The Peters Company Metro Atlanta Real Estate Blog

The Peters Company just listed this beautifully renovated 3bed/2bath classic in historic Decatur. It's located in the Great Lakes neighborhood which is in the Clairemont Historic District, and the home is incredibly convenient to Emory Hospital, DeKalb Medical Hospital, and CDC.  This charmer has...

Inflation. Is it our friend or foe? Well, we all know that dollar won't get what it used to. I bought a jumbo sized package of Wrigley's gum the other day and paid $1.69. It doesn't seem like that long ago when it was 79 cents. Everything goes up in price. The same can be said for home prices. Th...

Brookhaven Gardens is a small residential neighborhood in the incredibly popular and fast growing Brookhaven community of DeKalb County in intown Atlanta.  The neighborhood, originally constructed in the late 1990's, is home to a variety of floorplans and size homes.  You will find the small neig...

Lesley Peters | Keller Williams Peachtree Road | 770-634-9969 50 Biscayne Drive Unit 5102, Atlanta, GA Fabulous Like New Condo w/ Upgrades Galore 1BR/1BA Condo offered at $190,000 Year Built 2004 Sq Footage 981 Bedrooms 1 Bathrooms 1 full, 0 partial Floors Unspecified Parking 2 Covered spaces Lo...

Considering what's going on in the real estate market, you have a tremendous opportunity.  This opportunity requires you to make a decision though!  You have to decide if you are going to be a pioneer or a settler.  No, you're not playing a game of Oregon Trail so calm down you children of the 80...

Lesley and I are fortunate to go on at least two listing appointments every week.  So, we must get a lot of listings, right?  Well, we certainly are successful securing listings, but we don't want every listing.  You see, many desperate real estate agents take listings regardless of the situation...

Lesley and I both are  proud members of the Atlanta Board of REALTORS®  I had the pleasure of attending a recent Atlanta Board event.  One of the topics was "What is a REALTOR®?"  Before I became a real estate agent, I just assumed that everyone was considered a REALTOR® if they were in the busin...

Simple Math: Amazingly Low Rates + Depressed Home Values + Vast Inventory = First Time Homebuyer Heaven If you are a first time homebuyer in Metro Atlanta sitting on the sidelines, your amazing opportunity window may be shortening as the home market is poised to rebound.  For months we have been ...

When a home goes on the market that is overpriced, the market rejects it and it fails.  A failed listing can come as a withdrawal from the market or an expired listing.  Either one is not good if your goal is to sell your house.  Most of the time a "re-list" is accompanied by a price reduction, m...

I was fortunate enough to be in a meeting today with our Operating Partner Shaun Rawls. In the meeting Shaun shared with us the 3rd Quarter Market Statistics for the Metro Atlanta area. I'll be weaving some of those statistics through online blogs here, on the Metro Atlanta Real Estate Update on ...