January Closings Single Family Homes- Knoxville, TN

If you wonder how home sales for January 2009 compare to a year ago here are the numbers. I compared all single family homes that closed from Jan 1,2008 - Jan 31,2008 to those that closed during the same period this year.
January 2008 / January 2009

Total Homes Closed: 291 / 204

Avg List Price: $195,242 / $202,558

Avg Sold Price : $189,052 / $192,568

% Sale Price/List Price: 96.8 / 95.0

# of Closings that were
Bank Owned/
Foreclosed Properties: 38 / 50

Currently as of today, there are 3644 single family homes For Sale on the Knoxville MLS in Knox County and 491 properties that are Pending Do Not Show waiting to close and another 176 that are pending Continue to Show indicating there is an accepted offer on the property but contingencies still need to be cleared. Currently of the 3644 single family homes on the market, 221 of them are foreclosures as best as I can tell.
If you would like more information about real estate in Knoxville or the surrounding counties of East TN visit my website at http://www.brendajolly.net/ or send me an email at brenda@knoxvillefindahome.com

Brenda Jolly

Southland GMAC

200 Midlake Dr Suite C

Knoxville, TN 37918

Office: 865-687-6657

Agent: 865-898-7896

Take a Break and Go Fishing!

Last Friday we (me and my husband) decided to take a much needed break from work since the weather was cooperating and so we hooked up the boat and off we went to the lake for what we hoped would be a successful day of not only fishing but actually catching fish......As we launched at Cove Creek on Norris Lake in Andersonville it was so nice as we cruised the lake looking for a good spot to try out luck. We just never could quite find that right spot. This is the hardest lake I have ever tried to catch fish in. We just cannot seem to find the right pattern. Although I love being on the lake whether I am catching fish or not it would sure be nice to at least catch on to what we are doing wrong and luck up on a good fishing spot every once in a while so we don't feel like total losers! Sometimes it seems like the fish know when we are coming and they all go into hiding until we give up and pull out. We used to fish more at Douglas and Fort Loudon (much easier fisheries) and really did pretty good most of the time. If anyone can give me any hints on how to catch the fish in Norris Lake I would be so happy. At least when we go fishing at Norris we have a nice picnic on the boat and enjoy each others company for the day. No TV and no Internet.