Williamson County Real Estate: Tennessee

Is it still a buyers market in Franklin Tn -  Looking at the statistics, I'm not so sure that buyers have as much control as they did just a few weeks ago. I'm hearing of multiple offers on Franklin homes almost daily now, and the best homes in the lower price ranges only stay on the market for a few days.

 I know that this is not what buyers want to hear, but the market is changing, and we have to adjust with it.

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 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

The ST. Jude Dream Home raffle is in it's sixth year. The home up for grabs in Westhaven, a planned community in Franklin. The value of the home is approximately $550,000.  The home features,3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3 car garage, custom kitchen cabinets with butlers pantry and wine cooler, formal dining room and study.

Raffle tickets cost $100 and can be purchased online at https://www.stjude.org/sjdreamhome/jsp/dream_home_choose_format.jsp?event=EEH08010, or call 1-800-746-6713.

Discoveries at St. Jude have completely changed how doctors treat children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. Since St. Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, has increased from 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today. St. Jude has treated children from across the United States and from more than 70 countries. Doctors across the world consult with St. Jude on their toughest cases. Also, St. Jude has an International Outreach Program to improve the survival rates of children with catastrophic illnesses worldwide through the transfer of knowledge, technology and organizational skills.

All medically eligible patients who are accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. In addition to providing medical services to eligible patients, St. Jude also assists families with transportation, lodging, and meals. Three separate specially-designed patient housing facilities-Grizzly House for short-term (up to two weeks), Ronald McDonald House for medium-term (two weeks to 3 months), and Target House for long-term (3 months or more)-provide housing for patients and up to three family members, with no cost to the patient. These policies, along with research expenses and other costs, cause the hospital to incur more than $1.5 million in operating costs each day. Around $180,000 is covered by patient insurance, the remaining $1.34M/day is funded by charitable contributions.

If you would to purchase a home in Westhaven, click on the link.

 Like a lot of people, I thought that my donations to the National Humane Society would work it's way through the system and come back to help abused and neglected pets throughout the country.

I was wrong.

I scanned the tax return information on their website this morning, and became very angry. The National Humane society has assets of over 200 million dollars, and it appears to be used primarily as a fund for lobbiest (or funnel money to politicians). What really made me mad was that no money made it's way back to any of the local animal shelters.

If you want to fund politicians, give to the national Humane society. If you want to help neglected pets, give to your local shelter. The two are not connected.

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

 While viewing a Nashville luxury home that was absolutely spotless, I heard the comment that if the house was this clean, you would expect all of the mechanicals the be perfect also.

Other realtors seem to agree, buyers associate clean homes with well maintained homes, and are willing to pay a little more for it. So if you plan to sell a home in Nashville, have a professional cleaner come before the stager. It will be worth the money.

  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

  Franklin TN Home Sales for February 2010 are as follows

• 71 Franklin TN Homes were sold
• The average price of homes sold was $382,631
• The average size of homes sold was 2995 square ft
• The average number of days on market for sold homes in Franklin was 98
• 146 Franklin TN Homes are pending sale
• 959 Homes are available for sale in Franklin

My analysis is this – The inventory of homes in Franklin is still sufficient to support a buyers market, and prices reflect that. However, new homes at affordable prices are becoming harder to find, and builders will not be replenishing sold homes at the rate they did in the past. Pre-owned homes will always be available, but I expect the prices to start increasing for the higher demand communities like Westhaven .

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Golf at the Governors Club - If you have the desire to join a private club in the Nashville area, and you like the idea of playing on a course designed by Arnold Palmer, the Governors Club might be the course for you. Located on the east side of Brentwood just a 10 minute drive from downtown Nashville.

If owning a luxury home on the golf course is part of the package, give me a call. I think every golfer should treat themselves to a home of the golf course, and the Governors club is a great place to live.

Brentwood TN Home Sales for February 2010 -

• 31 Brentwood homes were sold in the month of February,
• the average price of sold homes was $652,914
• the average size of sold homes in Brentwood was 4804 square ft.
• 463 Brentwood homes are currently available for purchase, and
• 49 Brentwood Tn Homes are pending.

To search for Brentwood TN Real Estate, click on the Brentwood button.

 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

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

1064 Golfview Way - Spring Hill Home For Sale $167,900

This new Spring Hill home was constructed by Lighthouse Builders of Tennessee, known for quality construction and attention to detail. This home has all 3 bedrooms on the main floor with a 22x20 bonus room above the garage. For the best deal on a new home in Spring Hill, visit www.larrybrewer.com, or call me at 615-512-7853.