About Knox County, TN

Below is a chart prepared by the National Association of REALTORS ® comparing the new changes to the Homebuyer Tax Credit.

The biggest change is that current Homeowners are now eligible if they sell their current homes and then buy AFTER the date of enactment of this extension which is November 6th, 2009.

Because of widespread incidents of fraud, purchasers must now attach documentation proving they actually bought a qualifying home to qualify for the credit.

Additinally the income guidelines have been increased, now a single taxpayer can qualify if they earn up to $125,000 and up to $225,000 for married taxpayers.

The rationale for increasing the income limits and expanding the credit to existing homeowner is that it should encourage more higher priced home purchases. Currently the existing tax credit was driving mostly lower end purchases.

Homes & Land has been working on our organic SEO for quite some time. Not only do we offer the finest quality print magazine in the area we provide excellent web exposure with over 20 national web partners and great Google juice! Here's some local results for the Greater Knoxville Area:

Google Top 10 organic SEO results

Alcoa homes - # 7

Crossville homes - # 3

Crossville land - # 1

Cookeville homes - # 3

Cookeville land - # 1

Cosby homes - # 3 and # 5

Cosby land - # 9

Dandridge homes - # 1

Dandridge land - # 2

Farragut homes - # 5

Gatlinburg homes - # 5

Gatlinburg land - #1 and # 4

Jefferson City TN homes - # 5

Jefferson City TN land - # 3

Knoxville homes - # 6

Knoxville land - # 1

Lenoir City homes - # 7

Lenoir City land - # 5

Maryville homes - # 4

Maryville land - # 1

Morristown TN homes - # 7

Morristown TN land - # 2

Newport TN homes - # 5

Newport TN land - # 4

Pigeon Forge homes - # 10

Pigeon Forge land - # 8

Sevierville homes - # 5

Seymour Tennessee homes - # 7

Tellico Village homes - # 3

Townsend TN homes - # 5

Townsend TN land - # 3 and # 9

This is the 15th blog in my series "Iraq-The Story Unfolds". Wow, I didn't realize I had posted so many. For those that are not following you can go back through my blogs and see most of the different "untold" stories that I have for my deployment to Iraq. This is a much different side that you won't see on TV. Anyway this post is to talk about the weather again, seems to come up in alot of posts.

So I came back a little more than a month ago. When I got here at the beginning of October the temperatures were still lingering around the 105-115 F range. This was a little better from this summer when it ranged from 120-140 for the highs. This was a bit of relief except the wind was coming in off of the gulf which meant the humidity was also much higher. I will still say that I will take a dry 125-130 over a wet 110. I would go and take a shower, get out, dry off, and instantly be soaked once again. It was very un-pleasant.

So most of the month went by and it has dropped dramatically. Our temperatures this month dropped down to highs in the 90's or below. In fact our high Thursday is only supposed to be 79 degrees. In one month we have had a drop of about 40 degrees. It almost feels like back home. And the wind has changed again from the gulf and is now blowing down from the north so the humidity is gone. I actually think I will need to buy a blanket before I come home.

The other major change is that we finally see rain. It has not been much usually a few sprinkles during the day and a small shower after mid-night. It has been constant for the past week. This is much relief after about four to five months without any percipitation. Only one major problem with the rain. What happens when you our water over a country full of dirt and sand. Yep we now live in one major mud-puddle again. Driving around can be a pain, and now we cannot keep the office clean, but I will take it as opposed to the heat.

Well this is all I really have for this post. The focus now is on our re-deployment. Our replacement unit should be on their way sometime in the near future and my days in this country are starting to get really low. I can finally stop counting weeks and start counting days. And yes Im still singing the song "I'll be home for Christmas". That song has such a nice ring to it.

Thank you all for following

Nicholas S. Bush

(Deployed) REALTOR®

Total Auction and Realty LLC

(O) 637-8777

(C) 243-4574

www.homesaleseasttn.com

Devanshire Subdivision in Knoxville, Tennessee is off of Lovell Road, near Pellissippi Parkway. The subdivision is about 13 years old and is still building new houses. These are what most people would probably consider affordable.

Since June 30, 2009, the average sale price is $116,083 with the average price per square foot at $91.55. The average days on market since June 30, 2006 has been 60 days. The highest priced house to sell was $133,400 and the lowest was $85,000. The sales include one foreclosure. The age of the house ranged from 13 years old to 2 years old.

Conservatively speaking, the lot sizes are around 40X100, but many are larger than that. The HOA fees are around $50 per month that includes lawn service, pool access and trash pick up.

Let me know if you want to see any houses in Devanshire; I easily make an appointment. Cathy Glass, Realty Executives Associates, 865-693-3232

The national median home price are now a very affordable $174,100 median home price. Here in Knoxville Tennessee median price is in the $140's. with low interest rates buyers should be able to get the home of there dreams.

*All areas are metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) as defined by the US Office of Management and Budget as of 2004. They include the named central city and surrounding areas. N/A Not Available p Preliminary r Revised ^† Most current data available © 2008 National Association of REALTORS®