Terry Ross- Smyrna TN Real Estate - Smyrna TN, Murfreesboro TN, Nashville TN, La Vergne TN - real estate in Tennessee

With national news fretting over a real estate slowdown, perhaps it’s time to look at the actual numbers here in Middle Tennessee.  According to the GNAR, September 2006 sales were two houses shy of the all-time record set in September 2005.  Slowdown?  Dig a little deeper.  If you check out the figures, inventory may be up, but “days on market” for homes in September 2006 was lower than any month in 2005.  That’s right, in a supposedly slowing national market, Nashville’s houses are turning faster than last year.  In fact, the September 2006 figures for “days on market” are better than any figures since 2002, which is as far back as we kept looking.  It may not make for exciting news headlines, but we’re still buying and selling a lot of houses quickly here in Middle Tennessee.

The Daily News Journal reported this past week that builders are taking steps to speed up the development of the new shopping center on the Sam Ridley exit in Smyrna.  Smyrna will soon be the home of the area’s first SuperTarget along with an Old Navy, Kohl’s department store, and Staples.