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There's a new bill in Congress, The Housing Recovery Act of 2011, or H.R. 1526, which is aiming at getting the backlog of foreclosures sold, by allowing buyers to use retirement funds for purchases. The new bill aims to clear the growing foreclosured properties' backlog by allowing buyers to dip ...
04/20/2011
This morning, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported 5 things to do to a home to quickly sell it. Well, duh!!! Price or condition: that will sell a house every time! 1. Declutter, declutter, declutter!!! 2. Stage the home to highlight each room's full potential; 3. Clean the home; 4. Clean a h...
04/17/2011
It has been said before, but what sells homes are price, condition and to a smaller extent, marketing. That's why I was so surprised to see this. I have a ready-to-buy-now client and wanted to show a particular home to them. The listing agent posted only 8 pictures on our mls (we have 26 availabl...
04/10/2011
Plenty of houses are resales but how can a Seller make his/her home not look old and tired? The difference can be what makes a house sit or sell: Green is good, but not if it is growing on the siding, bricks or roof. Many times, Sellers are focused on sprucing up the flowers and front landscaping...
03/24/2011
Lately, I've noticed signs that Atlanta's new-home construction is starting up again, and it seems to be starting in a big way. Hammers are pounding and saws are buzzing again, a sign that the home-building industry is slowly coming back to life. In Georgia, we look to the West Coast and Californ...
03/06/2011
This morning, ABC's Good Morning America reported the top 10 places to live, according to Zillow. The cities were ranked by affordability, their unemployment rate, their foreclosure rate and the area's price increases. The "winning" cities are: Utica NY. Utica has the lowest foreclosure in the US...
01/26/2011
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Recently, I wrote about an upcoming article in Atlanta's local paper, the AJC. The series was published today and told us what we already knew: values are going down, counties are gasping for more tax dollars and home owners are caught in between the two. But they did offer a valuable insight of ...
12/19/2010
I am looking forward to this report: On Sunday, December 19, the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) will launch its "Property Tax Meltdown" series - an investigative report that reveals flaws in home property value assessments and their impact on metro Atlanta homeowners left with unreasonably h...
12/16/2010
With the talk of jobs on everyone's lips, are you curious where the United States stands in the unemployment line? Draw your own conclusions - here are the new numbers:  Unemployment Rates of the world: Monaco 0.0% Thailand 1.2% Lichtenstein 1.5% Singapore 2.2% Malaysia 3.2% Guatemala 3.2% South ...
12/06/2010
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Back in September, I asked a seller-client where his exterior water shut-off valves were for his home's exterior. He was traveling and was having problems with his sprinkler system. To my surprise, he did not know. Because of this experience, I've started asking new client/sellers to make sure t...
12/03/2010
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I blog about Atlanta's sub-markets in our metro area's real estate market and how Sellers and Buyers are affected.