Chattanooga Real Estate Blog

Many times we forget the reason for Memorial Day so take a moment today and pay respect to the military service people who gave their lives to protect our freedom.  It’s really their day.

It’s that time again.  The total number and volume of residential sales in Hamilton County fell a little last month.  The number of closings decreased by 6% from 307 in March to 287 in April.  Total volume was off by 11% from $57,285,451 in March to $51,172,034 in April.  North Hamilton County and North Chattanooga areas had the most closings with 42 and 33 which accounted for a full 26% of the total closings.

Chattanooga MLS April 2011 Data

10 counties in Tennessee as well as 16 in Georgia have been declared disaster areas after storms ripped through our area April 25-28.  We are still in shock as we see the devastation tornadoes can and have done to our friends and neighbors.

FEMA issued a release today regarding disaster relief.  Even though it is titled Tennessee Disaster Survivors it is not Tennessee specific.  Anyone in an affected area (TN, GA, AL, etc) will find it useful because there are some questions and answers as well as numbers to get help.

On a personal note, if anyone needs anything, please let me know.  I have been donating to organizations taking up collections and would be more than happy to help get some things directly to you if it’s within my grasp.  My prayers continue to go out for those affected.

Our upward trend in sales continued in March with a big jump from February.  We had 307 sales in March compared to 201 in February.  North Hamilton County continues to lead with the highest number of sales in the area at 44.  The same area had 33 last month.  The dollar volume in sales increased by over 24 million.

Lets hope it continues!