Grayson New Homes

February 21, 2009

Could the new homes market in Grayson Georgia be taking a new direction? Hargrove Custom Homes has elected to explore the advantages of a massive internet marketing campaign verses the typical agent sitting the subdivision approach with one of their properties, 2635 Chestnut Walk Drive in the Heritage at Grayson subdivision.
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Gwinnett County Market Update January 2009

February 16, 2009

Statistics for single family detached homes in the Gwinnett County real estate market for the month of January 2009 are in. Gwinnett County is divided into six different areas and we will examine each area and then look at the county as a whole.
Area 61
Area 61 is that section of the county that is North [...]

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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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What is a HERS Index?

January 27, 2009

Last week, while attending a continuing education class, I along with the other attendees saw on a listing the classification for a HERS Index. One student in the class asked, what is a HERS Index? No one was able to answer the question. As is usually, when a question like this arises there will be [...]

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Gwinnett County Market Summary December 2008

January 16, 2009

Statistics for single family detached homes in the Gwinnett County real estate market for the month of December 2008 are in. Gwinnett County is divided into six different areas and we will examine each area and then look at the county as a whole.
Area 61
Area 61 is that section of the county that is North [...]

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Don’t Scare Me

January 7, 2009

Builder Short Sales
A builder doing a short sale on a new construction property is just plain scary. What you as a buyer are being told, in a not so subtle way, is that the builder is probably not going to be able to cover any warranty work that needs to be performed on your new [...]

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Reverse Mortgage in Atlanta Part One

December 4, 2008

Recently there has been a considerable amount of conversation regarding the Reverse Mortgage. Today I had the opportunity to attend a continuing education class totally on Reverse Mortgages. Due to some misunderstandings by myself among many others I thought it my responsibility to provide the facts and let you the educated consumers decide if this [...]

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Gwinnett County Trash Pick Up

November 10, 2008

In 2004 Gwinnett County charged Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, along with it’s Citizens Solid Waste Advisory Board, to develope a solid waste management plan as required by Georgia law. The purpose of the law is to establish a long term plan of action to provide for improved garbage disposal and increased recycling in the state.
Gwinnett [...]

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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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