Monthly Archives: December 2015

THDA will provide $500,000 to help Urban Housing Solutions develop a second apartment complex where Nashvillians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) can live as independently as possible

A sharp decline in the share of home purchase loans going to African-American borrowers has been among the most significant and lasting effects of mortgage market crisis in Tennessee, according to a new study from THDA

Memphis-area home sales for November increased 4.9 percent from a year ago, with 1,086 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Sales were down 18.7 percent from October, when there were 1,336 total sales. Average sales price from November-to-November was up 5.9 percent, at $157,736. Inventory decreased 3.3 percent, with 6,086 units listed for sale. Monthly sales volume YTD increased 7.7 percent to $2.38 billion.

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis and Habitat for Humanity International announced a major challenge grant to kick off the fundraising effort for Habitat’s 2016 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Memphis. THDA will match the first $1 million in donations for the project.