knoxville: Knoxville history comes alive in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee - 09/28/09 10:27 AM
Founded in 1786, Knoxville, Tennessee is a city rich in history and colorful citizens that contributed much to Knoxville the the surrounding areas. Many of Knoxville’s early citizens were buried in Old Gray Cemetery after their passing.
In what has became an annual even, the Lantern and Carriage Tour at Old … (2 comments)
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knoxville: Knoxville, Tennessee real estate sales for the week of May 24th, 2009 - 05/25/09 12:38 PM
Reading the weekly real estate transfers from the Knox County Register of Deeds office I see about the usual for the year number of property transfers recorded. This past week we had a total of 148
And as has been the case for 2009, mid to lower priced homes … (1 comments)
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knoxville: Is your house for sale? - 11/18/08 09:12 AM
If you are you’re in good company.
Currently the Knoxville Area Association of Realtor’s Multiple Listing System (MLS) has 11,576 active residential listings and 1,743 condos which have all been for sale an average time of 108 days. That’s a very clear sign to me that we’re in a strong buyer’s … (3 comments)
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knoxville: Current state of the Knoxville, Tennessee housing market. - 09/25/08 05:26 PM
Before examining the latest Knoxville area real estate sales data I want to touch briefly on some misconceptions potential buyers may have about the local market.
There is an overload of negative economic news floating around out there and a lot of it is tied directly to the housing market.
Unfortunately … (1 comments)
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knoxville: Knoxville, Tennessee duplex; ideal for UT students - 08/19/08 03:45 PM
Delightful duplex located under 2 miles from the University of Tennessee. Upstairs unit is rented for $625 per month, downstairs is rented for $425.
You can get there either by car on Sutherland Avenue to Kingston Pike/Cumberland Avenue or pedal down the tree shaded Third Creek Greenway/Bike Path.
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knoxville: Oakes Daylily Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee - 06/28/08 07:49 PM
40 acres of blooming Daylilies makes quite a spectacular sight. This past weekend was the annual Oakes Daylily Festival in beautiful Corryton, Tennessee, a charming rural community about 15 miles east of Knoxville.
My wife and I went for a visit yesterday, had a great time, bought lots … (3 comments)
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knoxville: It's "Free Fishing Day" in Knoxville, Tennessee - 06/07/08 01:55 PM
Ah, fishing.
Just the word conjures up images of sitting under a shady tree along the river bank watching that float for a nibble and enjoying the outdoors.
The only thing that could make that better would be free fishing. That's right, no licenses, no bait to buy, and a free … (6 comments)
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knoxville: Knoxville's Dogwood Arts Festival is just around the corner - 01/14/07 08:17 PM
It's almost time for the "Best 3 weeks of spring in America", Knoxville, Tennessee's annual Dogwood Arts Festival.
Each year for about 3 weeks in April Knoxville, Tennessee becomes a 'blooming' fairyland when the Dogwood trees bring forth their beautiful blossoms.
Dogwoods are a native tree in east Tennessee so the woods are … (7 comments)
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knoxville: Why Knoxville, Tennessee is a great place to live - 01/01/07 09:15 AM
The newest 'meme' challenge is to name 5 reasons why your hometown is a great place to live and to buy a house. There are so many reasons for Knoxville it's going to be tough limiting them to just 5 but that's the format so without further ado:
You get a lot … (10 comments)
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knoxville: Top 100 real estate markets in 2007 - 12/27/06 04:36 PM
At the current Internet edition of Fortune magazine they're predicting the top 100 real estate markets for 2007.
"What will happen to the value of your home next year? We asked Moody's Economy.com and Fiserv Lending Solutions to crunch the numbers for the top 100 markets in the United States."
Nashville, Knoxville, and … (8 comments)
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knoxville: Dear Mr. FSBO, is your buyer qualified to buy??? - 12/20/06 06:39 AM
OK, so you bought a $4.95 sign at Wal-Mart, stuck it in the front yard, and right away the nicest young couple stop by and say your house is perfect for them.
"We want to buy it", they say.
"Wow, that was easy", you're no doubt thinking. You get out your Office Depot contract form, you … (27 comments)
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knoxville: Fall in East Tennessee - 09/27/06 11:39 PM
It's now officially Fall in east Tennessee.
There are several "can't miss" signs that fall is upon us.
University of Tennessee football gamesCrisp, cool mornings & nightsThe smell of woodsmoke in the air.Leaves are just starting to turnI love fall, it's one of my favorite seasons; I also love spring & winter, but … (2 comments)
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knoxville: "Bedroom Community" I thought all communities had bedrooms. - 09/27/06 11:24 PM
Typically most all communities do have bedrooms, some are just better known for it than others.
By definition a "bedroom community" is one where most of the residents work in nearby towns or cities and commute back and forth daily.
Most bedroom communities don't offer much in the way of employment … (2 comments)
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knoxville: Top places in the US to retire - 09/14/06 09:09 PM
The current issue of "Where to Retire" magaine lists “8 low cost towns with great home buys”.
Not surprisingly my city of Knoxville, Tennessee is one of them; in fact one of the few things below average around here are home prices.
The National Association of Realtors lists $143,000 as the median price … (8 comments)
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knoxville: Tennessee = "vacation" on Google - 09/14/06 08:53 PM
Using video technology Tennessee's Tourism bureau doctored some scenes from an early Elvis Presley movie and replaced the original actress riding with Elvis in a red convertable with Dolly Parton in a 'made for the www' commercial promoting tourism in Tennessee.
http://elvis.com/graceland/special/video_elvis-dolly.asp
Thanks mainly to ads like this one a Google search of … (0 comments)
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