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June 24, 2011 by · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Benchmark Realty Blog where you can search all homes in Brentwood, Nashville, Smyrna, Murfreesboro & all surrounding areas! You will also find great tips, tools and reale state information to help you on your path to buying or selling real estate in our area. Please feel free to browse around and if there is anything we can help you with then please feel free to contact our team of agents! We are always here to help you! … [Read More...]

Around the House

How To Clean Outdoor Furniture : Resin, Wood And Metal

This week marks the official start of Summer in Nashville. If your home's outdoor area has furniture in it, you'll want to make sure that your furniture is clean. In this 4-minute video from Lowe's, you'll learn tricks to keep your outdoor furniture clean, and protected from the elements. All types of outdoor furniture are covered in the lesson including metal, resin-based, and wooden. The offered tips include: Why you should never remove the … [Read More...]

The Economy

Make A Mortgage Rate Plan Ahead Of The Jobs Report

Been shopping for a mortgage rate? You may want to lock something down. Tomorrow morning, mortgage rates are expected to change. Unfortunately, we don't know in which direction they'll move.  It's a risky time for TN home buyers to be without a locked mortgage rate. The action begins at 8:30 A.M. ET Friday. This is when the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its April Non-Farm Payrolls report. The monthly Non-Farm Payrolls … [Read More...]

Real Estate Market

Single-Family Housing Starts Powers Ahead

The new construction housing market continues to improve. One day after the National Association of Homebuilders reported a 5-year high in homebuilder confidence, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that single-family housing starts rose 2 percent for the second straight month last month. In April, on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis, the government reports 492,000 single-family housing starts. A "housing start" is a home on which ground has … [Read More...]

Federal Reserve

Is More Fed-Led Stimulus On Its Way?

The Federal Open Market Committee released its April 2012 meeting minutes this week, revealing a Federal Reserve in the ready in the event additional monetary stimulus is needed. The Fed Minutes function much like the minutes from a business meeting; or, condominium association meeting, for example. It's a detailed review of the conversations and debates between FOMC members, and is typically published 3 weeks after a Federal Reserve meeting. … [Read More...]