Hot Homes: 5 Nashville area properties leaning into 2025 trends

This year, Zillow reports that homebuyers are getting cozy, feeling nostalgic, and looking for resilient homes.

An aerial view of a red brick home with gray shingles, two chimneys, four dormers, and an arched entryway with two small columns.

If you’re looking to roll out the welcome mat this year, consider one of these area homes for sale that are right on the trends. | Photo via John White, Compass

“That’s so 2025.” No, really. Zillow released its forecast of the top trends we’ll see across real estate this year, and these hot homes in the Nashville area are already ahead of the curve.

The sitting room containing built-in bookshelves on either side of a red brick fireplace, a light gray couch, two leather stools, and a wooden beaded chandelier has peachy orange walls.

The light blue exterior of this 12 South home is almost as inviting as its peachy interior walls. | Photo by Justin Fricke, Pixel Crew

Cozy comfort

1510 Elmwood Ave. | Listing agent: Grace Clayton, Engel & Völkers Nashville

Warmth is so hot right now. This charming century-old residence’s colors, fireplace, and front porch will make you feel right at home.

A light colored wood lines the walls of a sunroom. The room has three windows with shades half-drawn, dark wood trim, a neutral striped rug, recliner, and TV on a cubed entertainment center.

How’s this for a touch of nostalgia? Only four families have owned this home since 1949. | Photo by Kenneth Purdom, Real Estate Photographer Pro

Nostalgia

5771 Eatons Creek Rd., Joelton | Listing agent: Melissa McMillan, EXIT Real Estate Experts

Nostalgic touches are the name of the game. If you’re looking for a blast from the past, find it in this Crab Orchard stone home’s wood-paneled sunroom and office space.

A dark wood paneled room with wainscoting, built-in bookshelves, a fireplace with marble bordering, two windows, a traditional chandelier, and an area rug covering the entire floor.

Make your home into your personal Nashville Public Library. | Photo via John White, Compass

Home libraries

4905 Tyne Valley Blvd. | Listing agent: John White, Compass

Those who are always adding to their reading list will never run out of shelf room here. Display your best books in the mahogany-paneled library complete with a fireplace.

An oudoor area nestled between the side of the stone home and a wooden slat fence, which contains two raised wooden garden beds and a small black greenhouse.

Add this to the list of sustainable features: Your own greenhouse with raised garden beds. | Photo by 615 Media

Sustainability + climate resiliency

305 Natchez St., Franklin | Listing agent: Mary Grace Gardner, Compass

As renewable energy gains popularity, solar panels are powering up on new listings. This home is loaded with 82 of them, meaning energy bill savings each month. That’s in addition to six battery wall packs for power storage and two EV charging stations.

a long view down a primary room bathroom with white marble flooring and white marble waterfall counter tops. To the left, you can see the glass doors to the white tiled shower with stainless steel features and a clawfoot tub surrounded by green, leafy plants inside of it.

Surrounding this clawfoot tub with plants is giving us all the inspiration. | Photo via Rick Deckbar, Compass

Luxurious bathrooms

1224 Villa Place | Listing Agent: Rick Deckbar, Compass

Who needs a staycation at a high-end hotel when you can unwind in your en-suite wet room after a session in the private sauna.

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