Knoxville Tennessee real estate ezine

The figures from the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors June home sale s 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 average sales price increased from $161,800 in January to $162,900 in June. This 4 bedroom home was listed for $159,900 and will close this month The average days on market (time to sell a Knoxville home) dropped 10 days from 105 in January to 95 days in June. This ... Read Full Story

While real estate “doom & gloom” continues to dominate the national news, homes sales in many parts of the country continue rolling along. Our greater Knoxville, Tennessee is one of those “rolling along” areas. In 2007 our total number of units sold had a modest decline , “dropping from 17,401 homes sold in 2006 to ‘only’ 15,508 sold in 2007″. However Knoxville’s average sales price jumped 4.4% to $173,700 for a typical 3 bedroom home. Obviously waiting to buy is not a good plan in the greater Knoxville area. Prices of homes continue to increase and waiting can only cost you more money for ... Read Full Story

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 and that’s without rushing in any way. The Knox County election commission has 10, count em, 10 early voting sites ready to go in varying locations all over the County. Here’s a list of locations: Knox County Courthouse Room 218 • 300 Main Street Five Points Village Plaza Shopping Center ... Read Full Story

Alright, spring fever finally got the best of me this past Friday. Two of my hiking buddies and I took the day off and went to the woods; no cell phones, no computers, and very, very few other people. It was a great day for a hike. We drove over to the Cataloochee Valley on the North Carolina side of the Park and hiked the 7.5 mile long Boogerman Trail named for a former local Valley resident whose real name was Robert Palmer. There are several stories about how Mr. Palmer got the nickname “Booger” but the most commonly accepted one came from his ... Read Full Story

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 east end of the Third Creek Greenway/Bike path which now runs down into Bearden. You can rent a bike for just 10 bucks for a 2 hour spin or 30 bucks for an all day adventure. Great for non bike owners or if you just want to take a ... Read Full Story