quarter closings were also up from fourth quarter 2010, by 17.9%. December marks the sixth consecutive month of increased home sales. For the year, there were 20,624 homes sold. Although that is only a 1.8% increase over total sales for 2010, it is still a great sign of things to come. January has started off well too with pending sales being up.
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by Megan on December 13, 2011
We are seeing Nashville all over these “best in country” surveys recently. Not that any of us are surprised.. we know how much our city rocks!
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by Megan on November 9, 2011
For the fourth consecutive month, home sales in the Greater Nashville area are up from the same time period last year, this month by 15.6%. Closings for single family homes in October 2010 were 1,284, compared to 1,446 in October 2011. Condos were 144 in October ’10 and 188 this October, multi-family homes remained almost the same, and farms/lands/lots increased from 49 to 77. In addition, there were 1,742 pending sales this October and 1,439 last year. Inventory is down from last year, 20,165 compared to 22,826. So there aren’t as many choices for buyers right now, but the incentive of taking advantage of record low interest rates along with depreciated pricing are pretty motivating factors for eligible home buyers.
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by Megan on October 24, 2011
Use your iPhone to help update your home! HouseLogic, from the National Association of Realtors, has chosen its six favorite home improvement apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Some of these work for Android as well.
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by Megan on August 10, 2011
In Middle Tennessee, single family home sales in July increased almost 16% this year compared to sales from one year ago. 1,692 single family homes sold in July ’11 in nine Middle TN counties including Davidson, Williamson, and Wilson. Condo sales also increased by forty units compared to July ’10, and their prices were also up 5.4% from last year, a very positive increase.
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Although hiring a professional home stager is very beneficial to sellers, there are also easy and inexpensive ways to make your home more attractive to potential buyers.
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You can’t hide from it. As much as we don’t want to admit it, we are a visual society. Don’t judge a book by its cover? Well who doesn’t, literally? When you’re at a bookstore browsing, are you really going to waste your time picking up a book that has a bland and boring cover? Of course you aren’t and don’t you pretend you’re not as vain and ADD as the rest of us. You’re going to pick up the book with the big bold letters and fascinating cover art. You don’t have time to waste on taking the chance of a plain book cover actually being a great book.
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