Nashville Real Estate Now

Nashville Monthly Home Sales Volume, January – April 2012

This graphic shows the Number of Homes Sold in Nashville for each major neighborhood by month for 2012.  Typically, one would expect the numbers to climb each month because the winter is the slow season and the spring/summer are the busy season for real estate in our area.  Since we have not had typical real estate sales in several [...] Read more »

Nashville Real Estate

Where are Homes Selling in Nashville Now?

Nashville Real Estate Sales Volume April 2012 Did you ever wonder how many homes were sold in your neighborhood recently?  Here is your answer.  This graph represents the number of homes sold in each area in April of 2012.  Click on the chart to make it come alive and the click on each bubble to get more information. Read more »

National Foreclosure report March 2012

Nashville Foreclosure Rates Show Continued Improvement

CoreLogic, a leading provider of Real Estate Information, just released their National Foreclosure Report for March 2012.  Compared to March 2011, the number of completed foreclosures across the nation decreased 19% to 69,000 homes in March 2012.  Also, the inventory of homes in foreclosure decreased nearly 6%, or 100,000, from March 2011 to March 2012. The overall delinquency [...] Read more »

Top 5

Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Home In Nashville Now!

The American dream of home ownership is what drives the spirit of this country.  This dream has turned into skepticism due to the recent uncertainty of the housing market.  We all know the market moves in cycles, and these five developments are the top reasons why potential buyers need to act now. 1.    Home affordability [...] Read more »

Top 5

Top 5 Myths for Buying Nashville Foreclosures!

1.  Another huge wave of foreclosures is right around the corner! Tennessee’s foreclosure peak was a few years ago.  There are five significant factors which indicate that the next wave of foreclosures in this area will be less than currently predicted.  Relocation into Nashville continues to rise.  Unemployment is falling and we are seeing the [...] Read more »

Top 5

Nashville’s Tide of Foreclosures

The Tennessean recently reported that real estate analysts are predicting new waves of home foreclosures in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.  The experts predict several factors will work together in 2012 to produce a series of waves that may further drive down prices and erode consumer confidence.  The experts cite the settlement of the case between [...] Read more »

Foreclosure Activity Continues To Fall

RealtyTrac is reporting that national foreclosure filings for July 2011 were down 4% from June 2011 and down 35% from July 2010.  This is the tenth straight month of year over year decreases in foreclosure activity and the lowest month since November 2007.  The slowdown was initially caused by the robo-signing controversy and further delayed by the State [...] Read more »

US Credit Downgrade Has Implications For Nashville Real Estate

In addition to Standard & Poors downgrade of the U.S. debt, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were also downgraded late last week.  Many expect this to cause rates to rise in the long run, however, it has had the opposite effect in the short-term.  Rates on the most popular loans were down 5 to 7 basis [...] Read more »

Nashville – At the Top of the List!

Experts are pointing to Nashville one of the best places for many reasons.  Check out this list of recent awards! #3  on Forbes List of America’s Next Boom Towns #3 on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine List for Value #5 on Forbes List of Most Affordable Cities #7 on Harris Interactive Poll of Most Popular Cities #7 on [...] Read more »

S&P Case-Shiller Shows Seasonal Improvement in Home Prices

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index is showing a second consecutive month of price increases in both the 10 city and 20 city composites.  Nashville is not one of the cities in the composite.  The index showed a 1% increase in May prices over April 2011.  Sixteen of the twenty MSAs showed positive monthly increases.  Detroit, Las [...] Read more »