Posts about Atlanta Real Estate as of October 8, 2009

Whether you are a first time home seller or have experienced in selling a home in the real estate market, the steps involved in selling process is changing day by day. As Robert T. Kiyosaki says, “In today’s fast-changing world, it’s not so much what you know anymore that counts, because often what you know is old. It is how fast you learn”, as the world is updated each and every day its necessary to choose the best means for doing anything regarding money and it’s a very important concern in the field of real estate.

If your finances are not where you’d like them to be, a lack of money is not the problem; it is merely a symptom of a problem. If you believe that the next job opportunity, genius business idea or economic shift will improve your financial status, finally bringing you the success you deserve – you’re kidding yourself. No outside influence or opportunity will make or sustain your success.

Could renting foreclosed homes be the solution to the housing crisis and credit crisis? There is a great supply of foreclosed homes in neighborhoods across the nation, and just one has the potential to substantially bring down neighboring home values. And several vacant foreclosed properties in a neighborhood can be serious trouble – not just by [...]

By Glen Ford For the poor, the Olympics is like Russian roulette. If your city is chosen to host the games, it’s time for you to start looking for somewhere else to live. The people of Chicago dodged that bullet, last week, and now the poor residents of Rio de Janeiro have until 2016 to figure out how they will survive the world’s biggest traveling urban redevelopment machine, posing as an athletic event. Losing the Olympics was a victory for the plurality of Chicagoans who didn’t want the honor anyway.

Remember the havoc in the financial markets when the residential bubble burst last year? Are we in for a rerun this year or next year? You are probably thinking that such an event could not occur. Well think again. There is a report that says that we may be in for another crisis. The report was initiated by Federal Reserve analyst, K.C. Conway. Conway is a senior real estate analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The Federal Reserve has acknowledged the report but said that it is not part of its formal opinion.

If you’re thinking of buying your first home, there are 8,000 good reasons to do it now. As part of its effort to prop up the housing market, the federal government is offering an $8,000 tax credit to first-time buyers. But the offer is set to expire at the end of November. “All the first-time homebuyers that have been procrastinating basically have to have their home under contract in the next 10 days to make sure they can close by the end of November,” says Atlanta real estate agent Kerry Lucasse.

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Commercial real estate losses could reach 45 percent next year according to an internal presentation at The Federal Reserve Bank. As reported in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), while not the central bank’s formal opinion, the presentation by Atlanta Fed real estate expert, K.C. Conway, paints a bleak picture of sliding real estate values , increasing commercial real estate loan defaults and enormous amount of debt that will need to be re-financed in the next few years.

According to Trulia , Atlanta ranks 17th in the nation in the number of luxury homes (those originally listed at two million dollars and above) experiencing price reductions. 29 percent of homes have had their listing prices reduced, with an average reduction of 11 percent. The total amount of reductions is $190,220,820. * Harlan and Associates performs  real estate closings in Georgia .

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By now, you are well aware of the Bowen Penny Power Promotion taking place. There is no doubt you know home shoppers and Realtors are tossing pennies into a fish bowl in an attempt to win a new home (for the home shoppers) or $50,000 (for the Realtors). You probably also know about the other [...]

October 8, 2009 Homestead Exemption ExplainedWe had a reader write to us and ask, “My spouse recently passed away, will I have to sell my home to meet creditor obligations?”There are laws that can protect, to a certain extent, the value of a home from property taxes and creditors following a homeowner’s death. A homestead exemption is a legal doctrine preventing the forced sale of a home and protecting the home’s value from property taxes and creditors.

In years past, selling a home was always considered a fairly ’standard’ process. You choose a realtor, the realtor shows your home to people, you sit back and wait for offers, you hope an offer comes in that you’ll like, and if it does, you sell. That’s it – the way it’s done. Only, not so much anymore. Today, as with everything, there are new advances that have made the process different, and which give the seller multiple options when selling a property, and the smart seller will take advantage of them to get the best price, in the fastest time, with the smallest amount of money spent to get there.

According to the AJC, Wells Fargo is holding back all foreclosures until October 28th. Harlan and Associates performs  real estate closings in Georgia . Want to know more?  Contact us and we’ll be happy to discuss how we can be of service to you! stop! , originally uploaded by Illetirres .

From the Atlanta Journal and Constitution : Cobb County officials expect that some owners of flood-damaged homes will simply walk away from their residences because the losses are so great. Cobb County Manager David Hankerson on Tuesday looks at a restriction notice placed on a home in Powder Springs that had suffered severe About 1,200 homes in Cobb County were severely damaged in last month’s historic flood, Cobb County Commission Chairman Sam Olens said.

ATLANTA–Servidyne, Inc., a building performance efficiency and real estate company, announced today that it has entered into a contract with Tesoro Corporation to provide lighting and daylight controls at Langley Air Force Base. => Read more!