All Around KTown

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch 11/19/2008

Happy Hump Day, Watchers! This week I'm mixing things up a little bit and putting the Foreclosure Watch chart at the top of the post, because I want you to take a close look at those little blue and red lines on it - You see, that blue line represents the ...

October 2008 Knoxville Home Sales Report

It's already the middle of the month again, and you know what that means - Home Sales Report time! So, remember October 2008? You know, the month we learned this all financial mess was spreading to Europe and beyond? The month that President Bush signed that $700 billion bailout package into ...

Neighborhood of the Week: Inverness

[caption id="attachment_698" align="alignnone" width="428" caption="© 2008 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights Reserved."][/caption] This week, Neighborhood of the Week heads back out to Farragut to look at a relatively new subdivision called Inverness. Located just off of Turkey Creek Road, Inverness is a newer community - about 5 years old - that is ...

The Weekly Poll: What do you think about mortgage modification programs?

The weekly poll is ready and waiting for your vote. And you know it doesn't like to be kept waiting. This week's topic is mortgage modification programs, several of which were announced this week. Citigoup's program aims to not only halt 16,000 foreclosures that are currently in progress, but also looks ...

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch: November 12, 2008

It's that time again, Watchers. This week on Foreclosure Watch, active listings are up a good bit, while both pendings and closings are down. And not only were closings down this week, the average closed price was way down, thanks to all closings coming from homes listed under $100,000. Hmmmm. In ...

How to Find a House in Knoxville: A Buyer’s Perspective

One of my clients, Patrick Beeson, has written a great post on his personal blog about his experience looking for a home - his first - in Knoxville. It's a great read for anyone looking to buy a home in K-Town. Check it out!

Neighborhood of the Week Revisted: Island Home

[caption id="attachment_682" align="alignnone" width="416" caption="© 2008 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights Reserved."][/caption] This week, Neighborhood of the Week is revisiting a great historic neighborhood just south of the river, Island Home Park. Island Home began life as a "streetcar suburb" sometime around 1910. In fact, the median that divides the modern day ...

The Weekly Poll: Is the media to blame for the current state of the housing market?

The weekly poll is over there in it's usual spot. Go vote before it gets foreclosed on and evicted. This week's poll topic has to do with the media and its role in the bursting of the housing bubble. When I was recently given the opportunity to talk to a local ...

Cool Tools: Interactive Median Home Prices Map

Seems like a million years since I brought you guys a cool real estate tool. So this week when I saw that the National Association of Realtors has made a pretty neato interactive Google map of median home prices in major metro areas around the United States, I thought, wow, ...

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch 11/05/08

Well, hey there Watchers. This week on Foreclosure Watch, active listings and closings are slightly down, while pendings are slightly up. In other words, not a whole lot of action, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, right? In new listing news, 37914 pulled into first place with a whopping 6 ...