General Meeting APRIL 14

Join us for our next general meeting on
Tuesday, April 14
6:30 PM
Friedman's Appliances
141 N Peters Rd
Knoxville, TN 37923
(865) 693-4344

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Friedman's Appliances is a locally owned, family operated major appliance store. We opened in 1988 on Downtown West Boulevard as a microwave only franchise named Friedman's Microwave Ovens. Around 1995, we moved our operation to its current location on Peters Road and soon stepped beyond microwaves only when we entered the major kitchen appliance business. We hired an outside salesman and entered the Speculative Builder market. Then we hired our first service technician and began providing repair services as well. Finally, we acquired dealership agreements with most of the premium brand appliance distributors and entered the premium appliance business catering to custom home builders.

In May of 2001 the original owners, Charlie & Ann Bone, decided to exit the appliance business and to become career missionaries in Thailand. They sold their business to long time friends and current owners, Janet and Russell Greer.

Friedman's Appliances also has a large selection of premier brands, please visit their For the Home section.

S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices Show Continued Declines

NEW YORK -- March 31, 2009 -- Data through January 2009, released today by Standard & Poor's for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, shows continued broad based declines in the prices of existing single family homes across the United States, with 13 of the 20 metro areas showing record rates of annual decline, and 14 reporting declines in excess of 10% versus January 2008. KEEP READING

As seasons change demand for remodeling increases

The economy may be down, but like most things these days, if you're in the market to purchase, it's a buyer's market.

Such is the case for home remodeling.

Experts say your dollar goes much further now than it did just a couple years ago and with the change of seasons the demand for remodelers is on the increase. KEEP READING

Franchise Opportunities List

Remodeling contractors are entrepreneurs by nature. And this year, more than any other year in recent memory, those entrepreneurial skills are being put to the test. Most remodelers are in the process of right-sizing their business, finding the right blend of cost reductions and marketing know-how to grow the top line, all while keeping a firm hand on expenses. For many remodelers, this may well be the year to strike out into new directions, to re-examine the opportunities offered by the many remodeling industry franchise networks and dealer opportunities. KEEP READING

What the expanded remodeling tax credit means for consumers.

Reporting from Washington -- Lost in the news of an expanded tax credit for home buyers is perhaps an even better deal for people who already own homes and want to make them more energy-efficient.

Both are part of the latest economic stimulus package signed by President Obama on Feb. 17. But while lawmakers saw fit to boost the buyer tax credit by a mere $500 to $8,000, they tripled the benefit available for the remodeling tax credit. KEEP READING

Interest in Home Remodeling is Growing

Despite the dismal economy, Ashley Lee launched into an ambitious remodeling of her family’s home in January.

With a growing 2-year-old daughter, Lee and her husband decided they needed more room than their two-bedroom, 1940s-era home offered, but they didn’t want to move. KEEP READING

Homeowners: Now is the time to invest in remodeling

The economy may be in a slump, but many homeowners at the Black Hills Home Builders Home Show on Saturday weren’t abandoning their plans for a new deck or kitchen just yet.

With rock-bottom interest rates and contractors eager for work, they agree, now might be the perfect time to get the biggest bang for their home-improvement buck. KEEP READING