The real estate market throughout Williamson County is red hot right now, and from January all the way to December of 2016, average home values in the area increased by more than $30,000. 

If that’s not quite enough to pique your interest as a potential home seller, though, consider this: over the course of 2016, the average value of a home sold in Williamson County was over $436,000, or more than $242,000 higher than the national median home value right now.

In all, homes sold in 2016 in Williamson County have a combined value of over $2.4 billion, and with this particular part of Williamson County seeing some of the highest employment growth numbers of any large county in the U.S., the market is projected to stay red hot heading into the busy

It was announced today that The Ashton Real Estate Group of RE/MAX Advantage in Nashville TN is the #5 in the USA!

The figures are based on the sales January through November 2016.

In 2015 The Ashton Real Estate Group finished at #4 but also was involved in a real estate shuffle after leaving RE/MAX Elite in Brentwood and forming a new RE/MAX in Nashville, RE/MAX Advantage. 

In case you haven’t noticed, townhouses are in high demand in Nashville right now, prompting local developers to keep pushing forward with building more. Earlier this week, Woodland Street Partners LLC revealed plans to develop a 28-unit townhouse community over on Nashville’s west side, and now, another 20-unit town home project is being planned by Rochford Reality & Construction Co. for a 3.07-acre site over in East Nashville. 

Construction for the new development, which will also include 1,900 square feet of retail space next door to the historic McGavock House, is expected to begin within the next 30 days, meaning first delivery for the new townhouses could come as early as this fall. 

As noted by The Tennessean, developers are already seeing

Reports have surfaced about a new 28-unit townhouse development being planned for a 2.35-acre site on Sterling Street over in West Nashville. 

According to The Tennessean, Woodland Street Partners LLC is expecting to begin construction later this year for the new townhouse units, which would reportedly be listed for under $500,000. 

With many would-be buyers being priced out of other nearby neighborhoods like 12 South, East Nashville, and Sylvan Park, demand for housing in this particular part of the city has skyrocketed in recent months, and on-going development both on the residential and commercial side of things is also catching the attention of many home buyers in the market looking for the next up-and-coming place to live. 

Located just

Earliest this month, national real estate website Zillow listed Nashville as the hottest housing market in the country for 2017, which was hardly surprising to those of us who already live here and have been watching Middle Tennessee’s real estate market sizzle for the past 12 to 18 months. 

But along with Zillow, it appears Forbes is also jumping on the Nashville bandwagon, claiming it’s also one of the best places to invest in a home in 2017 as well. According to their release, Nashville ranked 8th overall, attributing 9% annual home price growth and 2.7% annual job growth as the primary reasons why a Nashville home investment this year might pay dividends in both the short and long-term. Also noted was that Nashville has seen a 6% three-year

Life is complicated. And at first glance, you may also think that purchasing a home is just as complicated. At least, it may seem that way once you realize that a fully executed real estate contract may have a dozen or more pages.

However, the length and detailed information contained within those pages is a good thing because it helps to fully represent the terms agreed upon by the buyer and seller for the protection of both parties. If you are currently searching for a home to purchase and are somewhat concerned about the wording or length of the purchase offer you will be making, the following information may help you gain helpful insight and feel more confident in your role as a buyer.

What is Usually Included in the Purchase Offer?

Now that the calendar has officially flipped over to 2017, it didn’t take long for national real estate website Zillow to rank what should be the hottest real estate markets of the new year. Earlier today, Zillow released their annual list of what they project to be the top-performing markets over the next 12 months, which was determined by analyzing how quickly home values are rising in each city, which cities have the lowest unemployment rates and highest job gains, and also which cities have the strongest income growth. 

Overall, Zillow expects home values nationwide to jump by 3% in 2017, with many cities in the western portion of the country likely outperforming the national average. Even still, Zillow is also anticipating a very familiar city

By now you already know that there's a lot you can do to boost curb appeal and stage your home to make it more appealing, and these small investments can bring in big returns in the form of a quick sale and great price. But what about the structure of your home itself? It's often too costly to make major architectural changes, but there's a lot you can do to fake it.

If your house has low ceilings – especially common in homes built from the 1950s through the 1980s – you may find that buyers balk, since today's houses are all about open floor plans and and a high, open atrium. You can't rebuild your house, but you can try some clever tricks to add some visual height to the space and make those ceilings disappear.

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Construction is finally underway at South Haven—a new commuter-oriented housing development that’s being built along State Road 840 between Murfreesboro and Franklin. Being called a commuter’s dream location, South Haven homes for sale will offer ultra-easy access to Interstate 840, allowing home owners to get to and from just about any of the Nashville area in only a short amount of time, but especially Cool Springs, Brentwood, Franklin, and Murfressboro. 

In all, South Haven occupies almost 269 acres and will feature a whopping 571 homes once fully finished. Homes are being built by a number of different home builders that include The Jones Co., Ole South, Paran Homes, And Celebration Homes, and most homes will offer somewhere between 1,600 and 2,700