Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

The prices for homes in Sevier County have been going up for quite some time now! Here at All Pro Group, we want to be able to help you find the home of your dreams at a reasonable cost to you! On the attachment below, you can see the only three bedroom, two bathroom home site built with the ability to accomodate two cars priced under $175,000.00! It is priced at $154,900. One may think this is a steal! However, these attachments do not show you the mobile home that would be located in your back yard if this property belonged to you! The mobile home is not on the property of this home but with how close it seems to be to the house, it may as well be included! This is inconvenient for those wanting to enjoy a quality backyard experience. Furthermore, the mobile home being so close to this home makes it a bit of an eye sore! The best thing to do if you are looking for a home of these qualifications is to contact All Pro Group! We are tracking upcoming foreclosures around the clock and wo...

The prices for homes in Sevier County have been going up for quite some time now! Here at All Pro Group, we want to be able to help you find the home of your dreams at a reasonable cost to you! On the attachment below, you can see the only three bedroom, two bathroom home site built with the ability to accomodate two cars priced under $175,000.00! It is priced at $154,900. One may think this is a steal! However, these attachments do not show you the mobile home that would be located in your back yard if this property belonged to you! The mobile home is not on the property of this home but with how close it seems to be to the house, it may as well be included! This is inconvenient for those wanting to enjoy a quality backyard experience. Furthermore, the mobile home being so close to this home makes it a bit of an eye sore! The best thing to do if you are looking for a home of these qualifications is to contact All Pro Group! We are tracking upcoming foreclosures around the clock and wo...

Working in the real estate industry over the last few decades, we tend to fall into a rhythm, and lose sight of the stories behind those transactions. Some folks are gaining new homes, some are losing homes. Some people are moving on in a new adventure in their lives, others find themselves picking up the pieces of a life that was.  We get caught up in the process of closing the transaction and moving forward with the next task in front of us. God has a subtle way of bringing situations before us, and using our talents to fulfill his miracles in ways we sometimes fail to see on our own. The Father has a plan, and we forget to even realize our work experiences and life lessons prepare us to apply ourselves in his great commission without warning. One such example of God's plan in our lives came before us in mid November. Our firm, like most in the Smoky Mountain real estate area, handle many different types of transactions. We work with residential and commercial sellers, investment...

Working in the real estate industry over the last few decades, we tend to fall into a rhythm, and lose sight of the stories behind those transactions. Some folks are gaining new homes, some are losing homes. Some people are moving on in a new adventure in their lives, others find themselves picking up the pieces of a life that was.  We get caught up in the process of closing the transaction and moving forward with the next task in front of us. God has a subtle way of bringing situations before us, and using our talents to fulfill his miracles in ways we sometimes fail to see on our own. The Father has a plan, and we forget to even realize our work experiences and life lessons prepare us to apply ourselves in his great commission without warning. One such example of God's plan in our lives came before us in mid November. Our firm, like most in the Smoky Mountain real estate area, handle many different types of transactions. We work with residential and commercial sellers, inv...

During only 3 days so far this week, I have run the gamut of challenges. Starting with the foreclosure of a good friend's personal residence in Gatlinburg that I have been assigned to by the foreclosing bank to be the listing agent of. My friend is a fellow real estate agent in the Gatlinburg area and the foreclosure process has been working for some time. On Monday however, I received a call from my favorite Sevier County Sheriff's deputy telling me that he was going to have to evict this very kind person because the court delays were finished. Not a great way to start the week... On Tuesday, I viewed a Gatlinburg condo which Fannie Mae has just completed a foreclosure on. Interestingly enough, the buyers had purchased two adjoining units separately, with different lenders, and then taken out a portion of the fireproof dividing wall combining the two units into one super condo unit, twice the size of anything else in the development. They then proceeded to completely gut the t...

During only 3 days so far this week, I have run the gamut of challenges. Starting with the foreclosure of a good friend's personal residence in Gatlinburg that I have been assigned to by the foreclosing bank to be the listing agent of. My friend is a fellow real estate agent in the Gatlinburg area and the foreclosure process has been working for some time. On Monday however, I received a call from my favorite Sevier County Sheriff's deputy telling me that he was going to have to evict this very kind person because the court delays were finished. Not a great way to start the week... On Tuesday, I viewed a Gatlinburg condo which Fannie Mae has just completed a foreclosure on. Interestingly enough, the buyers had purchased two adjoining units separately, with different lenders, and then taken out a portion of the fireproof dividing wall combining the two units into one super condo unit, twice the size of anything else in the development. They then proceeded to completely gut the t...

Yesterday, I was asked by a reader of this Gatlinburg real estate blog how many of our Gatlinburg area's November residential sales were foreclosures or short sales. The answer is far, far too many, unfortunately. Out of 158 residential sales (the most in any single month since 2007!!) that were completed during the month by the members of our local board, the Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors, 60 were marked as foreclosures while another 15 sales were flagged as short sales. On the other hand, we have to get these distressed properties sold before prices can make any real positive headway. Because banks are still adding a good number of new foreclosures to the market (we have been assigned several new properties this month), the supply tends to remain fairly constant. In fact, we have some very attractive properties coming to market soon, so watch this Gatlinburg real estate blog and our GatlinburgHomes.com website for all of the area's newest listings as they bec...

Yesterday, I was asked by a reader of this Gatlinburg real estate blog how many of our Gatlinburg area's November residential sales were foreclosures or short sales. The answer is far, far too many, unfortunately. Out of 158 residential sales (the most in any single month since 2007!!) that were completed during the month by the members of our local board, the Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors, 60 were marked as foreclosures while another 15 sales were flagged as short sales. On the other hand, we have to get these distressed properties sold before prices can make any real positive headway. Because banks are still adding a good number of new foreclosures to the market (we have been assigned several new properties this month), the supply tends to remain fairly constant. In fact, we have some very attractive properties coming to market soon, so watch this Gatlinburg real estate blog and our GatlinburgHomes.com website for all of the area's newest listings as they b...

Under a directive from Fannie Mae (and possibly Freddie Mac), no evictions or trustee's sales were to occur during the period from just before Christmas to after New Year's.  In fact, according to the Sevier County tax records, the last Fannie Mae acquisition of 2009 was completed on 12/17/2009.  Although the mortgage bankers were possibly showing a little humanity I suspect that what they more likely were doing was avoiding the potential bad press of evicting a family on Christmas Eve.  Accordingly, we have not seen many new foreclosure assignments during the last couple of weeks and the time my staff now has on their hands will be used to prepare for what is probably forthcoming.  With a backload of loan foreclosures that are likely headed our way, we can be sure that next week will be hectic.  While we wait for the next wave, I thought it would be good to give you a preview of some of the most attractive Smoky Mountain properties that are heade...

Under a directive from Fannie Mae (and possibly Freddie Mac), no evictions or trustee's sales were to occur during the period from just before Christmas to after New Year's.  In fact, according to the Sevier County tax records, the last Fannie Mae acquisition of 2009 was completed on 12/17/2009.  Although the mortgage bankers were possibly showing a little humanity I suspect that what they more likely were doing was avoiding the potential bad press of evicting a family on Christmas Eve.  Accordingly, we have not seen many new foreclosure assignments during the last couple of weeks and the time my staff now has on their hands will be used to prepare for what is probably forthcoming.  With a backload of loan foreclosures that are likely headed our way, we can be sure that next week will be hectic.  While we wait for the next wave, I thought it would be good to give you a preview of some of the most attractive Smoky Mountain properties that are heade...

Look for the Hook Behind the Bait! On an idyllic afternoon a young rainbow brook trout glides effortlessly through the crystal clear river in Gatlinburg when in the periphery of its vision the fish spots something on the surface of the water. The spot dances, hypnotically, moving somewhat independently of the water's flow and the trout's instincts take over. With amazing speed and barely making a ripple the fish darts toward the target, deftly takes it down in his mouth, and heads back toward the safer depths below. Before he can even get what he thought surely was a tasty fly swallowed it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong as he feels the hook set in his jaw. The line (which he NEVER saw until now) goes taut and he is pulled by something he still can't see back toward the surface. Even in the small brain of this beautiful fish the alarms are now screaming as a fight to the death has begun. As the now thoroughly hooked fish struggles to get off the hook the barb...

Look for the Hook Behind the Bait! On an idyllic afternoon a young rainbow brook trout glides effortlessly through the crystal clear river in Gatlinburg when in the periphery of its vision the fish spots something on the surface of the water. The spot dances, hypnotically, moving somewhat independently of the water's flow and the trout's instincts take over. With amazing speed and barely making a ripple the fish darts toward the target, deftly takes it down in his mouth, and heads back toward the safer depths below. Before he can even get what he thought surely was a tasty fly swallowed it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong as he feels the hook set in his jaw. The line (which he NEVER saw until now) goes taut and he is pulled by something he still can't see back toward the surface. Even in the small brain of this beautiful fish the alarms are now screaming as a fight to the death has begun. As the now thoroughly hooked fish struggles to get off the hook the barb...

Excellent New Foreclosure Listing Priced Today! Just got an excellent price from Fannie Mae on this newer brick residence in Boyd's Creek. For those of you who don't know, Boyd's Creek is a peaceful rural community of rolling farmland and small subdivisions just north of the city limits of Sevierville and about 30 minutes north of Gatlinburg. If you know where the Smoky Mountain Knifeworks is in Sevierville, that is pretty close to this home. To see every property currently available for sale please visit our http://www.gatlinburghomes.com/ website.

Excellent New Foreclosure Listing Priced Today! Just got an excellent price from Fannie Mae on this newer brick residence in Boyd's Creek. For those of you who don't know, Boyd's Creek is a peaceful rural community of rolling farmland and small subdivisions just north of the city limits of Sevierville and about 30 minutes north of Gatlinburg. If you know where the Smoky Mountain Knifeworks is in Sevierville, that is pretty close to this home. To see every property currently available for sale please visit our http://www.gatlinburghomes.com/ website.