Latest news

Each April REALTORS® reaffirm their commitment to the Fair Housing Act

By Kristi Bailey, President / April 12, 2020

This year’s observance of Fair Housing Month is not happening as planned. Consumers and real estate professionals are currently preoccupied with making the best of the situation we are in…

Read More

With a Spring Real Estate Slowdown Expected, NAR Survey Finds Many Realtors® Hopeful for Post-Pandemic Market Rebound

By NETAR / April 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (April 9, 2020) – With an expected slowdown in spring real estate business activity, many Realtors® remain hopeful for a post-pandemic market rebound, according to a new survey from the…

Read More

Realtors are innovative, redefining how real estate gets done

By Kristi Bailey, President / April 6, 2020

It is definitely not business as usual, but REALTORS® are innovative. They are adapting to representing clients during these upside-down times. With current safer-at-home orders and other COIVID-19 driven situations,…

Read More

Housing market sails into uncharted waters

By Kristi Bailey, President / March 23, 2020

You can depend on COVID-19 pushing the local prime home buying and selling season onto uncharted waters this year.  In the short-term, you can rely on housing and economic data…

Read More

Real estate and the coronavirus – take a deep breath, stay focused

By Kristi Bailey, President / March 23, 2020

Coronavirus is the housing market disrupter that no one could have seen coming.  And it arrived hand-in-hand with the first look at February’s Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors® (NETAR) market…

Read More

NAR Survey Finds Nearly Half of Realtors® Say Home Buyer Interest Has Decreased Due to the Coronavirus Outbreak

By NETAR / March 23, 2020

WASHINGTON (March 19, 2020) – Nearly half of Realtors® – 48% – said home buyer interest has decreased due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors®.…

Read More

Here’s why foreclosure buyers need a buyer’s agent

By Kristi Bailey, President / March 15, 2020

There was a time when the first words a REALTOR® would hear from a new client was, “What kind of foreclosures are there out there?” Those days are gone, but…

Read More

COVID 19 Information *UPDATED FREQUENTLY*

By NETAR / March 13, 2020

As the coronavirus remains a growing concern in the U.S. and in Tennessee, our leadership would like to assure you that we are prepared, and that we are keeping a…

Read More

Listing price strategy takes on new importance

By Kristi Bailey, President / March 8, 2020

The initial listing price of a property is one of the single most essential items in a successful real estate transaction, and it does not matter if the market is…

Read More

Low mortgage rates, tight inventory pressures selling strategy

By Kristi Bailey, President / February 29, 2020

EDITOR’S NOTE – The rate droped to 3.45 percent after this item was written. Do not look for mortgage rates to be a big home sales driver this year. Even…

Read More