October 2008

Atlanta Real Estate focus on foreclosures

Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 1:02pm. 758 Views, 0 Comments.

No matter what you're looking to buy in real estate, Atlanta foreclosures are the best way to ensure you get a great deal and a cheap price on the property you want. Atlanta foreclosures offer great investing opportunities for an incredibly low price. Best of all, anyone can easily buy Atlanta foreclosures, even if you've never considered buying foreclosures.

The recent growth in foreclosures has increased the number of opportunities available to home buyers and investors, and lenders have become more lenient.

How is buying a pending foreclosure different than buying a regular home for sale?

Besides the time span, buying a foreclosure is no different than any other real estate transaction. The owners of foreclosure properties have the right to…

Atlanta Real Estate

Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 12:10pm. 621 Views, 0 Comments.

In Atlanta real estate, the serious consideration of a multi million dollar home used to be a pipe dream!  The Market for luxury homes has now moved to the $2 million range and up in Atlanta real estate today, ensuring the value of property in this area is worth the investment.

The Ben Hirsh Real Estate Group has found there is more activity at the higher priced end of the market in Atlanta real estate.

There are over 100 family homes for sale above $2 million, and a few are priced between $10 million - $20 million.

The demand over a 3 year period is suffcient which means the same pressures are on as in the lower priced end of the Atlanta real estate market. 

Buyers of these luxury homes are usually cash customers looking for extra security,…

Atlanta Real Estate

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 7:54am. 637 Views, 0 Comments.

For about three months now, resale prices of family homes in Atlanta Real Estate covering the Metro area have been creeping up, according to new data.

Showing improvements were Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis and Tampa in their annual and monthly returns, but figures are still close to their recent lows.

Prices in the metro Atlanta area are down 8.2 percent over the past year, much less than the 20-city composite average of 16.3 percent.

Records show an annual decline, and the monthly record has slowed. From May to June home prices fell 2.2 percent, whereas from February to April the pace reached 6 percent.

The rates are slowing down across the metro areas, but still no evidence of a bottom fallout.

Atlanta Real Estate prices have…

Keep Atlanta Beautiful

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 11:27am. 714 Views, 0 Comments.

Keeping Atlanta Beautiful:
The City of Atlanta in partnership with Keep Atlanta Beautiful and Atlanta Public Schools has entered the Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge, encouraging residents and public and private facilities to participate in the challenge by collecting aluminum cans during the month of October.

The Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge is a national contest that encourages like-sized cities to compete against each other in aluminum can collection for monetary awards. It is sponsored by the United States Conference of Mayors, Novelis Corporation, and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. The Challenge will award $5,000 awards to participating municipalities and four $2,500 awards (totaling $70,000) to Keep America Beautiful affiliates…