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  Atlanta home property values now projected to be at 1999 levels! The Case-Shiller Index just out shows  - at the national level - an approximate decrease in overall property values of 4%. So...where is the bottom?  I don't think we are there quite yet. The first quarter of this year started out...

ATLANTA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT(MARCH 2011)    HUD and the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the March edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard. Nationally, the numbers continue to reflect how fragile our housing market is overall. The report showed dips in home sales and ...

ATLANTA MARKET REPORT (January, 2011) The number of homes sold was down according to Trendgraphix when compared to January a year ago. This is hopefully not going to be an indicator of things to come for 2011 in our local Atlanta real estate market. As the graph indicates, 41,516 units sold in th...

Anyone who lives in Suwanee understands why so many choose to call Suwanee home; and, also why we appreciate the tireless efforts of the city officials committment to providing what we're looking for as home owners. Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful (GCB) added one more award to the list of many alre...

I am trying a different approach for the month of December. The charts in this report I have created through Trendgraphix, Inc. This will enable you to not only see the Atlanta real estate market activity for December 2010 vs. December 2009 but it will also allow you to see the trending that has ...

As the year closes out, one begins to wonder what 2011 will bring. Read three reports....get three different answers. I don't know what the new year will bring in real estate for the Atlanta market, but I think we held our own in 2010. Short sales took a front seat to foreclosures; and, I think t...

SUWANEE GEORGIA'S SNOW STORM OF 2011 We missed the bullet with ICE....THANK YOU!!!!  With about 8 inches of snow on the ground, I am glad I can work from home. This is Gracie. My VERY beloved,barely 10 lbs miniature dachshound.She is a love! And, she is NOThappy about being out in the snow.She ha...

IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!   And, we are from snow country. My husband and I have great memories as kids of the fun we use to have during the winter. There is nothing more fun than being a kid and playing in the snow. HOWEVER, when you live in the South, snow is a big deal. We have been in Atlanta since 1...

The Atlanta real estate market continues to struggle with foreclosures and short sales.  Unemployment continues to hold our real estate market down and Gwinnett County specifically continues to lead the metro counties in distressed properties hitting the market. Nationally, however, Realty Times ...

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR),  the success of a housing recovery will lay at the door step of job creation and availability of credit.  The tightening of underwriting guidelines is also stifling the housing recovery. And, in the same article, it is projected IF the Bush...