Bob Strader on January 31st, 2012

17.5%
The percentage increase of homes sold in 2011 vs. 2010 in Forsyth County Ga. 2217 single family homes were sold in Forsyth County in 2010, that number for 2011 was 2606.

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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Earlier this month the AJC reported that some lawmakers are pushing to change an outdated law banning things like pagers in schools to allow students to bring their own devices to school as part of the educational arsenal. We are talking about North Atlanta so why wouldn’t most kids have iPads, iPhones, ultra-thin notebooks, etc. [...]

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Bob Strader on January 18th, 2012

I was curious how foreclosures sales have compared to ordinary re-sales over the past year in Forsyth County. I’m not sure what possessed me to pull these other numbers, most of which are only interesting but not actionable, but here they are.
There were 2600 homes sold in Forsyth County in 2011. Throw into the mix [...]

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