Looking for a facelift for less than $500?

I talked before about what you can do to whip your home into shape for less than $100. Now we’re going to look at a few finishing touches  you can add if you’ve got a little more cash-ola in the old bank account. These will make a world of difference if you’re trying to sell. [...]

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St. Elmo Real Estate Market Report for December 2009

Another brand spanking new report, this one for my St. Elmo neighbors. All St. Elmo Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as of 1/5/09: 23 Pending or contingent listings (under contract) as of 1/5/09: 1 Residential listings closed (sold) during December 2009: 2 Number of months to sell current actives at [...]

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Downtown Chattanooga, MLK & Southside Market Stats for December 2009

Brand spanking new report for your viewing pleasure. I haven’t done a downtown market report before. Many of these sales are going to be condos & lofts with a few single family homes sprinkled in for good measure. These statistics are for the downtown, MLK & Southside areas. The boundaries I’ve used are the river [...]

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North Chattanooga Real Estate Stats for December 2009

Stats listed are coming from the 37405 ZIP code. In other words, if you’re a North Chatt snob purist be forewarned that this is going to include Stringer’s Ridge, a little of Red Bank and some of Signal Mtn Blvd too. All Northshore/North Chattanooga Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as [...]

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Ooltewah Real Estate Market Stats for December 2009

These stats are pulled from the 37363 ZIP code. Click here to see what was goin’ on last month. All Ooltewah Residential Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as of 1/4/10: 330 Pending or contingent listings (under contract) as of 1/4/10: 58 Residential listings closed (sold) during December 2009: 39 Number [...]

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A guide to decorating for the holidays, subtitled: Don’t let Santa throw up on your house

Are you one of those lucky people who has their home on the market to sell during the holiday season? Should you or shouldn’t you? Decorate, that is. Short answer: Yes Long answer: It depends (that seems to be the long answer to a lot of the questions I pose) We’ve all been told that [...]

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North Chattanooga Real Estate Market for November 2009

Stats listed are coming from the 37405 ZIP code. In other words, if you’re a North Chatt snob purist be forewarned that this is going to include Stringer’s Ridge, a little of Red Bank and some of Signal Mtn Blvd too. All Northshore/North Chattanooga Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as [...]

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Ooltewah & East Brainerd Market Stats for October 2009

These stats are pulled from the 37421 & 37363 ZIP codes All Ooltewah & East Brainerd Residential Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as of 11/5/09: 720 Pending or contingent listings (under contract) as of 11/5/09: 155 Residential listings closed (sold) during October 2009: 76 Number of months to sell current [...]

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Hamilton County Real Estate Market Statistics – October 2009

Yep, I’m still a real estate geek All Hamilton County Residential Real Estate Sales through the Chattanooga MLS All active listings as of 11/5/09: 2,705 Pending or contingent listings (under contract) as of 11/5/09: 464 Residential listings closed (sold) during October 2009: 305 Number of months to sell current actives at October’s sales pace: 8.9 [...]

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Bargain hunting for move up buyers

We’re hearing a lot about first time buyers these days given the soon-to-expire tax credit but what about those of us who already have a house? Would you like another one? A bigger one? A fancier-schmancier one? Do you have two teenagers? Do you therefore long for a house with 3 bathrooms instead of the [...]

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