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The Chattanooga Market is hosting it's first ever Auto Show this Sunday September 12, 2010. Several local auto clubs will be bringing out their best to compete for cash prizes, voted on by the locals. So come out to First Tennessee Pavilion on the Southside and check out some hot rods while sampl...
09/11/2010
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Do not adjust your screens, you haven't been hacked, you're just seeing the words "Happy New Year" in Amharic, the national language of Ethiopia. Ethiopia uses a different calendar (not to mention a different alphabet) from the rest of the world, based on the Coptic (Egyptian) calendar which is s...
09/10/2010
These numbers cover all of Hamilton County (not just Chattanooga) as reported to the Chattanooga MLS. Chattanooga Real Estate Sales (All prices) All Chattanooga homes for sale: 2,825 Pending or contingent listings (under contract): 711 Residential listings closed (sold) during the past month: 336...
09/09/2010
Lather up - don't be caught unprepared: anticipate what is going to happen or what is going to be asked and be prepared with a response. Let someone else pull the rope - accept help: if you can't get where you want to go on your own, look to those who can help you get there. Run - when you ca...
09/07/2010
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This week's headliner is the Carolina Chocolate Drops. I heard a pretty extensive interview with them on NPR a couple of months ago so I was pretty jazzed to see their name come up as this week's act. The music that's mostly strongly identified with Appalachia seems to be the preserve of white fo...
09/03/2010
Yeah, yeah, I know. It's September for Pete's sake, Jules (by the way, how did it get to be September already?). That just means you have the August report to look forward to that much sooner! Everything you see here is reliable but not guaranteed. I figure all these myself and I am, after all, o...
09/02/2010
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I read the news yesterday that the average interest rate on a 30 year fixed mortgage fell to a new record low of 4.36%. And that you can now get a a 15 year fixed rate mortgage for somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.86%. That was the last straw. I'm packing up my crystal ball, because it clearly ...
09/01/2010
Glendon Place is one of those Chattanooga neighborhoods that you drive by all the time (it's just off Germantown so if you live points east & work downtown there's a good chance you pass it every day) but might not notice. Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly charming whizzing by at 45 but you don'...
08/31/2010
...like bid periods, HUD keys, etc? Forget all that. Times they are a-changin'. Right now other HUD quirks are staying the same like $100 down payments & 3% closing cost assistance but they could be changing in the near future too (hope not!). As of today, all HUD homes that are currently listed ...
08/30/2010