Williamson County Real Estate

Some Home Buyers are Missing A Great opportunity - One of the stories I've heard this week involves a first time home buyer who is preapproved to buy a home, has found several that meet her needs, and she has decided to wait until summer to buy.

Yes you are reading this correctly, the $8000 that our uncle Sam is willing to give her doesn't seem to matter. Several of the Nashville homes that meet her criteria are HUD foreclosures that will probably only require $100 down payment to close. The $8000 would pay her mortgage for the first year.

Maybe I'm too much of a numbers person, but most people could use an extra $8000. This opportunity is scheduled to end soon, and I suspect that we will here the whining start soon after it does.

If you know someone who would like to save money buying Nashville Real Estate, send them my way. We watch the numbers, and deliver value.

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

Nashville home values down 0.4 percent - According to Zillow, Nashville home prices have been very stable for the last 12 months. Most of the customers I speak with are very concerned by the media representation of real estate values constantly eroding. According to Zillow, it's not the case in Nashville.

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I know you love your Nashville home, but your family has grown, and it's time to expand. With the tax incentives, low interest rates, and very attractive prices, now is the best time to be a move up home buyer.

Some Nashville home owners need to wait until the market gets better before going through this process. And usually those are the people who are planning to downsize. Your Nashville home is just too small, so take advantage of the current market, and buy a home that fits. 

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

Wordless Wednesday - Sometimes it's nice just to sit outside and take it easy, or is this inside. It's hard to say, take your pick, but you can see that this is a relaxing place to spend the evening.

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

Nashville Real Estate  - I was doing a walk through in Nashville last week, and the customer brought a family member who had just bought another home in the area. They were amazed at the quality and the price, and the lady turned to her husband and asked "why didn't we see this house before we bought ours".

It seems that they had decided to not bother with getting the help of a real estate agent who knows the area, Instead, they decided to look around themselves, and ended up buying a home from an on-site agent. The Nashville home they bought was smaller, with cheaper materials (carpet, cabinets, light fixtures), the location wasn't as good, and it cost more than the home that my client bought.

My client told me later that they were very unhappy about what they had done, and unfortunately the husband is catching the blame. OUCH

If you are looking for Nasville real estate, hire a realtor to look out for your interests, or your household may have a lot of stress.

This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Keller Williams Realty. Providing real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Green Hills, Spring Hill, and all of Middle Tennessee

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An Old Farmer's Advice:  

•  Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong..
• Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
• Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
• A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
• Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
• Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
•  Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
• Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
• It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
• You cannot unsay a cruel word.
• Every path has a few puddles.
• When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
• The best sermons are lived, not preached.
• Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
• Don't judge folks by their relatives.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer..
• Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
• Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.
• Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance. 
• If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'. 
• Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
• The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
• Always drink upstream from the herd.
• Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
• Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
• If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
• Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.  Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
   
  Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Keller Williams Realty. Providing real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Green Hills, and all of Middle Tennessee

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West Nashville Condo Sales - December 2009  With auction and great deals going on, Nashville condo’s have been getting a lot of attention in the media. The fact is that great deals are still available, and a lot of good units are available. The statistics I’m using here are for the downtown area primarily on the west side of Nashville. Condo prices are all about location, so make sure you know what you are buying, and the safest thing is to have a knowledgeable realtor who knows the market

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Nashville Condo sales for December 2009

• 70 Condo’s were sold in December compared to 35 in December of 2008.
• The average price of Condo’s sold in Nashville was $238,915 compared to $209,478 in 2008.
• The average size of Nashville condo’s sold was 1255 square ft compared to 1390 square ft in 2008
• The absorption rate for Nashville condo’s based on December sales and available inventory is 9.4 months

My analysis is that the auctions and media exposure created a lot of activity in December that will probably not continue into early 2010, however prices on Nashville condos haven’t been this low in many years, and if the lifestyle is attractive to you, now may be the best time you will ever see to buy a Nashville condo.

It’s a great time to buy a condo in Nashville with exceptionally low prices and tax credits available for some move up buyers and first time home buyers.

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Green Hills Real Estate sales for December 2009 -

• 28 Green Hills homes were sold in December compared to 15 in December of 2008.
• The average price of Homes sold in Green Hills was $521,621 compared to $648,733 in 2008.
• The average size of Green Hills homes sold was 3258 square ft compared to 3340 square ft in 2008
• The average days on market for Green Hills real estate was 134
• The absorption rate for Green Hills real estate is 6 months

My analysis is that the more affordable homes are still selling in Green Hills, while the more expensive homes are either being sold for a terrific discount, or being overlooked by buyers.

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Nashville Home Sales up 29 percent for the 4th quarter of 2009. According to the GNAR, there were 5,730 closings in the region, which is a 29.8 percent increase over the 4,413 closings in the 4th quarter of 2008.

The median residential price for Nashville Homes in December of this year was $164,000 and for a condominium the median price was $149,900. That compares with median prices of $163,750 and $132,062 respectively in December of last year. And, there were 1,339 sales pending at the end of December 2009, compared with 1,250 at the end of December of 2008.

Nashville real estate inventory is down to 20,774, compared with 21,274 in December of 2008.

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