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Best Outdoor Dining Spot in Buckhead? Vote Now!

March 20, 2012

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Buckhead restaurants offer a variety of outdoor dining experiences. Atlanta’s mild climate allows diners to enjoy meals outside nearly throughout the year. In the Buckhead Patch Readers’ Choice poll this week, there is a list of a few spots for outside dining. These are just a selection of the many spots in Buckhead that allow diners to […]

Atlanta Home featured as Unique Homes Magazine’s Best Landscape Finalist

September 1, 2010

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Unique Homes Magazine called upon realtors to submit luxury listings with outstanding outdoor designs and spaces.  Debra Johston, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty REALTOR® in the Buckhead office, submitted her listing and was chosen as one of the six finalists.  Now, it is up to you, the readers, to decide who the “Ultimate Landscape […]

Capote slept here. Does an owner's fame impact the sale price of a home?

August 12, 2010

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by Iyna Bort Caruso This spring, a Greek Revival townhouse went on the market in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., for $18 million. It has 11 bedrooms, 11 fireplaces, a wine cellar and a famous former tenant — Truman Capote. The author wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s while renting a basement apartment there, and the cachet associated with […]

Is Atlanta a "fun" place to live? (Natalie Ransom)

May 1, 2010

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Are you having fun yet, Atlanta? According to a recent study by Atlanta Business Chronicle sister publication Portfolio.com/bizjournals, Atlanta is a moderately fun city, ranking 34th out of 100 American cities. A comprehensive formula was created to evaluate the opportunities for fun in the nation’s 100 largest markets. And according to the study, Atlanta is a great […]

Most Americans Say Now Is Time to Buy a House: Poll (Charles Gerrick)

April 6, 2010

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    Submitted by Charles Gerrick of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. Taken from cnbc.com Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the time is right to buy a house, with a majority believing prices will be the same or higher over the next year, according to a Fannie Mae survey released Tuesday.  The 64 percent […]

Social Media in Real Estate 2010

February 10, 2010

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Social networks are gaining in popularity every day for business and personal use.   According to the 2009 member profile from the National Association of Realtors, 33% of REALTORS® use social networking sites. We took a poll regarding social media usage by our agents at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty. Of our 140 sales associates, 89% […]

Top 5 Tips For Renting Your Home

January 11, 2010

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We’ve all heard this is a buyer’s market but did you know that it’s also a renter’s market?  With homes usually taking longer to sell, many people are deciding to rent their homes instead.  Because of this, there are a large number of rental homes available. In the six county metro area of  Atlanta, there are 1,334 homes for rent starting at […]

Should I put my home on the market before the holidays?

December 15, 2009

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We asked the REALTORS® at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty their thoughts on putting a home on the market before the holidays or after the holidays.  Check out the scenario below for their thoughts: You sold a home to a client a couple of years ago and they have just called you, frantic that […]

Atlanta's top name-brand companies

December 10, 2009

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Georgia is home to 13 companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list.  We are privileged to have many of these companies here in Atlanta. We asked the agents at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty which brand-name companies came to mind first when thinking of those based in the metro area: Coca-Cola – 35% Home […]

Which house to buy?

December 2, 2009

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We asked the REALTORS® at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty their opinion on the following scenario regarding which house the buyer should buy. Question: You are working with clients who are going to take advantage of the move up buyer tax credit. After searching a couple of parts of town, they have narrowed their search to […]