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Garage with a detached home is about real estate for car people. Especially in the Atlanta, GA area... but there are posts and news of interest to those living anywhere.
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Wayback Wednesday… Dec. 2007 Market Snapshot
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2010Two years ago this week, I outlined current rates, inventory and some other conditions… Image via Wikipedia Just for comparison (you’ll have to look at the original post...
146.8%… Show them the DOOR…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009The NAR Magazine (called REALTOR) recently published a story about what improvements enhanced a home’s value the most. It was also broken down regionally… Image via Wikip...
Flashback Friday… Getting Ready for Next Year
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009Last year I wrote a post about how things were going to be a little different going forward… down payment requirements, credit worthiness, but that there would be deals… ...
Wayback Wednesday… It can hurt.
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by Getty Images via Daylife Two years ago we were staring at the beginnings of a financial crisis. Credit was clogged up, home values were sliding and the government was mul...
Flashback Friday… Optimist or Pessimist?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009Last year I wrote a post about Contrarianism in investing. I still believe that the best opportunities go to those that run against the crowd. And oddly, the same conditions exist. A...
Wayback Wednesday… Zillow? et al
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009I had forgotten about this little gem… Yesterday I mentioned that I hadn’t always been a big fan of Zillow. I like their people, but I haven’t always liked the data on ...
News from Zillow…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by brad.coy via Flickr I participated in a conference call with David Gibbons from Zillow on Monday. He was sharing a new program they will be offering beginning today. Prim...
FlashBack Friday… “The Deal”
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia Without a doubt, EVERYONE is looking for a deal if they are in the real estate market. Barely a day goes by that I don’t get a call asking me about forec...
Absorption Rate? What is this about?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009There are some terms that we toss around in the real estate industry as if people knew what we were talking about… Absorption Rate is one of those terms. It isn’t complicated...
FlashBack Friday… 1
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009Maybe you noticed on Wednesday that we started a series called Wayback Wednesday… In it we are showcasing a post from two years ago. Well, we are doing something with posts from ...
The November Gwinnett County Market Report is Posted
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia We have just put up the Preliminary Market Report for Gwinnett County, GA in the new market reports page. It is interesting to see the disparity between the up...
Job Loss/Mortgage Payment Insurance for Buyers!
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009We are pleased and excited to announce the roll-out of a new program for buyers… Job Loss Insurance. This is a cool program to take a little bit of apprehension out of buying a hom...
Mortgage Thoughts from Ken…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009One of the mortgage guys I work with not only has it on the ball… but he does a pretty good job of writing about it… Here are three recent posts from Ken that people getting mo...
The Press Is On…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by whiteafrican via Flickr I have recieved emails this morning from the NAR and from my local association regarding the $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. There is a f...
Thinking of a house with a big garage in Gwinnett County, GA?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009Gwinnett County, GA (just outside Atlanta, if you aren’t already familiar) is a great place to live… especially for car people, it seems. There are some great opportunities t...
Is this the time to buy your first house?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia Maybe… Maybe not… Make no mistake, there are some deals in the market. And combined with the $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit (FTHBTC), thi...
Who needs Title Insurance?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia There are two basic types of Title Insurance… Lender’s Title Insurance Owner’s Title Insurance Lender’s Title Insurance If you are buyi...
Deals in Bankrupt Subdivisions?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by Getty Images via Daylife I recently took some buyers out looking at houses in an area with a lot of bankrupt subdivisions. The houses were, in many cases, quite attractiv...
Strange People… muttering… muttering…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009Have you ever hung out around the County Courthouse on the first Tuesday of the month? The County Courts CAN make for some great people watching on any day of the month (ok, any weekday...
Sellers… Are you ready to compete for Buyers?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia That’s right… Buyers are looking at homes, and they still have a choice. Don’t get me wrong, there is competition among Buyers for some homes, ...
Police Response Time… 15 Minutes…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia The listing said to call before visiting the home. The listing sheet said that the alarm code was in the lockbox. I called… the agent reiterated that t...
An Ovation for Novation
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by James @ NZ via Flickr After you find the house, you have to find a way to pay for the house. Sure, there are a few people that just write a check, but most of us find ours...
Conversations with Lilburn, GA, First Time Home Buyers
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009I held an open house today in Lilburn, on 590 Baltimore Ave. During the open house I had the opportunity to speak with several first time home buyers. The conversations with first time...
Open House on Sunday in Lilburn
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by lane.bailey via Flickr We will be holding open a really cool home in Lilburn that has two 2 car garages, 4 bedrooms, 3½ bathrooms, a full finished basement, sitting on ove...
USA Today tosses some props at Gwinnett
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by Getty Images via Daylife USA Today had a story recently about suburbs… It is an interesting read. It would have been interesting to see the direction that the gro...
Hanging out on FaceBook… with Pages
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009If you haven’t seen the new FaceBook Business Pages, here is a great sample. These are the pages I have set up for the ventures I’m involved with. These are pretty cool! Lan...
REEP and Cap & Trade
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia Changes might be coming… and they aren’t good. Buried in the 1500 page bill is a very long section on the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Perfo...
FaceBook OVERLOAD…
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image via Wikipedia There are big things stirring… and they are stirring in the FaceBook world. A couple of weeks ago, while releasing the ability for people to have custom UR...
Listing Options… Just so you know.
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 Image by lane.bailey via Flickr Yesterday I posted about how some companies are adding junk fees to the traditional sales fees for both buyers and sellers. I think this practice i...
Broker Fees?
This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009I’ve seen an annoying new trend. Buyer and Seller “Broker Fees”. It may go by various names, but amounts to the same thing… what Clark Howard would call a Jun...
