Real Estate
Markets, mortgages, and the cost of where we live.
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,...
Nashville's Real Estate Investment Boomed in 2025. The Building Pipeline Didn't Keep Up.
Investment volume in Nashville jumped 40% to $5.1 billion last year. But the development pipeline is nearly dry — and the gap between...
The Spring Housing Market Is Not Slow. Buyers and Sellers Are Just Frozen by Fear.
Home sales are down 8.3% year-over-year. Consumer confidence is at a record low. The spring buying season, which historically represents...
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...
Commercial Office Vacancy Hits A Record And The Math Is Finally Catching Up
National office vacancy hit 20.4 percent in Q1 2026, the highest on record. The real story is not the number itself, it is what the math...
5 Closing Cost Lines That Quietly Cost You Thousands
Most buyers focus on the down payment and skip the closing disclosure until signing day. Five specific line items routinely add three to...
What Mortgage Lenders Don't Want You to Know About Closing Costs
Closing costs are pitched as fixed, but the Loan Estimate is full of shoppable, waivable, and negotiable lines. Walk in knowing the...
The One Mistake New Landlords Make With Tenants
The first tenant you place sets the tone for everything, and rushing that choice costs more than any repair or vacancy ever will.
3 Ways You Can Lose Your Earnest Money Deposit
Earnest money shows a seller you are serious, but it is not automatically refundable. Here are the three situations where buyers actually...
Why Do Some Homes Sit on the Market for Months?
A house that lingers is rarely a bad house. It is usually a pricing or presentation problem hiding in plain sight, and both are fixable.
Why Are Buyers Walking Away from Madison Homes?
Madison's 37115 zip code posted the highest contract cancellation rate in metro Nashville last quarter. Three forces are pulling buyers off...
Waive the Home Inspection and You Could Pay for Years
Skipping the inspection to win a bidding war can save you a week and cost you tens of thousands once the keys are in your hand.
Why Do Some Homes Sit While Others Sell in Days?
Two nearly identical houses can land wildly different fates, and the gap almost always comes down to pricing and the first ten days, not...
What Nashville Brokers See Before a Neighborhood Goes Hot
Nashville real estate cycles look random to outsiders. To brokers who track three specific signals 18 months before prices move, the next...
Waive the Appraisal Contingency and You Could Owe Thousands
In a competitive market, buyers drop the appraisal contingency to win the deal. Here is the cash gap that move can create and what is...
Renting Is Not Throwing Your Money Away
The idea that rent is wasted money skips most of the math. In plenty of situations, renting is the smarter financial move.
Why Does Your Property Tax Jump the Year After You Buy?
Many new owners are blindsided when their tax bill climbs months after closing. Here is what triggers the jump and how to plan for it...
Skip the Home Inspection and You Inherit the Repairs
Waiving the inspection can win you the house in a hot market, but it also hands you every hidden problem the seller never had to mention....
Davidson County's 2026 Reassessment Could Cost You Thousands
The countywide reassessment notices land in mailboxes between May and July. Most homeowners will not appeal, and the ones who do not will...
3 Costs First Time Landlords Always Forget
The rent looks like profit until three predictable expenses show up. Plan for them and a rental becomes far less stressful.
Paying Off Your Mortgage Early Is Not Always the Smart Move
Paying off the house early feels responsible, but the math and the trade-offs are more complicated than the peace-of-mind pitch suggests.
Rising Home Insurance Is Quietly Wrecking Housing Budgets
Premiums have jumped by double digits in just a few years, and Nashville owners are feeling it. Here is what is driving the increase and...
Skip the Home Inspection and You Inherit Every Hidden Cost
Waiving the inspection can win a bidding war and then quietly bankrupt you. Here is what you are actually agreeing to take on.
Why Self Storage Beats Single Family Right Now
For Nashville and Memphis investors with 100 to 500 thousand to deploy in 2026, the spread math, cap ex profile, and financing options...