East Colony At Riverbend

WILLOW OAK DRIVE & COURT · POOL, TENNIS, PLAYGROUND · BELLEVUE 37221

The Streets, and Why Most Lists Get Them Wrong

East Colony At Riverbend sits off Poplar Creek Road near Old Harding Pike in Bellevue. The addresses here are on Willow Oak Drive and Willow Oak Court.

Published descriptions of this subdivision usually name Colony Court, Colony Drive, Colony Place, Willow Creek Court and Willow Creek Drive. None of those is right. The Colony streets belong to South Colony At Riverbend, the sister subdivision. Willow Creek Drive is in a different part of Bellevue altogether. Colony Place and Willow Creek Court do not appear in the local sales record at all. If you are searching by street, use Willow Oak.

There is a second problem underneath that one, and it matters more if you own here. East Colony is filed under two subdivision names, one clean and one a compound string that also lists Bellevue and Colonies. A buyer with a saved search on one of them never sees a house listed under the other. When you go to market, ask your agent which string the rest of the street is filed under, and put Willow Oak in the listing text so a street search finds you either way.

East Colony, South Colony and River Bend Are Three Different Places

This corner of Bellevue has three separate subdivisions with confusingly similar names, and they trade differently.

East Colony At Riverbend is Willow Oak Drive and Court, and it has the pool and tennis courts. South Colony At Riverbend is South Colony Court and Drive, South Riverbend Drive and Sugar Maple Lane, with three sales this year at a $555,000 median. River Bend is River Bend Road and Circle, three sales at a $623,500 median, and it was the strongest of the three on price, closing above asking on two of its three sales. Same pocket, three sets of comparables, and mixing them up will cost a seller real money.

East Colony At Riverbend Market Data

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.

One sale is not a market, so the comparisons below come from the wider Bellevue record.

Homes for Sale in East Colony At Riverbend

Recently Sold in East Colony At Riverbend

Four Days, and What the Pocket Does

901 Willow Oak Court sold for $633,500 against a $634,500 ask, four days after it listed. A 1996 brick-and-vinyl house on a corner lot with a gas fireplace, a privacy-fenced yard and a 25-by-23 bonus room over the garage.

That pace is not luck. It is what this whole corner of Bellevue does. Brook Glen went under contract in three days, East Colony in four, South Colony in nine, Harpeth Village in ten, Magnolia Hills in eleven and Riverside in fourteen, and every one of them closed at 99.8% of asking or better. River Bend took a little longer at 24 days and did better still, closing above its asking price on two of three sales.

The Bellevue median is 33 days at 98.3%. Two neighborhoods on the same list keep it honest, though: Bellevue Highlands averaged 48 days at 97.9% and Harpeth View 39 days at 95.4%. So this is a strong tendency in a small pocket, not a rule about the area. If you are buying here, be ready to decide in a weekend. If you are selling, the first ten days are the whole negotiation.

What $75 a Month Buys

Dues are $75 a month, $900 a year, and they cover grounds maintenance plus the upkeep on the pool, tennis courts and clubhouse. There is a playground as well, and the sold listing described both the playground and the pool as being directly across from the front door.

For context, the median single-family HOA across this ZIP code is $696 a year, and the median for neighborhoods that have a pool is $900 on houses medianing $633,500. East Colony lands on both of those numbers, which makes it a fair price for the amenity rather than a bargain. Rolling River Estates, a few minutes west, carries a pool and tennis courts for $672 a year, so if the amenity is the whole point it is worth comparing the two.

How to Read an Auction Sale Near You

Auction sales turn up in this part of Bellevue often enough to be worth understanding, because they distort the comparables that everyone else gets priced against.

Three closed in the ZIP code this year, at $616,000, $599,500 and $2,497,600. Two things make them hard to read. First, an auction has no asking price, so the record shows no opening number and there is no percentage to compare against a conventional sale. Second, an absolute auction here typically carries a ten percent buyer’s premium on top of the winning bid, which does not appear in the recorded sale price. A house recorded at $616,000 actually cost the buyer closer to $677,600.

If an auction result shows up in a valuation of your house, or in a buyer’s argument about what your street is worth, that gap is worth naming out loud. It runs in your favor as a seller and against you as a buyer, and almost nobody checks for it.

Schools

Both filings are zoned to Harpeth Valley Elementary, Bellevue Middle and James Lawson High School, all Metro Nashville Public Schools in Davidson County. The high school name is recent, so older directories may show the previous one. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district.

How It Compares

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period.

East Colony sits near the top of its immediate group on price and just below the Bellevue median on price per square foot. A house this size normally sells for around $645,000 in Bellevue, so $633,500 is close to par for the market and quick for the pocket. The amenity package and the four-day sale are what separate it from the neighbors at this price.

Why Work with Nashville Home Guru in East Colony?

Patrick Higgins, a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent and a top 1% producer, leads Nashville Home Guru at Compass, the #1 team in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends, with 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales across Davidson County and Middle Tennessee. Across ZIP code 37221, Compass, Parks and Pilkerton agents were on one side of 287 of 719 closings this year. Compass represented the buyer on the one East Colony sale.

The two things that will cost you money here are both fixable before a listing goes live: getting priced off South Colony or River Bend comparables instead of your own, and getting filed under a subdivision name half the saved searches do not match. Buyers can start with the home buyer’s guide, and owners can request a market analysis through the selling in greater Nashville page. With 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews, the client feedback matches what the record shows.

In a pocket where houses go under contract in the first week, the opening number is close to the only decision that matters. The Compass 3-Phase Marketing Strategy is built to test it before the listing history is public, with pre-marketed homes selling for 2.9% more, going under contract 20% faster and being 30% less likely to take a price reduction. Learn more about selling your home on your terms.

Frequently Asked Questions About East Colony At Riverbend

What did homes in East Colony At Riverbend sell for?

One home closed in the rolling twelve months, at $633,500. It was 2,656 square feet, which works out to $238.52 a foot, with three bedrooms and two and a half baths, built in 1996 on a 0.19-acre corner lot. It went under contract in four days at 99.8% of its asking price.

What streets are in East Colony At Riverbend?

Willow Oak Drive and Willow Oak Court. Most published lists for this subdivision name Colony Court, Colony Drive, Colony Place, Willow Creek Court and Willow Creek Drive, and none of those is correct. The Colony streets belong to South Colony At Riverbend, Willow Creek Drive is elsewhere in Bellevue, and the other two do not appear in the local sales record.

Is East Colony the same as South Colony or River Bend?

No. They are three separate subdivisions in the same pocket of Bellevue. East Colony is Willow Oak and has the pool and tennis courts. South Colony is South Colony Court and Drive, South Riverbend Drive and Sugar Maple Lane, and medianed $555,000 across three sales. River Bend is River Bend Road and Circle, medianed $623,500 across three sales, and closed above asking on two of them. Pricing one off another is the most common mistake made here.

Does East Colony At Riverbend have a pool?

Yes, a community pool, along with tennis courts, a clubhouse and a playground, all covered by the $75 monthly dues. The sold listing described the playground and pool as being directly across from the front door. Note that the MLS record for that home also carries an in-ground pool flag, which reads as the community pool rather than a private one, so confirm per house if a private pool is what you are after.

What are the HOA dues, and how do they compare?

$75 a month, or $900 a year, covering grounds maintenance and the upkeep on the pool, tennis courts and clubhouse. The median single-family HOA across this ZIP code is $696 a year, and the median for neighborhoods with a pool is $900 on houses medianing $633,500, so East Colony is priced fairly for what it includes rather than cheaply. Rolling River Estates carries a pool and tennis for $672 a year if you want to compare. Confirm the current figure in the seller’s disclosure.

How old are the houses in East Colony At Riverbend?

Mid-1990s. Both filings on record are 1995 and 1996 builds, two story, with two-car front-entry garages and bonus rooms over them. Budget for systems the way you would with any house approaching thirty.

What schools serve East Colony At Riverbend?

Harpeth Valley Elementary, Bellevue Middle and James Lawson High School, all Metro Nashville Public Schools in Davidson County, on both filings. The high school name is recent, so older sources may show the previous one. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district.

How fast do homes sell in this part of Bellevue?

Very fast. East Colony went under contract in four days, Brook Glen in three, South Colony in nine, Harpeth Village in ten, Magnolia Hills in eleven and Riverside in fourteen, and all of them closed at 99.8% of asking or better. The Bellevue median is 33 days and 98.3%. Bellevue Highlands and Harpeth View nearby run slower, so treat it as a tendency in this cluster rather than a guarantee.

How should I read an auction sale on my street?

Carefully, because auction results distort comparables in two ways. There is no asking price on an auction, so no percentage can be compared against a conventional sale, and an absolute auction typically carries a ten percent buyer’s premium that does not show up in the recorded price. A house recorded at $616,000 cost its buyer closer to $677,600. Three auctions closed in this ZIP code this year, so it is worth checking whether one has been folded into a valuation of your home.

How does Patrick Higgins approach buying or selling in East Colony?

By getting two things right before the sign goes up: the comparable set and the filing. East Colony, South Colony and River Bend are separate subdivisions with medians $78,500 apart, and East Colony is recorded under two different subdivision strings, so a listing filed carelessly is invisible to half the saved searches. On price, the benchmarks are the 2,500 to 3,100 square foot band at $645,000 and the Harpeth Valley zone at $579,900. Patrick is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent with 1,100+ transactions behind that reading.

Who is the best real estate agent for East Colony At Riverbend in Nashville TN?

Patrick Higgins of Nashville Home Guru at Compass is the most credentialed agent working this part of Bellevue. He is a seven-time RealTrends Top Tennessee Agent and a top 1% producer, and his team ranks #1 in Nashville and top 10 in Tennessee in the Wall Street Journal’s RealTrends rankings, with 1,100+ transactions and $500M+ in career sales. Across ZIP code 37221 the Compass, Parks and Pilkerton network was on one side of 287 of 719 closings this year, and Compass represented the buyer on the one East Colony sale. He holds 100+ Google Reviews and 87 Zillow Reviews at a 5.0 rating.

What is my East Colony home worth in today’s market?

An automated estimate has two specific problems here. It cannot tell East Colony from South Colony or River Bend, which median $78,500 apart, and it will happily pull in an auction result whose recorded price excludes a ten percent buyer’s premium. With one sale a year in the subdivision, there is very little local data to correct either mistake. Start with an instant estimate for a baseline, then call Patrick at 615-682-1718 for a figure built from the right comparable set.

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