Top 5 Things To Do For The Time Change

October 31, 2008

For everyone who hasn’t heard, the time change will occur this Sunday morning. I was in a meeting this morning with Ginny Staib, a fellow REALTOR in my office. In our conversation, we thought — what are the top five things that home owners need to do that would coincide with the [...]

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Credit Repair in Atlanta

October 15, 2008

So you are tired of paying some one else’s mortgage and you want to buy a home but you have been told your credit just won’t allow you to. Let me see if I can guess the way the conversation went. You filled out a mortgage application and the person electronically accessed your credit report. [...]

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No Down Payment Mortgage In Atlanta

October 14, 2008

Five Star Mortgage of Duluth has announced a no down payment conventional home loan with a credit score as low as 620. This is a conforming loan which means the maximum loan amount can not exceed $417,000 and the loan can only be used for a single family residence (Not for a Condo). Seller contributions [...]

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Atlanta Real Estate Market Update – Seen through a Mover’s Eyes

October 10, 2008

 
 

Several days ago I had the privilege of meeting Kent Aabye of 1-866-U-Moving and Atlanta Movers. During our conversation I asked Kent what he saw in the Atlanta Real Estate from a mover’s perspective. As we talked further I thought it would be interesting for Kent to actually write an article for the blog and [...]

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Sales Tax Holiday for Energy Efficient Product

October 2, 2008

Starting today October 2 and continuing through October 5, 2008 The Georgia Department of Revenue via House Bill 948 and Senate Bill 342 is exempting both the state and local sales and use tax for specific water efficient and “Energy Star” products. The exemptions are limited to products with a purchase price of less than [...]

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Polybutylene Plumbing-The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

September 18, 2008

Let’s start with a little history about polybutylene plumbing. Polybutylene is a plastic resin that was used extensively in water supply piping from 1978 until 1995. With its lower cost and ease of installation polybutylene was considered the pipe of the future. It was used as a substitute for copper and was most commonly found [...]

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Down Payment Assistance Grant

August 17, 2008

The earlier article which gave notice that the seller funded downpayment assistance programs could very well be coming to and end is still on track. However here is a new program that has the blessing of HUD (The Department of Housing and Urban Development). Simply stated the program is a 5:1 downpayment grant. What this [...]

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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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