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ThursdayAugust 4, 2022

Adventures in Nashville home shopping with first-time buyers

Tony GonzalezWPLN News
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From getting lucky at first bid to being priced out over and over again … well, first-time homebuyers are in for an adventure in Middle Tennessee.

In this episode, we meet Nashville residents who’ve had vastly different experiences buying homes over the last year. We’ll talk house-flipping, gentrification and interest rates. We’ll also hear from a real estate agent who can tell us what we’ve seen the last few years, debunk some rumors and tell us where the housing market might be heading in the next six months.

Guests:

  • Ravi Balakrishna, first-time homeowner
  • Anita Smith, community advocate, prospective homebuyer currently in a rent-to-own
  • Jake Burton, house-flipper and first-time homeowner
  • Alisha Haddock, vice president, director of community impact at The Housing Fund
  • Mark Nash, real estate agent with PARKS

Related episodes: 

  • Nashville’s growing need for affordable housing
  • How mediation solves disputes, including between landlords and renters
  • How rising housing costs are pushing Nashville’s immigrant communities further away
  • Check out all our coverage of the rising cost of housing at wpln.org/housing.

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