The Karen Allen Team

Forbes.com posted this today - Atlanta was number 10 on the list -  "Atlanta is a case study in how land use and development can be managed to keep housing prices affordable. More houses have sold in Atlanta over the last five years than just about anywhere else in the country, and it's the nation's fastest growing city of more than 5 million people..."

From the Georgia Association of Realtors:

It's a buyer's market - motivated sellers are offering ahost of value-added incentives.

Homeownership is the first step toward building wealth

Interest rates are still historically low, currently hovering around 6.25% as compared to an average of 7.75 percent in 1997 and 10.25 percent in 1987.

Homeownership may qualify you for tax deductions.

Return on investment - Georgia is a hot commodity! Our state has topped several "great places to live" lists in recent months. Among them are Forbes Magazine's Top Ten Most Affordable Places to Live Well,

 

Nobody sells more real estate than RE/MAX!

 

GMLS recognizes RE/MAX as Fayette County Number One Thu, 02/14/2008 - 1:39pm  

By: The Citizen  

RE/MAX of Georgia is proud to announce that RE/MAX is the number one organization in closed volume in Fayette County according to the Georgia Multiple Listing Service, the recognized industry source for calculating all local industry statistics.  

RE/MAX Around Atlanta, which is owned and operated by Barbara Pearson, CRS, CRB, opened its All Stars Fayetteville office in 1980, located at 719 W. Lanier Avenue, Fayetteville (770)460-3300 and then in 1986 opened its RE/MAX Results location

The Karen Allen Team joins RE/MAX Around Atlanta Results Peachtree City office  

Thu, 02/14/2008 - 1:23pm  

By: The Citizen  

Barbara Pearson, Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Around Atlanta Results, is pleased to announce that real estate professionals Karen Allen and Sarah Boynton, known as The Karen Allen Team, have joined the Peachtree City office.  

With over 26 years of combined real estate experience, this Mother-Daughter Team understands the special connection families share, including the impact buying or selling a home can have on everyone. They

Head Games is a little shop in downtown Historic Sharpsburg that has refurbished vintage pinball, slot machine, and arcade games, and a large selection of really cool jukeboxes and an assortment of music memorabilia, for reasonable prices. A fun place to visit!

Here is a list of activities for Fayette/Coweta area kids for the summer of '07. Thanks to Newnan's Jolene Brewbaker for sharing it with me!

Summer Classes for Children:

LaGrange Art Museum - 30th Annual Summer Art Program - contact for specific information: 706-882-3267 LaGrange - Variety of classes in May and July for children ages 6 and up Palmetto - Summer Camp at Serenbe - Saturdays in June and July - ages 5-12 years.  $200 for 8 sessions.  The Vintage Flea Art Studio in Newnan, GA - call for more information: 770-683-2825 Camp with Jenni - Thursdays from 9:30 - 2 PM from May 31 -

Here is some food for thought on Zillow.com, the home-valuation website, from the Wall Street Journal's, Real Estate Journal.  

http://www.realestatejournal.com/buysell/tactics/20070215-hagerty.html

The upshot of it is that while sometimes accurate, Zillow can be way off base with home values. If you are interested in home values, call one of us - we can do a more accurate market analysis for you in minutes that takes into account average length of time on market and many other important factors.

 

We are closing on a beautiful executive home in Highgrove next week (click read more for photo). It is five months old and has a 2600 sf unfinished basement.

Here are a few places with wireless laptop access around Coweta, or so I've heard: Starbucks, Krystal, Panera, Cambridge Coffee, Alamo Jack's, Fabiano's, Espresso Lane, Senoia Coffee Company, Gandolfo's, Taco Mac, Jameson Inn, Holiday Inn, Newnan-Coweta Public Library, and Place to Play.