This coming Thursday, August 7th, is an official, election day in Knoxville, Tennessee. There are actually 3 elections going on Thursday; a county wide election, a city election, and a federal primary election in addition to a couple of local ordinances, and some state judicial retention questions, i.e. “shall we re-elect and keep the following […]

Congress has passed H.R. 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and President Bush is expected to sign it soon. One of the immediate provisions is a $7,500 TAX CREDIT for homebuyers that have not owned a home that was their principal residence in the past 3 years. To qualify, buyers must […]

Up the road east of Knoxville, Tennessee about 30 miles is the charming little town of Rutledge, located in Grainger County, Tennessee and the home of the annual Grainger County Tomato Festival This year is the 16th year they’ve held the event and it seems to get bigger and better each year. The Tomato Festival […]

Back when I got my first Palm Pilot I loved the infra red application that let you ‘beam’ addresses and information to another PP user. My Treo cell phone has the same application and I find it very convenient to simply beam my business card electronically into someone else’s cell phone. Unfortunately there is a […]

This beautiful Farragut home sold for $749,900 Each Sunday in the Knoxville New Sentinel’s real estate section they print a list of property transfers from the previous week as recorded in the Knox County Register of Deed’s office. Elegant brick two story closed at $357,500 I noticed this Sunday, July 13th, […]

The figures from the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors June home sales are out and the news remains positive for the Knoxville area. This beautiful Farragut home with pool sold for $499,900. The median home price increased a little over January of this year from January’s $144,000 to a June figure of $145,000. The […]

Time for a little personal horn tooting folks. Each year Realtor Magazine conducts a survey of real estate offices all across the United States to find the top 100 firms compared nationally. I’m proud to announce that my company, Realty Executives Associates of Knoxville once again placed in the Top 100 survey in 2 categories. […]

Friday, August 18th is the start of early voting for Knox County. My wife and I love the convenience early voting offers. No long lines normally, just walk in, register, vote, and you’re outta there. Just for fun I timed myself one time and I was in and out in less than 15 minutes […]

Each Sunday in the Knoxville New Sentinel’s real estate section they print a list of property transfers from the previous week as recorded in the Knox County Register of Deed’s office. I noticed this Sunday, July 13th, there was almost 3 pages of real estate transfers totaling 309 sales in Knox County alone. This would […]

In fact stars shine over Knoxville every night but you usually can see only the brightest ones because of all the city lights. For the next two Saturdays (July 12th & 19th) at 8:45 pm the Knoxville Observers Astronomy Club will be hosting a stargazing party at Norris Dam State Park. This is the […]