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Spring City Lake House

***SOLD*** This home on Watts Bar Lake invites you and your favorite people to live on lake time. Offering three levels of true comfort and optimal entertainment, top-notch recreational amenities and dreamy outdoor living all perfectly perched lake-side to relax and enjoy. The large, yet quiet, cove off the main channel of the TN river has year round water. Conveniently Located just 75 minutes from Chattanooga and Knoxville. This spacious open home was designed and built for just this - a multi-family vacation sweet spot! The layout of the main level has an open and enormous kitchen fully equipped for all your culinary needs to feed a crowd. The new stove features a ''air fryer'' oven! The wine fridge is ready for any vintage. The scraped wood floors, solid wood cabinetry and natural stone counters speak to the timeless and durable details found throughout this home. The adjacent dining area is wrapped in windows with dreamy views to the lake and can accommodate a table for 12.

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HGTV Mountain Life

We were recently featured on HGTV Mountain Life. We had some clients relocate from Texas to Signal Mountain. After they closed on their new home we were contacted by the production company asking if they would be interested in being the stars in one of the episodes, I spent several years in TV production so if was a little terrifying to be on the other side of the camera for once but it was a lot of fun.

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2025 Grateful Gobbler

Every year at 8:00am on Thanksgiving Day over 6,000 people converge on Coolidge Park to attend the annual Grateful Gobbler. The close down Market Street and you start in Coolidge Park then walk across the Market Street Bridge down to MLK and back. It is a fairly flat and easy and casual walk. Yes there are runners and they finish before most of us are out of the park. As they say you can run, walk or stroll this run. You will see people dressed up and some will even dress up their dogs. there are tons of kids in strollers and wagons and when we started attending this run our kids were in wagons and strollers too.

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What Was Coolidge Park Before It Was A Park?

Before it became the public green-space known today, the site of Coolidge Park in Chattanooga had a very different identity and purpose. Up through the late 20th century, this waterfront parcel was occupied by a military facility — it was the location of a U.S. Naval‑Marine Reserve training station.

Beyond its military use, the broader North Shore riverfront area was generally under-utilized and even neglected: there were no major public amenities, few recreational facilities, and little reason for people to congregate along the water.

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Bridgestone and Lamborghini on Signal Mountian

A few months ago we got a call from a production company to use a clubhouse that we have as a staging area for a national Bridgestone Tire commercial. The road part of the commercial was shot on Roberts Mill Road on Signal Mountain. The commercial is below and the Roberts Mill parts are very quick. There was not a lot of notice given to the residence that the road would be closed so some were upset but at the same time if was cool to watch them at work. Signal Mountain is a sleepy little town for the most part so not sure how the scouts found this hidden road but good for them.

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New Lising in Rossville

Welcome home to this beautifully reimagined, turn-key residence set on a wooded 0.37-acre lot. Recently transformed from top to bottom, no detail was overlooked. The home now boasts electrical, plumbing, insulation, HVAC, and ductwork upgrades bringing it up to today's highest standards. The open-concept floor plan was thoughtfully redesigned for modern living, featuring a chef-worthy kitchen with an expansive butcher block island - perfect for prep, serving, or gathering with family.

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Top Questions First-Time Home Buyers Ask

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), first-time buyers accounted for about 24% of all home purchasers in the U.S. in 2024—an historic low. Over the roughly 2004-2024 period, the average number of new first‐time homebuyers was about 2.1 million annually

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End Of An Era

This week was our annual National Association Of REALTORS conference in Houston, Texas. It was a great week of work and networking. The conclusion of every conference is our director's meeting. This trip was no different but for me it is my last meeting as a national director for awhile. It has been a true honor and a ball to represent not only all of our NAR members but also help protect home buyers and home sellers. The real estate industry and the National Association of Realtors has undone a lot of change since I first became a director and I was glad that I got to be a very small part of that.

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A Dog’s Hideaway

Dogs have been a part of our families for along time. In todays new construction homes they are starting to get the spaces that they deserve. Over the past 4-5 years we have been seeing more and more areas of the home that are designed specifically for our four legged family members. On a recent tour of a few high end homes we say some very thought through designs including Pot fillers used for filling water bowls. Special areas for their beds and also more and more dog bath areas.

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Union Stables Home For Sale

Welcome to 1927 Wagon Lane in Union Stables. This 7 year old home has been remarkably well kept since 2017. As you walk up to the wonderfully build farmhouse, you are met with a quaint front porch that wraps around to the side door. Walk in through the front door and into the foyer, to the right are barn doors opening into the office/flex space and to the left are steps leading you upstairs. Continue through the house, the living room features a fireplace surrounded by shiplap and windows giving you plenty of natural light. Around the corner from the living room is the perfectly sized kitchen; connected to the dining room and leading you out to the covered back porch.

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New Company Photos

The Old Library Building, commonly known as the Carnegie Building, is a historic landmark located at 200 E. 8th Street at the corner of Georgia Avenue in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. Funded by a $50,000 donation from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it was constructed specifically to serve as the city’s public library. Work began around 1903, the cornerstone was laid on April 15, 1904, and the library officially opened to the public on July 17, 1905. Designed in the Classical or Neoclassical Revival style—sometimes described as Beaux-Arts Classical—the building is widely attributed to prominent local architect Reuben Harrison Hunt, though this attribution remains somewhat debated. Built with a raised stone basement and upper floors of marble, it features grand columns flanking the main entrance and finely detailed classical ornamentation.

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Radon In Tennessee

As more and more people move into Tennessee from all over the country we are seeing more and more Radon testing in Chattanooga. With an increase in testing of course comes an increase in questions and even mitigation. One of the largest companies in Chattanooga that is dedicated to all things Radon is Radon Eraser.

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Signal Mountain Playhouse

The Signal Mountain Playhouse was started in 1972 and ever since it has been a summer must do on Signal Mountian. They do both a Summer play at the outside theater and a Winter play at a local community center. This past summer we took the family to see the production of The Wizard Of Oz. It can be a little confusing for people that have never been as to how it works.

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Red Phone Booth Nashville

The Red Phone Booth in Nashville is an upscale speakeasy-style cocktail lounge located at 136 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard in the heart of downtown. Inspired by the Prohibition era, the bar is famous for its secretive entry process — guests must dial a nightly code inside a restored red London-style phone booth to gain access. Once inside, the atmosphere exudes old-world charm, with plush leather seating, exposed brick, dim lighting, and an onyx bar that creates a warm, exclusive vibe.

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Modern Day Land Scams

There is so much fraud in our world today and the scammers are finding new ways to steal from people. We have all heard about the different types of wire fraud in Real Estate. If you have not you live under a rock or have not seen the news for the past few years. Since more nad more systems have been put into place to make this more difficult and Buyers, Sellers, REALTORS snd Title Companies have all started to catch onto the fraud they have had to find new ways to steal from people.

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New Home By Peppers Construction

This dreamy mountain property is the first of its kind in the new phase of Flipper Bend, built by Peppers Construction and designed by Agape Designs. This home has a very thought out floor plan and has some great sunset views off the back of the home. As you drive up to this dark dreamy home, you are immersed in a modern mountain retreat crafted with stone and eastern pine wood. Walk in through the tall, grand entrance that flows into the living room and kitchen that open to the covered back porch. To the right lives the spare room or office, and the master bedroom and bath. The master bedroom is surrounded with windows overlooking the forested acre lot; the bathroom has a his and hers closet, and a garden tub and separate shower.

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One Level Luxury Living

This one level masterpiece with a French contemporary flair, crafted by the renowned Deep South Custom Homes in the prestigious gated community of Flipper Bend on Signal Mountain, TN. Nestled on a corner lot right across from the brow views of Chattanooga's verdant valley, this 4-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom luxury home offers unparalleled craftsmanship and contemporary elegance. Step through the modern glass door at the cozy front entry into a paneled foyer flanked by the morning room to the right, punctuated by expansive windows that flood the space with natural light, and the grand family room to the left with soaring ceilings, a beautifully sculpted fireplace in aged limestone and room for dining.

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Views Of Downtown Chattanooga

***SOLD*** This 4 Bedroom 3 Bath new construction home sitting high atop Whitehall Road has gorgeous views of the North Shore and Downtown Chattanooga. The Master and a Guest Suite are located on the Main Floor and a full finished basement features a Rec Room and addition Guest Bedrooms with views as well. The lawn maintenance and irrigation are included in the HOA so you are close to Downtown Chattanooga in a stand alone structure with the convenience of a Condo.

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Remodeled Rancher For Sale

***SOLD***This completely remodeled ranch home on a full basement if a perfect home for someone wanting to be located at the front of the mountain but not have 5,000 sq ft. This 3 Bedroom and 3.5 Bath home sits on 1.3 acres only 20 minutes to Downtown Chattanooga and is still zoned for Thrasher Elementary and Signal Mountain Middle/High School.

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