If you’ve been paying attention to the real estate market recently, you may have noticed that things are changing. “For Sale” signs have stayed up for weeks instead of days and “Price Reduction” banners are becoming increasingly common. While we’d all love to be able to time the sale or purchase of our home with ideal market conditions, life rarely waits for the perfect moment to happen. It may not be the easiest time to sell your home but, with good information and the right strategies, you can hit your housing goals.

Even during the extreme sellers’ market of 2020-2022, listing your home has never been as simple as setting a price and waiting for offers to start rolling in.  With those wild gold rush days well and truly in the past, sellers need to be savvy when prepping their homes for the market.  Despite the challenging market, this is a great time to sell a condo. High prices and interest rates have more and more house hunters expanding their search to condos and townhomes. Selling a condo, townhome, or even a house with a homeowners’ association isn’t that different from selling any other home but there are a few extra steps you should be aware of.

A few years ago, “100 people move to Nashville each day” was a popular refrain. While that number dipped during the pandemic, as of 2024, an average of 60 people a day move to the Nashville area. If you plan to be one of those 60 people per day, it’s unlikely you’ll be moving to the small strip of downtown that’s featured in pretty much every article and news story about Nashville. Even if it’s not a big city in the traditional sense of the phrase, the greater Nashville area makes up a massive swath of Middle Tennessee. So where do you move to in greater Nashville?

Nashville real estate has seen some incredible shifts in the past few years, especially in the past 12 months. "The times, they are a-changin’," as the classic Bob Dylan song goes.

While no one can predict the future, looking at where we've been can tell us a lot about where we're going. So let's look back at where we've been in 2022, where we are now, and where we might be going in 2023 in this 2022 end-of-year wrap up!

One of the most common questions realtors get from prospective homebuyers is “when is the best time to buy a house?” Like many big question, there isn’t a simple answer and the right answer will look different from person to person. Below, we look at a few variables you might want to keep in mind when deciding when to make your next move, from what month has the highest home prices to mortgage rates.

There are many factors that have caused the wild rise in home prices over the last year, some of which have been exacerbated or caused by the pandemic. But one factor has its roots in another crisis over a decade ago: corporate homebuyers. While iBuyers like Redfin and Opendoor can offer efficiency and sometimes lower transaction costs to buyers and sellers, most corporate buyers are more interested in renting than reselling - and that’s where the more sinister side of corporate real estate investment comes in. Institutional investors aren’t the root of all evil, but they’re not improving the situation either. Below, we’ll look at the downside of corporate home buying and what you can do about it.

So many “Moving to Nashville” guides list expensive, tourist-friendly neighborhoods like The Gulch, 12 South, and - most unrealistically - Downtown as top areas to move to. Don’t get us wrong, these neighborhoods have their merits (we love a good Maki Sake Monday drink special at Virago in the Gulch) but even if these areas are in your budget, they don’t have much housing inventory to choose from. So where do folks moving to Nashville actually go? Using real housing data, client experiences, and our own knowledge as residents; we’ve compiled a list of the seven neighborhoods you’re statistically most likely to move to - and want to stay in.

Happy New Year! If you’re like us here at Nashville Real Estate Rockstars, you have an annual ritual of setting New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions can get a bad rap, bringing to mind failed diets and abandoned gym memberships; but, if done thoughtfully, they can be a great opportunity to set smaller, achievable goals that help you reach bigger life milestones. If you have aspirations of homeownership (or home selling or home improvement), setting a related resolution can be a great tool to help you reach your goal. Below we share our favorite homeownership goals and our top tips to make any resolution accomplishable.

There’s a chill in the air, the trees are past their peak, and Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror: it’s nearly winter!  The colder months have traditionally been a tough time to sell a home, but the pandemic has changed a lot of things.  In the intense seller’s market of 2021, there’s no longer a “slow season” for real estate. So if you’re thinking of selling your house this winter or hoping to snag your dream home, what do you need to know about winter real estate?

The past two years or so have been rough - especially if you’re trying to buy a house and in particular if you’re trying to buy your first home.  Terms like “seller’s market” that started getting thrown around in 2020 have been escalated to “extreme seller’s market” in 2021.  Every month, there was another record broken for either high prices or low inventory with article after article talking about the broader economic impact often without really considering what it means for the average home buyer. 

So if you’re one of the many tired home buyers out there, what do you do?  

Finding an affordable home is no small feat these days, so it can be hard to walk away from an apparent bargain. There are many reasons a home might be priced below the market average and not all of them are dealbreakers, but there is one red flag that won’t show up on a home-inspection and can cost you money and headache down the road: being located in a flood zone.

In 2021’s competitive housing market, buyers are anxious to get a home under contract. With low inventory, frequent bidding wars, and buyers bending over backwards to appease sellers, there’s a lot of pressure to make an offer quickly and have it accepted. But what if the house you have under contract starts to look a little less dreamy after the inspection? That’s exactly the situation our client, Alex, found himself in last month.

There are many reasons why you may decide to sell your home. Perhaps you have outgrown the space and are looking for more rooms to accommodate new additions to your family. Maybe you have seen the last of your children leave to start their own new lives as adults and want to downgrade to something that suits the 'just us' vibe. You may need to relocate for a prosperous job opening that you just can't refuse!

If you are a homeowner in Nashville, you've most likely gotten curious about how much your home would sell for in this current, booming market. There are a couple simple and inexpensive property updates that could make your home even more competitive in your neighborhood!

In recent years Nashville has witnessed incredible population growth. This trend has unleashed a wave of development in the housing market, allowing several neighborhoods and homes to experience a healthy revitalization.

Because Nashville is a city that, until this current push, had experienced only modest growth, the common home styles that are reflected speak to the cultural trends that have fluxed through at different stages. Different neighborhoods will assume varied themes on traditional styles and if one investigates further they can notice an obvious progression of design expressed through many renovations and remodels.