All Around KTown

Weekly Poll: How long are you planning to stay in your home?

The weekly poll is thinking about moving again. Go vote and convince it to stay put. This week's topic is about your home and how long you plan to stay in it. While the much touted $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit has undoubtedly nudged many first time buyers into ...

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch: July 1, 2009

Well, hey there, Watchers! In this week's edition of Knoxville Foreclosure Watch, the numbers didn't move much, but they all moved in the right directions: active foreclosures are down, while pending and active foreclosures are both up. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! 37917 came roaring back this week with 7 new ...

Knoxville Neighborhood of the Week: Riversound

[caption id="attachment_1433" align="alignnone" width="434" caption="© 2009 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights Reserved."][/caption] This week Neighborhood of the Week heads back out West to revisit a little lakefront neighborhood called Riversound. Located just off of Northshore Drive a little over 2 miles west of the Pellissippi, Riversound bills itself as "an exclusive ...

The Weekly Poll: Is your home a money pit?

The weekly poll just had to completely redo its wiring, but it's all ready for voting now. This week's topic is about your home and whether or not you feel like it's a money pit. Although it could be argued that ALL homes are money pits, it's usually the older homes ...

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch: June 24, 2009

It's Wednesday night and you know what that means - time to watch some foreclosures! This week on Knoxville Foreclosure Watch, active foreclosures and pendings were down while closings more than doubled. And it's not even the end of the month! It's a small piece of good news, but you ...

Knoxville May 2009 Home Sales Report

If I'm posting on a Tuesday, that probably means it's Home Sales Report time. So, despite all the movement I saw in my own business and at my office last month, the May numbers are still way off the mark. Bummer. Still, I shudder to think what these numbers would look ...

Knoxville Neighborhood of the Week: Lindbergh Forest

[caption id="attachment_1410" align="alignnone" width="435" caption="© 2009 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights Reserved."][/caption] This week Neighborhood of the Week heads down south to visit a quaint little historic community with more home styles than you can shake a stick at: Lindbergh Forest. [caption id="attachment_1411" align="alignnone" width="253" caption="© 2009 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights ...

The Weekly Poll: How would you rank Knoxville’s economy?

The weekly poll is feeling pessimistic about the economy. Go vote and cheer it up. This week's question is a little broader than normal, but is in honor of a question I was asked this week when I was a guest on WBIR's Inside Tennessee (link to - hopefully - follow ...

Knoxville Foreclosure Watch: June 17, 2009

Happy wild, wet and windy Wednesday, Watchers! This week on Knoxville Foreclosure Watch, active foreclosures stayed exactly the same while pendings were slightly up and closings were slightly down. I'm sensing a possible calm before the storm. Or maybe it's just the eye of the hurricane? Or maybe no news ...

Neighborhood of the Week: Sterchi Hills

[caption id="attachment_662" align="alignnone" width="366" caption="© 2008 Robert Stockdale Photography, All Rights Reserved."][/caption] This week Neighborhood of the Week heads up north to the Powell community to revisit a large, traditional, and fairly new subdivision: Sterchi Hills. Located just off of I-75 at Callahan Road, Sterchi Hills is a neighborhood of attractive and ...