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Staging Your Home to Sell
Home Staging is the art of creating an atmosphere that will appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers in a market. It is furnishing and decorating a home in a style that buyers will fall in love with the moment they enter the door…
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Why This Housing Market Isn’t a 2008 Repeat
Real estate, financial, and economics professionals are discussing: No one knows the future, yet here are some key points on how our current market, while erratic, is not the same kind of market as the one leading into The Great Recession, and why a housing disaster is not likely.
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One Way to Be Cool in The ATL
On a whim, I recently visited The Wren’s Nest House Museum in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta. This place is off the beaten path of typical Atlanta vacation destinations. If you want to be inspired, if you want your mind enriched, if you want some joy in your life, then please consider adding this…
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The Advantage to Buying, Even in this Aggressive Market: One Buyer’s Scenario
I would like present a scenario I recently heard about for a 1st-time Homebuyer (aka a Renter). Fast-rising rents have many people seeking the protection that a consistent, fixed mortgage payment provides. Through this narrative I hope to demonstrate the advantage to buying a home, even in an unprecedented Seller’s Market like the one we…
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What’s Happening in Peachtree Corners — Town Center Spring/Summer Events
Peachtree Corners’ social center, the Town Green, offers a variety of events this Spring/Summer. Movies, concerts, livestreamed sports broadcasts displayed on the giant screen, early-morning yoga and Crossfit…the PTC Festival…plenty of outdoor FUN!
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Great news for first-generation and first-time homebuyers
Congressional leaders have released a long-awaited framework for President Biden’s “Build Back Better” program, which includes hard-fought NAR priorities like investments in affordable housing and down-payment assistance. A top-line price tag and an outline of new social programs directly affect the real estate industry.
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Outdoor Dining in Peachtree Corners
Beautiful fall weather lends itself to outdoor living…and one of my favorite ways to enjoy our wonderful climate here in the south is open-air dining. When the al fresco-dining mood strikes, we are fortunate to be able to choose from a variety of dining styles locally, in city of Peachtree Corners. From open-air casual, to…
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What’s Happening in Peachtree Corners — Town Center Fall Events
Peachtree Corners’ newest development, the Town Green — located in the popular Town Center, offers a variety of events during the fall season. From movies to concerts to livestream sports broadcasts on the giant screen, to early-morning yoga, there is surely something for everyone to enjoy!
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Peachtree Station Market Update
Did you know that 97 people a day are moving to the Atlanta area? Not everyone chooses to live in the city. In fact, there is a solid demand for homes in the suburbs.
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In my kitchen: A Summer Favorite — Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream
If you haven’t made homemade ice cream before, I encourage you to try it! There is something quite special about making your own summer dessert, something industrious about getting out the ice cream machine, and something magical about lifting off the cover and seeing that your cream custard has transformed into a frozen treat!
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In my Kitchen: Homemade Moisturizer
The first time I made this moisturizer I was astounded! I had made my own beautiful, rich, face cream, and it was a pretty easy process.
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What’s Happening in Peachtree Corners — Town Green Summer Events
Peachtree Corner’s newest development, the Town Green — located in the popular Town Center, offers a variety of events over the summer months. From movies to concerts to livestream sports broadcasts on the giant screen, to early-morning yoga, there is surely something for everyone to enjoy!
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Limewash Fireplace Transformation
The limewash process gives an old-world, antiqued/weathered look. Some of the brick color remains exposed, which results in a warmth you just wouldn’t have with a painted brick.
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Low Mortgage Rates Benefit Many — Not Just Buyers
Mortgage rates are continuing to hold below 3% this spring. Rates were at record-breaking lows throughout most of 2020, during the unprecedented real estate market during the global pandemic. After rising a fraction in early 2021, the rates for a 30-year mortgage were averaging at 2.98% on April 29, 2021. It’s natural to see homebuyers…
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Gone Thrifting!
Do you ever go “thrifting”? The phrase is trending, but the act itself has been around for decades.
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PANTONE Color of the Year = Springtime
PANTONE Color System is best known for its PMS (Pantone Matching System). This color matching system is used internationally among designers in graphic, interior, and product design, and printing. The system is used to assure that colors are accurate when products go into production regardless of the various equipment used, whether by professional designers or…
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Atlanta’s Real Estate Resilience
What made the ATL real estate market resilient last year? How is it possible that we had a market boom during a pandemic? I believe the resiliency of the Atlanta real estate market was due to the very nature of our great city: the strong economy for jobs and growth, and the housing affordability of…
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A corner of my kitchen
I have a spot in my kitchen that is all set up for making espresso drinks. I can remember how, when I was growing up in the 70s, my mother would sit for hours and hours at the kitchen table with her sister and their friends, laughing, talking, and pouring and sipping their coffee. Mama…
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Metro Atlanta Living – Things that impact our lives and our real estate
Atlanta is emerging as a top-rated U. S. city to live and work in. Metro Atlanta has the 3rd-highest growth rate of large metro cities in the last 10 years. It’s a “Best state for doing business” for the 8th year in a row…How is Atlanta positioned as such a great city? Our Real Estate…
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