There are ample arguments on both sides for those arguing the condition of the Middle Tennessee real estate market.

Greater Nashville Realtors statistics show sales were down 15% in 2022 with most of the carnage coming in the last three quarters, when there were 39,831 compared to 47,172 the year before. Sales for December (2,568) fell 40% compared to December 2021 (4,305).

2. What happens when buyers can’t, won’t close the deal? - Friday, November 4, 2022

Veteran real estate broker Allen Huggins recently closed a transaction involving the home at 4304 Lilywood Road, one of Belle Meade’s secret streets hidden from view off Lynnwood Boulevard. Huggins is the principal broker and owner of WH Properties, a wildly successful firm that he opened before things were wildly successful.

3. What’s yours is mine, at least for a couple of months - Friday, December 17, 2021

Nashville real estate sales increased 9% in November compared to November 2021, Greater Nashville Realtors sales data shows. That happened with fewer homes to sell, 4,732 properties in inventory compared to 6,200 the previous November.

4. Nashville pays respects to innovative builder - Friday, August 2, 2019

The city of Nashville lost a treasured, iconic character recently with the death of Rogan Allen. Arguably the best home builder in Nashville during his heyday, Allen was a sponge absorbing architectural history and construction knowledge and consistently incorporating the ancient practices into the current, cutting edge building trends worldwide.

5. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for April 2019 - Friday, May 24, 2019

Top commercial real estate sales, April 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

6. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for November 2017 - Friday, December 15, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, November 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

7. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for September 2017 - Friday, October 20, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, September 2017, for Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports. Due to technical issues, Davidson County sales are unavailable for September.

8. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for August 2017 - Friday, September 22, 2017

Top residential real estate sales, August 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

9. Home inspectors can save your life, real estate deal - Friday, July 28, 2017

Home inspectors can prove to be burrs in the saddles of listing agents and sellers with the many deficiencies they uncover while plying their trade.

Often accused of “nitpicking” or trying to “kill the deal,” the fact is that they are performing their duties to the best of their abilities.

10. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for March 2017 - Friday, April 28, 2017

Top commercial real estate sales, March 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

11. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for 2016 - Friday, January 20, 2017

Top commercial real estate sales, 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

12. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for October 2016 - Friday, November 25, 2016

Top commercial real estate sales, October 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

13. Sales stats reveal lack of affordable housing - Friday, September 30, 2016

Sales information flowing through Realtracs reflect two entirely different markets headed in opposite directions.

In the luxury market, those homes selling for $1 million or more, there were 77 homes sold between June 20 and August 31. Of those transactions, the highest was in the $3 million range, while there were nine for $2 million and 67 for $1 million or over.

14. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for July 2016 - Friday, August 26, 2016

Top commercial real estate sales, July 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

15. Top Middle Tennessee residential transactions for April 2016 - Friday, May 20, 2016

Top residential real estate sales, April 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

16. Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for February 2016 - Friday, March 18, 2016

Top commercial real estate sales, January 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

17. Middle Tennessee's $1 million-plus residential real estate transactions for 2015 - Friday, January 15, 2016

Middle Tennessee's $1 million-plus residential real estate transactions for 2015, Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

18. $1M-plus Middle Tennessee residential real estate transactions for 2015 - Friday, July 3, 2015

2015 $1 million-plus residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.

19. Buying a house? Here’s 12 things you must do - Friday, July 3, 2015

Anyone buying any home anywhere should have a checklist of things to do. In this area, there are several.

• Get a home inspection. Old or new, things may not be what they seem. As attorney Jean Harrison says of new homes, “Passing codes means they got at least a D-.” A home that has been pre-inspected could have serious flaws undiscovered by the seller’s inspector.

• Hire a real estate agent. No one with any sense would go to court and use the other person’s attorney to represent them in order to save three percent. By the way, you won’t save the three percent.

• Have a survey conducted. Who knows who owns what without a survey? Veteran real estate agents and surveyors have more war stories in this regard than any. There have been entire houses built upon the wrong lots, and the same goes for driveways, swimming pools, fences, walls and bridges.

• Have a radon test and have it mitigated if the reading is over four pica curies, as in Madame Curie, you know, the radiation person. Radon causes cancer. Period. The end. If you don’t want cancer, rid the space of the radon.

• Treat the house for termites. A clear termite letter means the termites did not swarm at the exact moment of the inspection. The bugs are in the dirt and they will eat your house, at least the wooden part.

• Have a licensed HVAC contractor inspect the HVAC. If they disassemble the unit during inspection and find it to be dangerous, they are forbidden to re-assemble it. The home owner is going to require heat or conditioned air, so it will be repaired.

• Have your insurance agent run a CLUE report prior to the inspection to determine if claims have been filed against the house.

• Check for outstanding building permits.

• If the house is sheathed in synthetic stucco, have several feet of the sheathing removed all around the house.

• If there is water beneath the house, get it out.

• Don’t have the homeowner fix the problems. The jobs will go to the lowest bidder.

• When the sellers give you money, use it to make the repairs. The Palm is tempting, but they don’t treat termites.

As the Facebook people say, “That is all.”

20. Top residential real estate transactions for April 2015 - Friday, May 15, 2015

Top residential real estate transactions, April 2015, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

21. Top residential real estate transactions for first quarter 2015 - Friday, April 17, 2015

Top residential real estate transactions, first quarter 2015, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

22. Top January 2015 residential real estate transactions - Friday, February 13, 2015

Top January 2015 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

23. Top Midstate residential real estate transactions for Sept. 2013 - Friday, October 18, 2013

Top September 2013 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

24. Bass, Berry & Sims adds 4, promotes 1 - Friday, March 15, 2013

Sarah B. Krause, Stephanie A. Roth, Brittain W. Sexton and Marcia N. Topiwala have joined the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC as new associates, and Amanda Elliott Stanley has been promoted from associate to counsel.