Bob Strader on January 31st, 2010

22%
The percentage of Lake Lanier homes sold in 2009 that were bank-owned or distressed.

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Bob Strader on January 29th, 2010

There have been news reports recently that home sales across the country dropped off significantly from Nov 09 to Dec 09, but we looked at the year-over-year trends and found that home sales in Forsyth County for the 4th qtr. of 2009 were up 23.4% over 4th qtr 2008. There are several factors that are [...]

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Bob Strader on January 12th, 2010

Regardless of a federal judges ruling against Forsyth County, or in favor of the YMCA - depending on how you look at it; Monday evening County Commissioner Patrick Bell hosted a town hall meeting to allow representatives from the Friends of the YMCA and the Friends of Bethel Park to give their reasons why the project [...]

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Bob Strader on January 10th, 2010

Homebuyer Tax Credit Update
Last year there were many First-Time Homebuyers in Forsyth County that purchased homes. And quite a few that didn’t make the deadline or just weren’t in a position to do so. In addition to those, there were many other homebuyers that wished they could have taken advantage of a tax credit.
On November [...]

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If you moved to the Cumming area last year, and purchased a home, then you just had your first Christmas there. The decorations are all put away and you’re probably welcoming a normal routine again. But something in the back of your mind is saying “didn’t my Realtor tell me something about a property tax [...]

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