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Foreclosure notices remain at 2007 levels
Foreclosure notices in metro Atlanta are staying at six-year lows for the sixth consecutive month, a continued sign of improvement in the region’s housing market. There were 4,751 foreclosure notices filed in 13 metro Atlanta counties in May, according to data from Kennesaw’s Equity Depot. That’s down 50 percent from ...
Low inventory puts housing market in a frenzy
When Hilary Quirk put her East Cobb home on the market one Monday in April, she wasn’t sure it would sell. Imagine her surprise when it went under contract the next day. “I thought it would take two months,” Quirk said. “I was absolutely shocked.” For days after the contract ...
Staging leads to quick sell
Name: Bob and Keri Allen. Bob founded NewSouth, which provided marketing strategies and marketing communication materials for the commercial real estate industry beginning in 1962. The home: A six-bedroom, four full and one-half bath home built in 1998. Where: Atlanta Why they sold: The couple, who raised their four grandchildren, ...
Fairy-tale garden in Marietta
Only two plants existed in the backyard when Bob and Katie Sanstead bought their Marietta cottage four years ago. The rest of the yard basically served as a dog pen. The transplants from Tampa, Fla., have transformed the property, which only had a lacecap hydrangea and a variegated hosta, into ...
Lighting up the outdoors
After Linda Gooding updated the landscaping at her North Decatur home, her landscaper suggested another project: add outdoor lighting. On a referral, Gooding called Dave Parks at Lightscapes of Atlanta, a landscape lighting firm in Marietta. After a visit, Parks came up with an outdoor lighting plan for Gooding’s L-shaped ...
Video home tours: Buyers demand them, sellers aren’t using them
Put yourself in the shoes of a typical prospective home buyer. Your name is Bob Buyer. If you are interested in the metro Atlanta market, there is about a 40 percent chance you are relocating and just beginning to explore buying a home. You log in to Google and enter ...
Wheelchair-accessible features stand out
Name: Dennis and Leana Conway The home: A three-bedroom, two-bath house, plus a two-bedroom, one-bath pool house, built in 2000. Where: Canton’s Bridge Mill community Why they sold: The Conways were interested in selling when they learned about plans for Windsong Properties to create Garden Street in Woodstock. The couple ...
Eco-friendly focus, gear for gardens
Chickens and bees are part of urban gardening in neighborhoods, and some of those efforts are on display this spring. David Cotton and Kelly Enzor’s home, which is on the Grant Park 2013 Home and Garden Tour on May 11-12, was surrounded by just dirt for about 10 years, as ...
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