Archive for February, 2010
Volunteer!
February 24th, 2010 Categories: Lilburn, Things to do
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During the month of February, as well as the end of January, I spent each Friday afternoon volunteering to talk about business and economics with a bunch of 4th Graders. This was in connection with Junior Achievement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Interesting article on where people are moving within the US…
February 16th, 2010 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
I ran across an article that parses IRS data on which states are gaining population and which are losing population. GA is doing pretty well on the list… only a couple of states gained more population that we did here in GA. Texas and North Carolina picked up more households than the 37,000+ Georgia picked up. The big losers were Michigan and New York.
The information was assembled by the AP from IRS data points. Here is a link back to the article. Read the rest of this entry »
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Looking for a Deal on a New Home around Gwinnett County, GA?
February 11th, 2010 Categories: For Buyers, Lilburn
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I’m here for you. I have been getting these emails for years from builders promoting their inventory of homes. In some cases, they are offering incentives to agents to bring buyers to their communities. In other cases they are offing incentives to buyers. Sometimes, there are both… Read the rest of this entry »
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Flashback Friday and the County Assessors facing reality
February 9th, 2010 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
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Last year I wrote about Senate Bill 55 in the Georgia Senate. Basically, the bill required the Counties to include foreclosures in assessments. Previously, assessments for taxes excluded foreclosures, so they (falsly?) increased values and tax revenue to the counties.
While that makes it tough for the counties, it is a needed break for home owners. The counties complained that they would lose revenues… well, the people are losing revenue, too. They have to suck it up.
In the last year, the bill quietly passed and was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue.
Here is the link to the original post.
from Lanebailey.com
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Mortgage and Housing Volatility… Over?
February 2nd, 2010 Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
Over on one of my other blogs, I re-blogged a post from Jeff Corbett. He is VERY involved int eh mortgage and housing industry and loves diving into the ugly underbelly of the industry.
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In this post, he lays out the reasons he sees why there will be increased volitility in the mortgage and housing sectors. Basically, since the Fed is currently slated to stop buying mortgages next month…
It is worth a read…
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