Williamson County Real Estate: Tennessee: Nashville: Green Hills

 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

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

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

I Thought This was a Buyers Market -  The first thing she said as she looked through this immaculate Nashville home.

 I had on of those visitors at my open house last week. You know what I'm talking about. Didn't like anything about the property, she was just stopping in because she was in the area. The floor plan was all wrong, the neutral colors were too bland, the place was too clean for anyone to actually be living in it. The bedrooms were too big?

I told her that the seller was asking the less than he paid 2 years ago, and at that he would be losing a considerable amount of money. Since the Nashville home looked new, so much so that she thought nobody had ever lived in it, and the fact that a new one just like it would cost 10 percent more, it's a great deal.

She had a blank look on her face, so I don't know what she was thinking. She didn't buy the home, so I have to assume that she is still looking for the buyers market she keeps hearing about. My suggestion is to try Florida.

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, Murfreesboro,  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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Nashville Schermerhorn Symphony Center

If you have an appreciation for music, you have to attend an event at the Nashville Symphony Center. Built by donations from the leaders of industry in the Nashville area. 

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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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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Showing Nashville Real Estate in Bitter Cold. I have a question from my friends in colder climates. Do you do anything different when the weather gets really cold? I'm looking at my portable weather station and it's 14 degrees in Nashville.

I may have to show property today, and I have several Nashville real estate listings that may be shown at any time. My first thought is that most people will wait a few days for better weather, but I know I'm probably wrong. What can you do for customers to take advantage of the cold?

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, Murfreesboro, and Hendersonville and the middle Tennessee area.