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3 Sided Brick Home for Sale in Roswell GA at 380 Hamilton Park Drive in Hamilton Commons

For more information or to schedule a tour of the home, please contact Barry Wolfert at 770-656-7551 or email me.

380 Hamilton Park Drive, Roswell, GA 30075

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Beautiful home, great location and excellent schools!  This is a fantastic 3 sided brick built in 1992 with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.  This home is located in Roswell in the Hamilton Commons subdivision offering swim and tennis amenities, is located off Etris Road.

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North Fulton County (Roswell, GA and Alpharetta, GA) Housing Market Review

The most common questions I am asked are: Is the market getting any better and is activity picking up?

The problem in providing an answer is that is really depends on the day you ask.  Over the last 12 months, there really hasn’t been any consistent trend in the market.  Some weeks see lots of activity and interest while others have no activity.  It has been this lack of consistency that has made this such a difficult market.

Positive News

Interest rates continue to be low (in the high 4%/low 5% range) and the $8000 federal tax credit for first time buyers and $1800 Georgia state tax credit for all buyers are good until the end of November.  In fact, houses are probably the most affordable they’ve ever been.  And, if you’re a home buyer, it’s still a buyer’s market.

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2 Bedroom Condo For Sale at 5061 Avalon Drive in Alpharetta GA

For more information or to schedule a tour of the home, please contact Barry Wolfert at 770-656-7551 or email me.

5061 Avalon Drive, Alpharetta, GA 30005

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Great location, excellent condition and an affordable price!  This is a fantastic condo with 2 large bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms.  Located in Alpharetta in Fulton County in the Camden Pond complex off Old Milton Parkway.

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Walton, Pope and Lassiter HS in Cobb Among Top in Georgia

Six schools in Cobb and Fulton counties were among the metro area’s top 10 performers on this year’s high school graduation tests.

Scoring highest among metro schools with at least 50 test-takers was Cobb’s Walton High School, with a 98.4 percent passing rate on the Georgia High School Graduation Tests.

Students in Georgia are required to pass all four tests, in mathematics, science, English language arts and social studies, to graduate. READ THE REST OF THE STORY

Roswell-Alpharetta, Georgia Housing Market Review

The most common questions I am asked are: Is the market getting any better and is activity picking up?  The problem in providing an answer is that is really depends on the day you ask.  Over the last 6 – 9 months, there really has been any consistent trend in the market.  Some weeks see lots of activity and interest while others have no activity.  It has been this lack of consistency that has made this such a difficult market.

On the positive side, we have low interest rates, an $8000 federal tax credit for first time buyers, an $1800 Georgia state tax credit for all buyers and a buyer’s market.  On the negative side, high unemployment, low consumer confidence and a credit crunch have kept buyers from jumping back into the market.

To get a clear picture of the Roswell/Alpharetta market, I have broken down the sales trends for 2006 through April 2009.  The chart below shows the trends for Roswell and Alpharetta, Georgia (Fulton County only) combined.

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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Make Top 100 List Of Affordable US Housing Markets

RISMEDIA, May 20, 2009-Nationwide housing affordability jumped 10 percentage points during the first quarter of 2009 to its highest level since the series began 18 years ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). The HOI showed that 72.5% of all new and existing homes sold in the first quarter of 2009 were affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,000, up from 62.4% during the previous quarter and up from 53.8% during the first quarter of 2008.

“Underlying the increase in affordability are lower home prices and record low interest rates. Combined with the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers, consumers are beginning to return to the marketplace,” said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla.

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Challenges To Property Taxes in Metro Atlanta (Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Gwinnett) Soar To Record Levels

In a typical year, the five of the larger metro-Atlanta counties (Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Clayton) see about 9,000 challenges to property taxes.   With the deadline to file in Gwinnett and DeKalb having just passed on March 2, more than 22,000 property owners have filed challenges.  The deadline for Clayton, Fulton and Cobb is April 1 and officials expect the already 10,000 petitions to soar as the deadline approaches. READ THE REST OF THE STORY

2008 Georgia Schools of Excellence Announced

26 schools from across the state were selected a Georgia Schools of Excellence. The schools are chosen from each congressional district and honored in one of two categories: Top 10% and Greatest Gains. Only one school per district may be selected for each category.

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Monthly Market Trend Watch – Focus on Roswell & Alpharetta

Every month I will provide an update on market trends in a section of the North Atlanta area. This month’s focus is Roswell and Alpharetta.
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