North Fulton County Market Update January 2009

February 17, 2009

Statistics for single family detached homes in the North Fulton County real estate market for the month of January 2009 are in. North Fulton County is divided into two different areas and we will examine each area and then look at North Fulton County as a whole.
Area 13
Area 13 is the section of the county [...]

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Good News For Atlanta Buyers

February 7, 2009

The Isakson/Lieberman Amendment
News out of our nation’s capital is providing perspective buyers with reason to celebrate and look ahead in the housing market. We have all heard of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” that President Obama wants enacted immediately. An amendment to benefit buyers of primary residences was introduced by Senator Isakson (R-GA) and [...]

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Congratulations John Wieland Homes

October 7, 2008

John Wieland Homes has recently been awarded the J D Power New Home Builder Customer Satisfaction Award for Atlanta. This is the second year in a row for John Wieland to receive this prestigious award. J D Power uses nine factors to evaluate home builders: Builder’s Sales Staff, Builder’s warranty/customer service staff, workmanship and materials, [...]

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Georgia License for Builders and Remodelers

July 15, 2008

As of July first of this year all builders and remodelers in the state of Georgia are to be licensed by the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors. There are three types of contractors that must obtain a license by July 1, 2008.
*  Residential-Basic Contractor (Contractor work relative to detached one-family and [...]

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Chasing The Market

July 11, 2008

The real estate market is quite unique at this particular point in time. History tells us that even though we have seen ups and downs, we just have not experienced a market like this. Increases and decreases in property values occur all the time just like the stock market. Generally speaking, over the long haul [...]

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Homeowners Association Gone Wild

June 4, 2008

How would you like to receive a letter from your homeowner’s association that starts out like this? During a recent inspection it was noted that you were in violation of the Covenants and Architectural Guidelines for the following reason:
General Maintenance - Paint Metal Roof: "Each homeowner shall keep and maintain each Lot and Structure owner [...]

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Down Payment Assistance in Atlanta

May 13, 2008

The Nehemiah Program
This morning I had the privilege of attending a seminar about down payment assistance and how it can benefit both buyers and sellers in the greater Atlanta market. The seminar was taught by Leslie Kane, Area Manager, of The Nehemiah Program. The Nehemiah Program is charitable organization that has helped over 40,000 families [...]

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Atlanta FHA Loan Limits Raised

March 6, 2008

So what exactly does the FHA do? The FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA approved lenders throughout the United States. Since it inception in 1934 FHA has insured more that 34 million loans. Generally FHA loans are easier for buyers to qualify for as they do not have the more strict underwriting [...]

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Atlanta Real Estate Conditions

February 27, 2008

The Atlanta Real Estate Market has escaped from many of the problems that have affected other major markets. It has been pointed out that the resiliency of the Atlanta market is due to our sector being fueled by jobs and relocation rather than speculative buying as has happened in some of the condominium resort [...]

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Atlanta Real Estate Market Update

February 24, 2008

It’s A Buyers Market
If you didn’t know it before, you certainly will know it now by way of the most current stats for real estate in the Atlanta Market. Unfortunately for sellers 2008 has started much in the same fashion that 2007 ended, with a market that continues to decline. Inventory continues to increase [...]

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