Image via WikipediaFor potential, first time Knoxville area homebuyers, there is now a $7,500 tax credit available to help you get into a home. But don’t delay, it’s only good until July 1, 2009 and then it goes away. The new tax credit can help you own a great new home like this one. […]

Beginning January 1st of 2009 the current 2 out of 5 tax rule will change. Currently if you’ve lived in your Knoxville or Farragut, Tennessee home as your principal residence for any 2, doesn’t have to be consecutive years, just cumulative, of the previous 5 years you can exclude up to $500,000 of gain if […]

This past Saturday, September 27th, was my church’s annual community carnival where we invite all the local folks to come by our church for an exciting and free afternoon of family fun. This year I believe was our biggest event ever. Everything is FREE! We had a giant blow up slide, moon walk, pony […]

Before examining the latest Knoxville area real estate sales data I want to touch briefly on some misconceptions potential buyers may have about the local market. There is an overload of negative economic news floating around out there and a lot of it is tied directly to the housing market. Unfortunately the media tends to […]

Here’s my latest listing; a beautiful, next to new, 3 or 4 bedroom home in the Gibbs area of east Knox County. Enjoy the down-home values of this delightful 3 or 4 bedroom, 2+ bath, two story in fine condition enhanced by mountain view. Lovely details in this welcoming residence include hardwood flooring, […]

It’s almost fall in east Tennessee (official start date, September 22nd) but the fall feeling is already in the air; cool mornings, leaves starting to show color, and of course football has already started. Fall in east Tennessee is always cool with lots of fun things to do. Looking most any direction in the great […]

Here’s a great investment opportunity for the parents of a student or anyone looking for a modestly priced real estate investment opportunity. This Sutherland Avenue duplex at 3720 Cate Avenue is currently fully rented, bringing in a gross monthly rental of $1,080 and is priced on only $88,500! The upstairs unit has 2 bedrooms and […]

and likely sell much faster for a better price. Studies have shown that homes in better condition than their competition sell over 50% faster and for almost 7% more money than competing homes in the same areas and price ranges. Here’s Quick Way Number 1: Get rid of some of your “stuff”. Rooms overcrowded with […]

I read a news article recently where River Sports received a contract from the City of Knoxville to operate a bike rental stand at Volunteer Landing on the Tennessee River and just below the City and County Building downtown. This is a great bike area because it’s really flat along the river and also the […]

The week of August 10th showed a total of 281 closed real estate transactions in the Knox County Registrar of Deed’s office. This new construction home in Farragut closed at $$286,000 $1,000,000+                   5 closed sales $500,000-$1,000,000     15 $300,000-$500,000        35 $200,000-$300,000        50 $150,000-$200,000   […]