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REALTY CHECK ROGERS COLUMN The new math of No, a cat’s place real estate boom is in the house How do you sell 4,649 We don’t let dogs roam the houses in June when there are city streets. So why is it OK only 4,308 available for sale? for cats? It shouldn’t be. P3 P3 July 16-22, 2021 Vol. 47 | Issue 29 NASHVILLE EDITION www.TNLedger.com The power of information. 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JULY 16-22, 2021 www.TNLedger.com Page 3 New math of real estate boom Inside is best We keep selling more Sure, you could houses than we have to sell let your cat So much for the “blood out of a roam, but why? turnip” adage. Each month, the Th e notice on the community Nashville real estate bulletin board was, unfortunately, not market continues to unusual: A missing cat, gone for two RICHARD COURTNEY set records for the days from its home in a neighborhood REALTY number of sales by near ours. CHECK pulling transactions A photo of an orange, well-fed tabby from the lowest 517BasswoodAve. JOE ROGERS reclining on a doormat accompanied inventory level in the notice. He looked, as cats tend Ledger MY TAKE decades. to, indiff erent. Th en again, he wasn’t Th ere were 4,649 closings in the missing when the photo was taken. Nashville area last month, an amazing The power of I’m always sad to see such news about any animal, number on its own. But the rules of information. but particularly about cats, since that’s my pet species of mathematics are strained further when choice. My standard optimism leaves me, and I fear the one considers there were only 4,308 Published weekly by Westview Newspaper, LLC worst for all involved. homes in inventory at the end of May. Cats are natural escape artists, possessed, as I’ve noted Based on those numbers, there is 222 Second Ave. N. Suite 101 before, with Klingon-worthy cloaking devices. But this cat less than a one-month inventory in the Nashville, TN 37201 1108BBiltmoreDr. (615) 254-5522 hadn’t escaped. He has apparently been allowed to roam, market. FAX: (615) 254-5525 and to come home when the mood strikes. And, to make Even with numerous homes listed favored neither buyer nor seller. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m things worse, he had just been moved to an unfamiliar in June, there were only 4,615 homes Th e problem with that logic is most area. on the market at the end of the President & Chairman of these recent sales had multiple off ers, Peter Schutt “We are new to the neighborhood and we’re afraid he month. Once again, the monthly sales thereby leaving several unsuccessful Publisher & CEO might be lost,” the owner wrote. outnumber the inventory. buyers still roaming the lands in search Eric Barnes I don’t think cats should be allowed to roam. At least, Sales increased 11% compared to 2020 Associate Publisher of shelter. & Executive Editor not urban cats. when the inventory included 10,001 Suppose there were only three spurned Lyle Graves Dogs aren’t. Metro Code is clear on the subject: “It is [email protected] homes and sales hit 4,085. buyers per sale , that would mean that the unlawful for any person to allow a dog belonging to him Off course prices also are on the rise Planning Editor market could potentially absorb 72,000 Cindy Smith or under his control , or who keeps or harbors a dog, or with the median price hitting $415,000 in a month. Th e end of forbearance will [email protected] who has it in his care, or acts as its custodian, or that may in the area. In the not-so-distant not be a blip on the real estate screen. Contributors be habitually found on premises occupied by him, to run past, loans more than $417,000 were Chip Cirillo SaleoftheWeek Sheila Burke at large.” considered jumbo loans. Veteran Realtor Kathy Carlson But the code is silent on at-large cats. Long noted for her real estate prowess, Hollie Deese Tommy Patterson says jumbo loans now Tim Ghianni Knoxville and Chattanooga ordinances go a step further, start at $586,500. Pamela Elcan of Parks can be found on Joe Morris barring at-large animals but making a specifi c exemption numerous real estate transactions across Rhiannon Potkey At any rate, the median price is fl ying Tom Wood for “community cats” and, in the case of Chattanooga, toward jumbo status. the county. Offi ce Manager feral cats. With only 3,778 sales pending, it Most recently she served as the listing Donna Gosnell Art Director Knoxville defi nes community cat thusly: “[A]ny free appeared likely that there would be a agent on a home at 1108B Biltmore Mike Hopey roaming cat that has been ear-tipped, sterilized, and has [email protected] drop from the 4,308 sales for the May.