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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: December 2009
Did You Know: Characteristics of Internet Searchers
By T.J. Doyle, Research Marketing and Communications Manager There are some socio-demographic differences between buyers who rely on the Internet in their home search and those who do not. Since younger home buyers generally make greater use of online resources, … Continue reading
Did You Know: The First-Time Home Buyer
By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research As the data come in as part of the Realtors® Confidence Index survey we can increasingly see the impact of the first-time home buyer tax credit. NAR has tracked first-time buyers as a … Continue reading
“Interest Rates aren’t going Up anytime soon!”
“Interest rates aren’t going up.” I heard this comment recently. If you are waiting on mortgage rates which have recently floated back up in the low 5′s to head back down to the 4′s again before jumping on that new … Continue reading
While I was away from my blog..Another Big Gain in Existing-Home
Over the Christmas Holidays I didn’t find any time to blog. One must have his priorities you know and shopping for the kids, eating, showing property, eating, and putting in Buyer offers on foreclosures consumed me. While I was away … Continue reading
A “Jumbo” Foreclosure Problem
Property owners with mortgages in excess of $1 million are getting hit pretty hard now-a-days. According to research firm First American CoreLogic, “More than 12 percent of mortgages exceeding $1 million were 90 days or more past due in September, … Continue reading
New Accolades about Athens, GA from the Beast!
The Daily Beast has named Athens one of the Top Smartest College Towns in the United States in a recent column posted on December 13, 2009. What’s more news was that right after Washington and Lee and George Washington University … Continue reading
What Remodeling Projects offer Largest Return on Investment?
The NAR reports that the best home improvement projects may also be some of the least expensive for 2009! This year forget the kitchen and bath projects, according to the 2009 Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report, focus on small-scale exterior … Continue reading
Current Trends Between Foreclosures and Short Sales
By Jed Smith, Managing Director, Quantitative Research The Realtors® Confidence Index Survey estimates distressed property sales (foreclosures and short sales) on a monthly basis at the national level. The Survey is based on responses from approximately 1,500 Realtors® to an … Continue reading
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Short Sales becoming Easier
According to a recent account, short sales (those homes listed for sale in which with a lender approval the seller may take less than debt on the property) account for roughly 10 percent of 2009 overall sales nationwide. There are … Continue reading
Questions and Answers on the Home Buyer Tax Credit 2008-2010
Some Great Q&A from the IRS on the First Time Home Buyer and Extended Home Buyer Tax Credits; for more info from the IRS Q. I plan to build a home and occupy it in 2009 or early 2010. Can I … Continue reading
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Tagged $6500, $7500, $8000, claiming first time home buyer tax credit, co-borrower tax credits, new construction and tax credit, questions on the first time home buyer tax credit, repay first time home buyer tax credit, Tax Credit Questions, who qualifies for tax credit
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An Athens GA “Best Deal” Just Got Better; Now a Short Sale
Back on October 27, 2009, I wrote about how a given listing of mine was a great deal. Well now I really can’t speak loudly enough, that if you want a deal and have been looking for homes for sale … Continue reading
More Top Searches since Nov 2009 from Google
Top Searches using search term “real estate” via Google Insights (Nov 2009-Dec 2009) 1. commercial real estate 2. real estate listings 3. atlanta real estate 4. real estate license 5. prudential real estate 6. florida real estate 7. coldwell banker … Continue reading
Top Keyword Search over Past Week
Well Christmas parades have come and gone and now it seems most are again concerned with either finding foreclosures, looking up tax credits information, how to rent property in Athens, and home buying in general again. Top 15 or so … Continue reading
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How to Analyze Home Values
By Selma Lewis, Research Economist _______________________________________________________ The exhibit below shows the top five characteristics by eight categories used by academics when analyzing home values. The exhibit shows the total number of times a characteristic has been used in the studies … Continue reading
