Lockbox or by appointment only?
A seller on Trulia asked me: What is your opinion regarding the use of a lock box vs. showing by appointment only? “Lockbox, but… How long do you plan for your house to be on the market? This is all...
View ArticleQuestions to ask your listing agent
My good friend Jon Effron is the best real estate blogger in Georgia. Jon always encourages me, and I always encourage Jon. Jon knows that I’ve answered 1598 questions on the internet about real estate...
View ArticleAtlanta’s best example of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture – for sale for...
Shortly after Robert Green returned to his Georgia home from his 1958-1959 apprenticeship at Taliesin West (Frank Lloyd Wright’s school), he designed then supervised the construction of a remarkable...
View ArticleThe hidden value in a remarkable house
Jason Wieloch and I just co-listed a remarkable house built by this modern design legend named Robert Green. Read more about it here and look for more detailed articles this week about the interior and...
View ArticleSouth of Wright – Wall Street Journal house of the day!
I promise – coming tomorrow, a look at the exterior of The Copeland House, in more detail. To start the week however, I want the Intown Insider to promote some recent media placements for the new...
View ArticleA graphic look at 30 year fixed mortgage rates since 1971
Freddie Mac publishes this on their website. Rate tables going back to 1971. Highest year and month – July 1981 16.83% Lowest year and month – November and December 2012 3.35% Average over the past...
View ArticleIntown Atlanta buyers – rates are going up
The $187 Billion rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Saved the North American real estate market. Kept rates from going up. Intown Atlanta buyers got bargains through 2012. And Freddie reported a $5B...
View ArticleLee Taylor’s mobile real estate app is up
Lee Taylor’s mobile app is indeed, “up!” The Keller Williams Technoscenti developed personal real estate field research apps for every agent in North America, based on the local search, quick alert...
View ArticleBefore you buy a house in the shifty metropolitan Atlanta real estate market…
Before you buy a house in the shifty metropolitan Atlanta real estate market, consider some of the insights that a few of us recently shared on Trulia Voices. First, let me state – this is the golden...
View ArticleIntown Atlanta real estate crystal ball: 3.5 changes coming
CHANGE #1 stable mortgage fees, higher interest rates CHANGE #2 home price stabilization…for the most part Here is one headline grabbing way to look at that issue – from December 2013:...
View ArticleTruncate the “blog”
NAR stats tell me that real estate blogs in general do not deliver the highest level of engagement nor the highest level of “impressiveness” in the minds of the consumer. Says so in their recent...
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