Real Estate
Markets, mortgages, and the cost of where we live.
Nashville East Bank Phase Two Just Broke Ground and the Numbers Show What Comes Next
The East Bank development moves into phase two with $4.7 billion in committed capital, 8,400 housing units, and a timeline that puts first...
The 1031 Exchange Rules Every Nashville Investor Should Know
A deferred tax bill is not a forgiven tax bill. The rules that govern Section 1031 in 2026 are tighter than most investors realize.
Class B Office Buildings in Nashville Are Quietly Filling Up Again After Three Brutal Years
Trophy office stayed strong through the downturn. Class C kept getting demolished. The middle tier nobody talked about, Class B, hit eighty...
Build-to-Rent Communities Are Slowing in the Sun Belt, but Nashville's Pipeline Is Holding
Q1 BTR starts fell 28 percent nationally and 41 percent in Phoenix and Houston, the two biggest markets. Nashville's pipeline is moving...
Nashville Single-Family Closings Hit a Five-Year High in April and Inventory Is Finally Moving
Greater Nashville Realtors reported 4,847 closed single-family transactions in April, the highest April since 2021. Median price reached...
Oracle Breaks Ground at River North as Six Luxury Hotels Reshape Nashville Skyline
Oracle's 13-building Nashville headquarters and a wave of 4 to 5 star hotel construction including a 46-story St. Regis are remaking the...
VA Loan Holders Are Sitting on the Best Refinance Window in Three Years and Most of Them Have Not Run the Math Yet
VA mortgage rates have dropped to 5.85 percent for 30-year fixed as of the week of April 27, the lowest level since early 2023. Veterans...
Texas Just Doubled the Homestead Exemption Again and the Real Story Is School District Math
The new $200,000 homestead exemption signed into law in March is the largest property tax cut in Texas history but the way it interacts...
Oracle Is Building Its Global Headquarters in Nashville and the East Bank Will Never Be the Same
Oracle has begun clearing a 75-acre plot on Nashville's East Bank to build its global headquarters, bringing 2 million square feet of...
Sun Belt Housing Markets Are Flipping to Buyer Territory for the First Time in Years
Texas, Florida, and parts of the Southeast are seeing inventory pile up, prices dip, and sellers sweat for the first time since before the...
Note Investing Has Become the Real Estate Strategy for People Who Do Not Want to Own Buildings
Buying mortgages instead of properties has been a quiet corner of the real estate market for decades. The 2026 environment of high rates,...
The Iran War Is Freezing the Spring Housing Market Right When It Should Be Heating Up
A new CNBC survey of real estate agents shows buyers and sellers are pulling back sharply as the Iran conflict drives mortgage rates higher...
Mortgage Rates Just Dropped Below 6.3 Percent and Monthly Payments Are Falling for the First Time Since 2020
The 30-year fixed rate is trending toward 6 percent with projections of 5.7 by Q4, and monthly payments are declining for the first time in...
HELOC Volume Just Posted Its Best Quarter in Two Years and Homeowners Are Tapping Equity Again
TransUnion's Q1 2026 mortgage report shows home equity line originations climbing back to levels not seen since 2023, driven by record...
Cost Segregation Studies for Short Term Rentals in 2026 Carry Tighter Timing
Short term rental owners can accelerate depreciation deductions through cost segregation studies that reclassify property components from...
The Housing Market Is in a Psychological Freeze and Neither Buyers nor Sellers Know How to Break It
Mortgage rates jumped to 6.46 percent, consumer confidence hit a record low, and real estate agents nationwide are describing a standoff...
Office to Residential Conversion Is Accelerating as National Vacancy Hits 22 Percent
National office vacancy hit 22.1 percent in the first quarter of 2026, a fresh post war high. What is different about this cycle is that...
Home Insurance Premiums Jumped 22 Percent This Year and Buyers Are Feeling It
New data from LexisNexis shows the average US homeowner insurance premium rose 22 percent year over year, with Florida, Texas, California,...
The Nashville Suburbs Are Outperforming the Core and the Gap Is Widening
Hendersonville, Mount Juliet, and Spring Hill posted Q1 2026 median price growth that left Davidson County behind. The numbers point to a...
Real Estate Investors Who Are Not Using AI for Research Are Doing It the Hard Way
AI tools are compressing weeks of property research, market analysis, and deal evaluation into hours. Investors who adopt these tools are...
Davidson County Just Reassessed Every Property and the 35 Percent Run Up Is Showing Up in Mailboxes
The 2026 reassessment notices hit Nashville homeowners earlier this spring and the median Nashville home value is up roughly 35 percent...
Assumable Mortgages Are Back in 2026 and Most Buyers Have No Idea
Every FHA and VA loan in America is legally assumable. With current rates near 6.33% and millions of loans originated between 2020 and 2022...
Assumable Mortgages Are the Smartest Move Nobody Is Talking About in 2026
With 30-year fixed rates still hovering above 6 percent, assumable mortgages give first-time buyers a real shot at inheriting a seller's...
San Francisco Home Prices Just Hit an All Time Record on the Back of AI Startup Money
The median house price in San Francisco reached $2.15 million in March, up 18 percent year over year. AI wealth is rewriting the city's...
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