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Featured Home: Hampton's Style Home (PREVIOUSLY LISTED)

May 26, 2010

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It has to be incredibly hard to move away from a place like 690 Ebenezer Road in Roswell. The current owners do need to move, giving you an opportunity unlike non-other in the area. The estate is located on five acres with rolling hills and enough room for horses should you desire. Driving up to […]

REALTOR® and Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty agent Suzanne Close quoted in AJC article

May 25, 2010

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Taken from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Finding the right location, price and size all in one package can be rewarding for a home buyer. If one of those elements is missing however, the experience can be equally agonizing for a home seller. Geoffrey and Brenda Smith have been trying to move their two-bedroom, one-bathroom Mountain Park […]

Existing home sales jump 7.6% (Natalie Ransom)

May 25, 2010

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Taken from the Atlanta Business Chronicle Sales of existing homes in April were up 7.6 percent in March, led not only by the homebuyer tax credit, but by improving consumer confidence and favorable affordability conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared to a year ago, existing home sales were up 22.8 percent. In the […]

It's a pleasure to do business in Atlanta, and pretty cheap too!

May 24, 2010

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From Atlanta Real Estate Forum.com Atlanta is the crown jewel of the Southeast. It’s a vibrant city full of lovely people, and now it is being recognized as a bargain city to do business in. The KPMG Competitive Alternatives study ranks Atlanta as second on the list of most cost-competitive cities. Atlanta’s cost index is 96.3, […]

Georgia is on the mind of many in the TV and Film Industry

May 24, 2010

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Georgia has become a popular place to shoot films and TV shows since it boosted its film incentives to 30% in 2008. As a matter of fact, more than 26 features were shot in Georgia in 2009, compared with only a couple two years earlier.  Bill Thompson, deputy commissioner of Georgia’s Film, Music and Digital Entertainment […]

Diane Barnwell Joins Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

May 21, 2010

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She began her career as a lender with Trust Company Bank of Georgia, now known as SunTrust Bank, making personal loans to consumers throughout the metro Atlanta footprint. While in banking, Diane held various roles of increasing responsibility. In 2007 after 21 years in banking, Diane retired from Synovus Mortgage Corp. and Bank of North […]

Study Shows Atlanta's Real Estate Market is Smoothing Out (Alice Belko)

May 21, 2010

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AtlantaRealEstate.com Atlanta’s economy is like an onion. We’ve seen the wrinkly, papery casing in the form of job losses; about 67,300 of them in a year. But peel that back and you start to see layer after layer of optimistic news. In a study released May 7 by Metrostudy, a provider of market information for […]

Featured Home: Welcome to Ellard! (Melissa Frantz)

May 20, 2010

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Wonderful townhome inside the gates of Ellard! Located across from the park and close to the village with shops and eateries, 9038 Riverbend Manor is in a great location. You can have your morning coffee before you ever leave your neighborhood or walk to ice cream after dinner. To add icing on your cake it […]

Atlanta, a city where it makes more sense to buy vs. rent (Jay Bailey)

May 19, 2010

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Economy.com has done a new analysis of the cost to rent versus own in major metro areas around the country. The single best place to own is Pittsburgh. Other top spots include Detroit and Cleveland. However, you might not want to buy in Detroit because of the sour job market. Remember, if you buy, your […]

What? Your home gained value?

May 18, 2010

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From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution It might require a detailed map, flashlight and magnifying glass to find them but last year actually saw property value rise in some segments of Atlanta’s housing market. There were four ZIP codes in the metro area where median home sale prices rose, when compared to 2008, according to The Atlanta […]