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  For more information or to schedule a tour of the home, please contact Barry Wolfert at 770-656-7551 or email me. 1719 Barrington Circle, Marietta, GA 30062 Click for a Virtual Tour. This home offers a great value at this price.  Built in 1988, this brick home is located in the heart of East Co...

New rules aimed at making home appraisals more accurate are raising costs and prompting longer waits to get to the closing table, some in the mortgage industry say. The new rules — known as the Home Valuation Code of Conduct and in effect less than three months — have driven up the cost of apprai...

September 2009 Cobb voters approved the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) in 2005 to fund important transportation and public safety projects. Since then, significant progress has been made in many areas, including the jail expansion, new courthouse project and transportation improv...

The American dream of homeownership is still attainable. Buyers just have to deal with a new set of realities. A year after the collapse of the housing market triggered the financial meltdown, lenders are demanding more money up front, high credit scores and proof of income. Paperwork must be in ...

Cobb County plans to send out 256,872 tax bills, and homeowners will notice a bump in their taxes thanks to a decision by the state to cut the homeowners tax relief grant this year due to falling revenues.  For the owner of a $200,000 house in unincorporated Cobb, with the normal homestead exempt...

RISMEDIA, September 10, 2009—(MCT)—A gauge of future U.S. home sales rose more than expected in July 2009 to the highest level in more than two years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of a tax credit that expires this fall. The National Association of Realtors recently said its season...