• Mortgage Rates Continue To Weigh on Applications Following Fed Rate Hike,Julie Gerstein

    Mortgage Rates Continue To Weigh on Applications Following Fed Rate Hike

    Mortgage applications fell again last week following a Federal Reserve interest rate hike that put a chill on the market, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. For the week ending Sept. 18, MBA's Market Composite Index—a measure of total mortgage loan application volume—fell 1.5% on a seaso

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  • How Dolly Parton’s Hometown of Sevierville Quietly Built a Mountain Empire of Million-Dollar Cabins,Kiri Blakeley

    How Dolly Parton’s Hometown of Sevierville Quietly Built a Mountain Empire of Million-Dollar Cabins

    Sometimes under-the-radar luxury comes with a bold spotlight—as it does in Sevierville, TN, the hometown of late country icon Dolly Parton. Sevierville, the seat of Sevier County, sits about 40 minutes southeast of Knoxville, in the northern foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The legendary song

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  • Dolly Parton’s Estate Accuses Fired Nephew Bryan Seaver of Threatening ‘Violence’ and Vowing To ‘Destroy’ Her Legacy,Kelsi Karruli

    Dolly Parton’s Estate Accuses Fired Nephew Bryan Seaver of Threatening ‘Violence’ and Vowing To ‘Destroy’ Her Legacy

    Dolly Parton's estate has filed a lawsuit against her nephew, Bryan Seaver, claiming he imperiled her legacy by making repeated violent threats toward her employees. Seaver, who announced the "9 to 5" hitmaker's death on Aug. 25, was fired from his role as head of security at the late country singer

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