The Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® Commercial Council has been honored with a 2013 ACE Award, for Accredited Commercial Excellence

Knoxville's Community Development Corporation (KCDC) will hold its next public workshop for the Five Points Master Plan process at the Walter P. Taylor Boys and Girls Club, 317 McConnell St., on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m

The City of Knoxville's Community Development Department is developing its 2014 Annual Action Plan for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Act, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds during the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2014

On Wednesday, Nov. 13th, the City of Knoxville formally assumed control of six properties on West Jackson Avenue, including the historic McClung Warehouses. Under an agreement signed by the bankruptcy trustee for the properties, the City paid $1.45 million to settle an outstanding lawsuit and acquire the land and buildings

MEMPHIS, Tenn., - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for October were flat from a year ago, with 1,378 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales were up 5.3 percent from September. Average sales price YTD rose 10.7 percent to $143,200. Inventory was down 0.9 percent with 6,615 units listed for sale. Sales volume YTD increased 20.6 percent to $1.99 billion

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today approved a disaster recovery plan totaling nearly $7.5 million to help Shelby County, Tennessee to recover from severe storms, tornadoes, straight line winds, and flooding in May of 2011. These disaster plans will rely on grants provided earlier this year through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., - October 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Memphis-area home sales for September increased 1.0 percent from a year ago, with 1,309 total sales recorded in the Memphis Area Association of REALTORS® MAARdata property records database. Total sales were down 23.1 percent from August. Average sales price YTD rose 10.2 percent to $142,738. Inventory was up 1.2 percent with 6,678 units listed for sale. Sales volume YTD increased 21.1 percent to $1.78 billion.

EUGENE, OR - October 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Monte Davis, of Davis Company Real Estate in Austin, Texas, has adopted the innovative IDX Broker software from IDX, Inc. to create a simplified online property search not available on any other real estate search site. Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the website Davis supports, giving her clients and countless other home seekers a thorough and complete list of properties to begin their real estate search with. Never before has such a unique tool been so widely accessible, especially in the online real estate world

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Memphis Housing Authority has been awarded $720,000 in grant funding to coordinate supportive services designed to help residents achieve economic and housing self-sufficiency

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- A planned $165 million development on the former Baptist Hospital site along Knoxville's South Waterfront is moving forward, and the City of Knoxville and Knox County are proposing a tax-increment financing (TIF) transaction to support it. The proposed TIF would be authorized by an amendment to the existing Knoxville South Waterfront Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan, and would cover the property running along both sides of Blount Avenue from the Gay Street Bridge to just west of the Henley Bridge. A public hearing on the TIF proposal has been set for 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10th, at the KCDC offices at 901 N. Broadway.