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Why Buying a Home in East Tennessee Is a Sound Decision

March 24, 2023 By Troy Stavros

If you’re thinking about buying a home, you want to know the decision will be a good one. And for many, that means thinking about what home prices are projected to do in the coming years and how that could impact your investment.   This year, nationally, we aren’t seeing home prices fall dramatically. Locally, […]

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Where you livin’? Renting Vs. Owning

August 12, 2019 By Troy Stavros

buy vs rent a home in Knoxville

Some Highlights: Owning your own home vs. renting may lead to some great options, such as locking in your monthly payments and having the freedom to customize your living space. Whether you rent or own, you have to cover someone’s mortgage costs. You may as well be doing so to build your own wealth, rather […]

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5 Powerful Reasons to Own Your Home Instead of Renting

July 11, 2019 By Troy Stavros

5 Powerful Reasons to Own Your Home Instead of Renting

Owning a home has great financial benefits. In a recent research paper, Homeownership and the American Dream, Laurie S. Goodman and Christopher Mayer of the Urban Land Institute explained: “Homeownership appears to help borrowers accumulate housing and nonhousing wealth in a variety of ways, with tax advantages, greater financial flexibility due to secured borrowing, built-in ‘default’ […]

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Top 5 Reasons Why Millennials Choose To Buy a Home [INFOGRAPHIC]

April 19, 2019 By Troy Stavros

Top 5 Reasons Millennials Choose To Buy A Home

More and more Millennials in Knoxville are choosing homeownership. In fact, they have quickly become the #1 generation for purchasing homes, as far as volume. The following infographic explains why homeownership is so important to them: Ready to start the process of getting into your own home or ready to move to something different? Call me, […]

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What Makes A House A “Home” For You?

December 26, 2018 By Troy Stavros

What makes a house a home for you?

We frequently talk about why it makes sense to buy a home financially, but more often than not the emotional reasons are the more powerful or compelling ones. No matter what shape or size your living space is, the concept and feeling of a home can mean different things to different people. Whether it’s a certain […]

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