Williamson County Real Estate

Open house Sunday 8/23 for this beautiful home at 2712 Brenda st in Thompsons station. Come visit and sit by the pool, enjoy the private acre lot, or the screened porch. This home has one of the most private lots in Williamson county. Yes the kitchen could use a little updating, and the carpet is at the end of it's life, but we can talk about it.

 For a private showing of this wonderful home and property, give me a call, or visit my website at www.tennhouses.com

Sales of Nashville homes decreased 21 percent in July for the first time this year. It was totally expected due to the first time home buyer tax credit and move up tax credits expiring in June.

 For the year, Nashville home sales are up 11.5 percent, and should now go back to a more balanced market.

Nashville home prices continued to rise with the median price of homes up 5.7 percent over last year at $181,000 compared to $171,100.

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Murfreesboro Home sales for July are as follows

• 171 Homes sold in Murfreesboro for the month of July
• the average price of homes sold in Murfreesboro was $174,579
• average days on market was 76
• 159 murfreesboro homes are currently pending
• 1416 murfreesboro homes are currently available for purchase
• the absorbtion rate for Murfreesboro homes based on July sales is currently 8 months

Murfreesboro, Tennessee is a community of approximately 90,000 people, located in Rutherford County, Tennessee. It is also considered to be part of the Nashville metropolitan area. To search for homes in Murfreesboro, click on the link

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Last saturday I was headed to downtown Nashville on I-65, and I noticed several very clean older z-cars headed toward the Nissan building in Cool Springs. As the previous owner on a 1986 300zx, I was curious about the unusally activity.

 I obviously didn't get the memo. The national zcar club was having a gathering right on the front lawn of the Nissan headquarters in Cool Springs. It was a hot day, but I couldn't resist walking the grounds and checking out all the tricked out cars, and the historic racers. THe Bob Sharp race car driven by Paul Newman was especially interesting to me.

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Green Hills home sales for July are as follows

• 26 homes sold in Green Hills for the month of July
• 9 Green Hills homes are currently pending
• The average sales price for homes sold in Green Hills for July was $605,917
• The average size of homes sold in Green Hills was 3410 square ft
• average days on market was 100 days
• The most expensive home sold in Green Hills for the month of July was $2,080,000

Green Hills, Tennessee is a community of approximately 22268 people, located in Davidson County, Tennessee. It is also considered to be part of the Nashville metropolitan area. The following types of housing are readily available in and around Green Hills, TN :

• single family homes from $200,000 to $10,250,000
• Condo's from $125,000 to $1,100,000
• Estates from $500000 to $10000000

According to the National Safety Council (NCS), cell phone usage causes 1 in 4 automobile crashes. Here are the details

The brain cannot safely perform the multitasking required to use a cell phone while operating a vehicle.

This is the conclusion of the National Safety Council (NSC), which reports that one out of every four vehicle crashes involves cell phone use at the time of the crash.

This fact alone should provide enough incentive for motorists to stop using phones and PDAs while driving. But many continue to do so.

A study of police accident reports indicates that more than 1.6 million drivers using cell phones or texting are responsible for injury accidents in the United States each year, according to a recent NSC white paper. The report highlights a finding that will surprise most: There is no difference in risk between hands-free and handheld cell phone use.

The NSC paper, "Understanding the Distracting Brain: Why Driving while Using Hands-Free Cell Phones is Risky Behavior," includes references to more than 30 scientific studies and reports. It describes how using a cell phone, hands-free or handheld, requires the brain to multitask - a process it cannot do safely while driving.

The study concludes that cell phone use while driving not only impairs driving performance; it also weakens the brain's ability to capture driving cues. The NSC paper describes how drivers who use cell phones have a tendency to "look at" but not "see" up to 50 percent of the information in their driving environment. A form of inattention blindness occurs, which results in drivers having difficulty monitoring their surroundings, seeking and identifying potential hazards, and responding to unexpected situations.

Drivers are distracted in three ways:

• Taking eyes off the road - a visual distraction
• Taking mind off the road - a cognitive distraction
• Taking hands off the wheel - a manual distraction

Texting while driving

Texting while driving involves all three distractions, requiring a the driver to take his or her eyes, mind, and hands off the road for as long as five seconds, nearly the length of a football field when traveling at 60 mph.

Cell phone use while driving has become a serious public health threat. Furthermore, motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 cause of worker fatalities, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Lawmakers and employers have begun to respond to the liability of such behaviors by introducing distracted-driving legislation and policies.

THis information was sent to me by my Franklin Insurance agent Andy Jones

Burton Hills is located on the south side of Green Hills right off Hillsboro rd. With townhouses, condos, and single family homes, Burton Hills has a home for almost everyone.

 This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Benchmark Realty. Providing real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Williamson County, Green Hills, and the middle Tennessee area

At the Mule Day parade in Columbia I had the opportunity to view several things that seemed odd. This one caught me by surprise, because I didn't see it at first. Notice the dog riding in the pouch on the horse ridden by the man in the red shirt.

This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Benchmark Realty. Providing real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Williamson County, and the middle Tennessee area