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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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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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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North Fulton County Market Update November 2008

December 17, 2008

Statistics for single family detached homes in the North Fulton County real estate market for the month of November 2008 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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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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Johns Creek Condos

June 25, 2008

When you think of ranch style condos, the first thing that comes to many of our minds is an active adult community. While this may be the case for most one story condo communities, I was pleased to find a community that was not so restrictive. Ideal for active adults as well as single parents [...]

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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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