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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 8, 2025) – Greater Nashville REALTORS® applauds Metro Nashville’s continued commitment to addressing the region’s housing challenges, as outlined in its newly released Unified Housing Strategy. The strategy builds on the foundational work of the Metro Planning Department’s Housing and Infrastructure Study and presents a coordinated vision to improve housing access, affordability, and stability for all Nashvillians.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2025) – Data for the month of April showed 2,963 home closings, according to figures provided by Greater Nashville REALTORS®. This figure indicates a 3 percent decrease from the 3,060 closings reported for the same period last year.

If you’ve lived in Nashville for the past several years, you’ve likely seen the city grow—fast. Along with a booming population, property values have soared. In fact, the median sales price of a single-family home in Davidson County has risen nearly 43 percent, from $346,500 in March 2020 to $495,000 in March 2025, according to data from Realtracs.

As affordability remains a challenge for many Americans seeking to buy a home, there is encouraging news: between 2013 and 2023, the U.S. homeownership rate rose, with 11.8 million more homeowners added during that decade, according to the National Association of REALTORS®' 2025 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America report.

As a broker specializing in office properties in Williamson and Davidson County, I work with two main groups of clients: occupiers/users and investors. In industry terms, this represents the space market and the yield market. My clients either need a place to run their businesses or seeking cash flow from an investment.

The latest home sales report for March is out, offering a detailed snapshot of housing activity across Greater Nashville’s 9-county region. According to figures provided by Greater Nashville Realtors, there were 2,831 home closings in March, representing a slight 0.2 percent decrease from the 2,837 closings reported in the same period last year. For the first quarter of 2025, the region saw 6,868 closings—down just 1.5 percent from the 6,970 closings in Q1 2024, reflecting a market that has remained relatively stable year-over-year despite broader economic uncertainties.

Last week, Greater Nashville REALTORS® members rolled up their sleeves and picked up their hammers for our association’s 29th Habitat for Humanity build. For nearly three decades, we’ve partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville to bring the dream of homeownership to life for local families — and every year, this project reminds us why that dream matters so much.

Every April, we recognize Fair Housing Month to commemorate the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This landmark federal law prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability. I’m proud to say that our REALTOR® Code of Ethics takes this even further by also prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.