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Timely mortgage questions answered by the expert
Interview with Shawn Meehan The following is the result of an interview with mortgage & financial expert, Shawn Meehan of Home Financial Group, a Suntrust Mortgage Joint Venture. A podcast recapping my conversation with Shawn will be available soon. Who is Shawn Meehan? Shawn is a Vice President of Home Financial Group, a Suntrust Mortgage Joint Venture, here [...]
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Harpeth Trace is set high in the heavily wooded hills of West Nashville right across from Percy Warner Park. The neighborhood includes flats, condos and single family homes in a wonderfully serene setting.
Buying, Deals
Open floor plan in October Woods zoned for Cane Ridge schools
Posted on 29 October 2009
Buying, Tools
Real estate property listing search
Posted on 10 August 2009
I wanted to test a new search tool available to Realtors. I’m usually not a fan of non-MLS based searches, but since Google Base has been stepping it up a notch lately, I thought I’d at least let you give this a try. Let me know what you think of the user interface, data, and [...] Continue Reading
Exploring, Stats
Real estate market hit Bottom?
Posted on 28 July 2009
This is the big discussion right now, especially in light of the latest home price numbers. The S&P Case-Schiller May Home price index had the first increase in nearly 3 years. Prices went up from April to May .5 percent. This is 17% below those a year ago, BUT the rate is declining. Additionally, we’ve seen [...] Continue Reading
Relocation
Relocation tools: Finding movers made easy
Posted on 24 July 2009
Finally, there is hope for a helpful centralized site for your move. Will it work for a Nashville relocation? While it’s still brand new, I can easily see this site taking off quickly and expanding across the US. People are always looking for a good moving company. Now, it should be easier than ever [...] Continue Reading
Living, Maintaining
Home tip of the month from a local inspector
Posted on 24 July 2009
Exterior Paint Removal John Watkins from Nashville Home Inspection has issues this home tip of the month pertaining to removing exterior paint. He states that removing outdoor paint can be done a few ways. Sometimes you’ll need to remove all of the old paint, but sometimes you just need to remove enough to allow a new coat [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Intro
Expectations of the home buying process
Posted on 25 June 2009
The element of surprise How do you plan for surprise in the home buying process? You don’t…because then it wouldn’t be a surprise, now would it? But somehow you do need to “plan to be surprised” during the home buying process. Expectations…throw them out the window. The process, while it has predictable general steps, has unexpected twists [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Deals
Deal of the Day: Million dollar luxury for 66% less…really?
Posted on 21 June 2009
I can’t even believe I’m about to post this. This is not my listing, but you will find on here that I post a “Deal of the Day” occasionally for great deals in the marketplace all over Middle Tennessee. I have no idea how this home is priced where it is considering it last sold [...] Continue Reading
Exploring, Stats
May sales for Davidson & Williamson Counties
Posted on 10 June 2009
Greater Nashville May home sales Falling inventory and pending home sales is the story for Greater Nashville homes sales. For the first time since last September, the number of homes pending sale are at 2000 even though the number of pendings is down from 2489 in May of 2008. Closings year-to-date are down 31.2% from 10,406 [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Deals
Deal of the Day - Brandon Park Downs
Posted on 08 June 2009
Just to follow up from yesterday’s post of the neighborhood spotlight on Brandon Park Downs in Franklin Tennessee, I wanted to share an opportunity I saw for a unique buyer. Brandon Park Downs is a $1 million + neighborhood nestled among rolling hills of Franklin, TN. For a builder or someone who wants to do some [...] Continue Reading
Amenities, Buying, Exploring, Luxury, Neighborhoods
Neighborhood spotlight: Brandon Park Downs, Franklin TN
Posted on 07 June 2009
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Buying, Intro, Mortgages
8000 tax credit revision #4,865 or something like that
Posted on 04 June 2009
You may have seen several posts here with varying degrees of information regarding the $8000 tax credit as it relates to down payment assistance. At first, it was not available. Then there was an announcement that it would be added that it could be used for down payment assistance. A week later, that announcement was [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Cities, Exploring, Neighborhoods, Relocation
Best places to live and visit according to “Nashville Lifestyles”
Posted on 04 June 2009
Nashville real estate and lifestyles Everyday, I hear people asking…”where is the best place to live and buy real estate in the Nashville area?” Despite the fact that “best” from one person to another can be radically different based on criteria, needs, lifestyle, priorities, standards, etc…you get the picture. So as a realtor, it’s a question [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Intro
Fed says, “just kidding” about down payment assistance
Posted on 21 May 2009
Last week, we heard the announcement from HUD Secretary, Shaun Donovan, that the $8000 tax credit would now be available for down payment assistance at closing. Lenders would provide it through short-term bridge loans on federally insured mortgages (FHA). It was received favorably from real estate agents, lenders and builders because it would open more doors [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Intro
Home buyer tax credit…down payment assistance
Posted on 12 May 2009
Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced today that the Federal Housing Administration is going to allow home buyers to use the $8,000 tax credit as a down payment through its approved lenders. Previously, the credit would come to first time home buyers after they filed their tax returns…next [...] Continue Reading
Buying, Intro
10 steps to the home buying process
Posted on 24 March 2009
First time home buyers account for half of all home buyers right now in many areas due to the $8,000 tax credit (or 10% if less) combined with high inventories and record low mortgage rates that make homes more affordable now. This tax credit applies only to first time home buyers purchasing between January 1, [...] Continue Reading
Exploring, General, Living, Outdoors
It’s here, It’s here!
Posted on 24 March 2009
…my beloved “Spring”. It really is my favorite time of the year. While I really do love summer, and the falls here are beautiful, nothing gets me more excited than spring in Nashville. I feel like I am coming alive again with the trees, flowers and grass. It’s the time I miss my convertible. It’s [...] Continue Reading
Living, Renovating
DIY parties and clubs?
Posted on 23 March 2009
In these economic times, it seems clubs are popping up everywhere for do-it-yourself projects among friends and neighbors. They vary in set up, but a common model is a handful of couples who meet monthly at a different member’s house where the host couple takes care of organizing the equipment/supplies and the meals while the [...] Continue Reading
Exploring, Stats
2008 Williamson County real estate sales
Posted on 18 March 2009
Williamson County Real Estate sales Williamson County saw 2,743 sales in 2008 with an average sold price of $430,633 in 82 days. The cities: Brentwood, Franklin, Thompsons Station, Spring Hill, Nolensville, Fairview, Arrington and College Grove are analyzed below by their top selling subdivisions (number sold in 2008; average sold price; average days on the market). Brentwood [...] Continue Reading
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