Bob Strader on October 12th, 2011

What a difference from one year ago.
Generally speaking, sales of homes in North Atlanta are up and inventory is down. On the lake, the number of sales are flat, but the rest of the numbers are significantly improved.

List prices are up, but more importantly, average sales price and median sales price for Homes on Lake [...]

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Bob Strader on March 31st, 2011

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The number of homes sold on Lake Lanier, in March 2011, with a dock.
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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Bob Strader on August 31st, 2010

85%
The increase in the number of homes sold on Lake Lanier (with a boat dock) over the same period last year. Jan 1 thru Aug 31.

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 February 18th, 2010

The market is correcting, are buyers?
Here are the stats: 5 bedroom, 4 bath, 3700 square feet on 3/4 of an acre with a gentle walk to a covered double-slip dock. Reduced from $549,900 to $449,900!

I’ve tried to sell this home and frankly I’m baffled that it’s still available. Has the news media drilled into buyers [...]

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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 September 9th, 2009

We’ve all been reading about the up’s and down’s of Lake Lanier and hearing too much about the tri-state water wars but the recent holidays and nice weather have brought many boaters, anglers and weekender’s out to enjoy the great weather and still good water levels.
However, the one thing that still hasn’t re-emerged in earnest is the [...]

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Bob Strader on July 6th, 2009

In a follow up to a previous post I wrote regarding Dock Permits On Lake Lanier, the Army Corp of Engineers has announced that they will use a lottery system to select residents seeking dock permits.
At the beginning of last monththe Corp of Engineers lifted the moratorium on new permits that had been in [...]

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Bob Strader on June 9th, 2009

Lake Lanier, GA: Is it too good to be true? NO! According to an AP report that just came in, the Army corps of Engineers is lifting a ban which was put in place back in April of 2007 due to the extreme drought and lake levels reaching such historic lows. This is definitely a [...]

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Bob Strader on May 12th, 2009

Lake Lanier, GA: April showers have definitly brought May flowers and a nearly full Lake Lanier. With the weather nice and activity picking up as we head into the summer months I thought I would see what the market conditions have done to home sales on Lake Lanier. Especially with activity skyrocketing on the popular [...]

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