Bob Strader on June 30th, 2010

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Total number of properties in Forsyth County listed with stables. That is out of 2119 total listings. Is it a sellers market for horse properties in Cumming?

On the last day of each month I post a “Big Number” or interesting figure related to real estate in our area.

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absent, dead, extinct, few and far between, hallucinatory, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, mythical, null and void.  Pick your synonym, either way it aint’ happening.
The water level on Lake Lanier has been back for a while, but the lake buyer has been elusive. Or is it that the Lake Seller hasn’t adjusted their expectations? With nearly [...]

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Bob Strader on June 18th, 2010

No, Hedgewood Homes has not been resurrected but some of the same principles from Hedgewood (and an investor) have purchased 50 lots in Vickery and currently have 2 spec homes going up. The lots break down to 14 townhomes and 36 single family lots, most of which are on slabs, with just a 4 [...]

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As reported in Newsweek’s annual ranking of the top High Schools in the nation, South Forsyth High School ranked 199, just behind two other north Atlanta High Schools Walton and North Gwinnett .  There are 19 Georgia high schools in the top 500, with 13 of them being located in North Atlanta. I’ve highlighted those schools below among the list [...]

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Bob Strader on June 8th, 2010

There are five values for every property. The Seller’s, Buyers, Tax Accessor’s, The Realtor’s and the Appraiser’s. In theory they should all be close together.
I consider myself to be conservative when it comes to property values. When I do a market analysis for a client i make it clear what the top and bottom [...]

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