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Zillow Press Releases- Home Values Continue to Climb in April May 25, 2012
- Despite Home Value Gains, Underwater Homeowners Owe $1.2 Trillion More than Homes' Worth May 24, 2012
- Zillow Introduces Zillow Partnership Platform May 16, 2012
- Zillow To Acquire RentJuice To Expand Professional Services in Rental Marketplace May 2, 2012
- Zillow Reports Record First Quarter 2012 Results May 2, 2012
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- Zillow Mortgages Unzipped Blog
- FHA has raised the monthly mortgage insurance premiums February 22, 2011
- Government Mortgages May Get Pricier, Harder to Come By February 14, 2011
- The Best Policy on Locking in Interest Rates… February 11, 2011
- JP Morgan Chase Debacle Highlights Need to Safeguard American Service Members January 26, 2011
- Are 30% Down Payments on Mortgages In Our Future? January 21, 2011
- Weather.com Athens Weather Feeds
- Current Weather Conditions In Athens, GA (30606) May 27, 2012
- Your Local Doppler Radar May 27, 2012This map shows the location and intensity of precipitation in your area. The color of the precipitation corresponds to the rate at which it is falling. This map is updated every 15 minutes.
- Pollen Trend for Athens, GA (30606) May 27, 2012Falling. View complete PollenCast?
- Video: Your Regional Weather Forecast May 27, 2012Watch what the experts at The Weather Channel® have to say about the weather trends in your area.
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- Athens “Life Unleashed”
- Athens This Weekend: May 25-27 May 24, 2012
- Athens This Weekend: May 18-20 May 17, 2012
- Comedian Wanda Sykes Coming to Athens' Classic Center Oct. 11 May 14, 2012
- Best of the Road May 8, 2012
- Athens This Weekend: May 4-6 May 4, 2012
- My Trulia Blog
- Top 10 markets for real estate bargain shoppers; Atlanta #7Trulia identified 10 U.S. cities in 2011 that are home to the biggest discounts based on the average price cuts on non-foreclosure homes listed for sale on Trulia. Entire post http://www.truliablog.com/2011/12/19/trulias-top-10-cities-and-homes-for-extreme-bargain-shoppers/.Average Market Discount Atlanta, GA10%# of properties on the market (as of 12/19)8,87 […]
- CoreLogic; Shadow Inventory October 2011 Still at January 2009 Level; Atlanta, GA 40 Percent of Sales DistressedCoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, reported today that the current residential shadow inventory as of October 2011 remained at 1.6 million units, representing a supply of 5 months. This means that for every two homes available for sale, there is one home "in the shadows." This is approximatel […]
- Reasons to Buy a Home in Lawrenceville, GA; Reason #3;You’ll Save TaxesIn my continued attempt to try and expand your thought process toward buying and why today is the time to buy not just a house, but a home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and ‘spring boarding’ off the September 16th column from The Wall Street Journal, point number three as far as why you want to go ahead now and buy is that you can deduct the mortgage interest f […]
- Top 10 markets for real estate bargain shoppers; Atlanta #7
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- Zillow Loan Rate News
- Mortgage rates remain stable at 3.65% May 26, 2012
- Mortgage rates go up to 3.66% May 25, 2012
- Mortgage rates remain stable at 3.62% May 24, 2012
- Mortgage rates remain stable at 3.65% May 23, 2012
- Mortgage rates go up to 3.60% May 22, 2012
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- Athens News
- Athens-Clarke County opens four pools this weekend to celebrate the start of summer May 27, 2012Asiyah Jackson jumps into the pool at the Bishop Park Pool in Athens, Ga., Saturday, May 26, 2012.
- Athens man writes book on 50 Purple Heart recipients May 27, 2012W hen Leo Jensen retired in 1991, he began transforming his yard into a gardener's paradise with a rainbow of flowering plants, striking evergreens, exotic bushes and even a shaded pond for the goldfish.
- Huckaby: Mission work is essence of Christian faith May 27, 2012"How can one believe in him of whom he has not heard? And how can they hear unless someone preaches?" -Romans 10:14 "Close the curtains, Lisa.
- Five Points welcomes Hubee D's May 26, 2012Hubee D's recently opened on South Lumpkin Street in Five Points, in the space previously occupied by Marble Slab Creamery, offering Athens a taste of the South Carolina franchise for the first time.
- Athens League of Women's Voters Deposits Historic Materials at UGA's Russell Library May 26, 2012Former members of the Athens League of Women Voters gathered May 18 to celebrate the opening of the Athens League of Women Voters Records Collection at the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies.
- Niedermayerova Finishes Season as ITA All-American May 26, 2012ATHENS, Ga. - A The last two Big 12 women's tennis Players of the Year met on Friday afternoon with a bid to the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Singles Championships on the line at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
- Nevolo knocked out of NCAAs May 26, 2012ATHENS, Ga. - Illinois senior Dennis Nevolo was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament Friday in the Sweet 16.
- Athens-Clarke County opens four pools this weekend to celebrate the start of summer May 27, 2012
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- TheOconeeLeader.com
- Classics in the Country May 10, 2012
- North High Shoals goes to the dogs May 9, 2012
- Oconee Relay: Celebrate and remember April 3, 2012
- OCHS Spring Musical March 28, 2012
- County hosts annual Touch-A-Truck March 20, 2012
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Athens, GA Housing Market; Myths, Facts, and Inventory Levels
Well the end of the month of August brings us a new 12-month rolling time period to play with and discuss. Anytime I can ‘over’ analyze figures with a cup of coffee (or three or four) nearby I am in … Continue reading
Home Inspections in Athens, GA; Now you can See Through Walls!
Recently I had a home inspection needed on a property a Buyer Client of mine was buying in the Greater Athens area. This was a 4300 square foot bank owned property that had been sitting for awhile so the client … Continue reading
Athens GA Properties Blog Top posts for most recent Quarter
Title Views Earning First Time Tax Credit with a Co- 195 The Boulevard Historic District of Athen 192 A Georgia Homebuyer Tax Credit; your sup 174 Athens GA MLS Search 160 Best Places to Raise your Kids 2009; Ath 149 … Continue reading
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Did You Know: Size of Home Purchased
By Jessica Lautz, Research Economist The American Institute of Architects recently released a study, AIA Home Design Trends Survey, showing there is a growing demand away from McMansions and towards homes that are smaller. From the survey only 4 percent … Continue reading
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Did You Know: Interest Rates and Mortgage Pay Off
By Danielle Hale, Research Economist From 1972 to 2008, mortgage interest rates as reported on Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey ranged from a low of 5.82 percent to a high of 16.63 percent. Today’s mortgage rates—which have been between … Continue reading
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And the Wise Shall be Made Foolish
The one biggest problem I have with my job is that sometimes people will just not listen. You cannot console them. I had a listing that after a “long” first 23 days on the market the client was noticeably unhappy … Continue reading
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Most Recent Week Google Search Results for Athens GA Properties
What encourages me is that we don’t see this list inundated with search terms for foreclosed properties. In some areas and markets I have seen this to be the case. In Athens we see search terms that apply to first-time … Continue reading
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Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Index
By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Index The MBA has announced that the Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 5.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week … Continue reading
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Home Prices Relatively Low at this Time in Relation to Income
By Ken Fears, Manager, Regional Economics, NAR During the housing boom, home price growth steadily outpaced income growth, causing the ratio of home price-to-income to spike. Between the second quarter of 2005 and the second quarter of 2009, the median … Continue reading
Athens GA Properties Blog Top Clicks; past 30 days
2009-07-21 to Today URL Clicks irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206294… 290 mlsfinder.com/ga_mls/hankbailey/?so=a… 210 athens-ga-homes.yourkwagent.com 190 mlsfinder.com/ga_mls/hankbailey 170 athens-ga-homes.yourkwagent.com 70 hankbailey-kw.newsvine.com/_news/2009… 50 walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=Bo… 50 tour.previsite.com/8C8DAFEC-3E9C-6C1A… 50 4295miles.blogspot.com 50 bit.ly/XhUBz 50 historicboulevard.org 40 tour.previsite.com/80C9BFEF-11A7-F1C1… 40 athensproperties.files.wordpress.com/… 40 mlsfinder.com/kwls/kw/index.cfm?actio… 40 athensgaproperties.com/mls-search/unk… 40 athensgaproperties.com/mls-search/img… 40 facebook.com/Athens.Georgia.Homes 40
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Distressed Property: Below Market Prices in a Bifurcated Market
By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research, Wannasiri Chompoopet, Manager, Housing Statistics, and George Ratiu, Research Economist The existing home sales market is currently bifurcated between distressed and non-distressed sales. Distressed sales declined to 33 percent of the market in … Continue reading
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Athens Georgia Home Buyer Recent Search Terms
Search results can tell the story of a market, consumers, and what’s important to them. What search results have caused readers to find their way to my blog lately? Search Term % of Cicks georgia home buyer tax credit 17.92% … Continue reading
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Going Back to Plain Vanilla Financing
By Danielle Hale, Research Economist A recent article in the Wall Street Journal on mortgage finance and the new consumer protection agency envisioned by the administration suggests that the new agency will bring a return to plain vanilla financial products. … Continue reading
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Athens GA Properties, MLS, and Home Information
All the best of the Athens GA Properties Blog as well as new Blog posts at AthensGAHomesForSale via Blogger. From videos to Facebook and everything you enjoy on my WordPress blog, now made much better through a more aesthetically pleasing … Continue reading
Selling your Athens, GA Home in 90 Days
In Athens we think UGA, and when you think UGA you think football. Coach Mark Richt has a play book. Through much research and deliberation over the local real estate market, I have developed a “Playbook” on how to sell … Continue reading
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