bentree homes: Foreclosure rate still high - 08/31/09 12:46 PM
The national foreclosure rate reported today is still high. As of this time today the markets have reacted in a negative way. So what is the problem?
The Government bail out program and loan re-modification programs have actually worked! Some of these programs were started by the last administration and modified … (4 comments)
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bentree homes: Looking to Start a Real Estate Career in the North Georgia Mountains pt 7 - 08/24/09 12:56 PM
This is the last part in the series. I hope you all enjoyed it. The last thing we have not covered is choosing a firm to associate with.
Like many other areas you have choices. But if you choose a big name make sure they are established in the mountains. If … (1 comments)
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bentree homes: Army Band Concert Last Night in Big Canoe photos - 07/04/09 09:14 AM
The Army Jazz band performed in the out door amphitheater here in Big Canoe. The concert was free. Donations were taken at the door for the USO. A great time was had by all.
As you can see it was a packed house. The band was great and there … (4 comments)
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bentree homes: Launch me Father not NASA Style Photo - 06/21/09 09:35 AM
This photo was taken 15 years ago. My hair was dark then. My son and I went to a wedding of one of my cousins. It was his first time in a suit and his mother was not there. So we made a deal. In Feb in South Carolina we went … (3 comments)
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bentree homes: USDA Loan Repairs Be advised !! - 05/21/09 04:33 PM
Many of us in Rural areas do USDA loans. USDA is 100 percent financing and often works out to be less costly than FHA with 3 % down!!! One of the benefits to this type of loan is you can finance up to 102 percent of the appraised value of the … (9 comments)
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bentree homes: Now is a great time to buy land - 05/14/09 08:30 PM
Land sales right now are terrible where I am. 3 years ago for every home I sold I sold 4 pieces of land. Today the ratio has turned the other way. Why?
First there is the financing. Lenders do not want to lend on land. It is easy to walk away … (2 comments)
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bentree homes: Big Canoe Photos IV - 05/09/09 08:08 AM
I posted the lower falls in the nature valley the other day. If you walk about a mile through the wood you climb gently to the upper falls. in Big Canoe. Now there are also the Nancy Wolmack Falls here to. Beautiful woods. The sound of rushing water and privacy. I … (5 comments)
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bentree homes: Big Canoe photos - 04/30/09 03:27 PM
Big Canoe is one of North Georgia's great communities. It is a Mountain Gem. It is over 8,000 acres. The 2 photos below are just one sample of what you can see. I took these from the top of a dam. The first one overlooks Lake Petit. The dam is the … (5 comments)
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bentree homes: Bent Tree New listing - 04/23/09 05:06 PM
We have a new listing on Little pine road in Benttree . It is a lot . It is about .88 acres. It has a pretty stream running down the side. Location in this community is very good . Asking price is 28,000 !!! This is a really good price. Bent … (1 comments)
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bentree homes: Doing the Opposite - 04/14/09 07:29 AM
When we formed all Mountain Realty in Sept of 07 we set out goals. I laugh about the one I tell folks , We want to get in at the bottom. (Achieved). Some tell me at least you didn't have to go through the pain of scaling back.
One of the … (4 comments)
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bentree homes: To Build or not to build , That is the question - 03/18/09 07:32 AM
Land sales are a large part of our business in the mountains. By all accounts land sales are really really slow. Some communities have a 2 year inventory at the current rate of absorption. There are 3 things that effect land sales here.
1 Investors. In the not so long ago … (7 comments)
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bentree homes: North Georgia Update, Snapshot - 03/18/09 07:16 AM
There is some new news coming out of our area. In the Atlanta area the inventory of homes is about at 8 months. This is about 4 months below the National average. There is talk about, are you ready, a potential housing SHORTAGE in 2010!!!
We do see in the mountains … (1 comments)
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bentree homes: Help for Home owners - 03/11/09 12:00 PM
The Obama Administration is moving forward to help home owners. The plans that they have put forward are for the most part encouraging and meaningful. I think the one exception is the cap on the mortgage deduction' But here they are in a nutshell
8,000 first time buyer credit.
This program … (1 comments)
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bentree homes: Meeting with Federal Reserve People - 02/19/09 03:29 PM
It has been an interesting week for me. Earlier in the week as part of our radio presence we interviewed Senator Isakson about housing. I have posted that with a link to the interview earlier. Today I attended a meeting where the speaker was from the Federal Reserve.
I am an … (5 comments)
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bentree homes: Real Estate, Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Mountain Market Update - 02/10/09 07:31 AM
So what is happening in our North Georgia Mountains?
1 Unemployment has gone up to almost 10 percent. This is rare for us. But key industries like the carpet industry are slow.
2 Tourism on the other hand seems brisk. Folks are not traveling as far as they used to. So … (4 comments)
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bentree homes: Jasper Georgia Home, Foreclosures and the problems with them - 12/21/08 02:38 PM
OK take a look at the house below. I did a BPO on it. Here are the problems. The house is great. But it is full of trash. Will the bank clean it out? In this case yes a little. Will the bank bring in some one to make sure things … (18 comments)
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bentree homes: P. T. Barnum was right!!! 2 rants for the price of 1 - 09/22/08 02:45 PM
Rant 1
If you live in the the South or the Southeast you are feeling the price of gas at the pumps. The reason is simple , There is a sucker born every minute. First people watched Ike roll in. Then they thought lets go fill up. So they did. They … (1 comments)
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bentree homes: Mountain Lakes Part 4 Benttree - 09/12/08 07:14 AM
This is the last of my posts on Mountain Lakes. The Lake today is Lake Tamarack in Benttree. Tamarack is about 100 acres and again just wonderfully nestled in the mountains.
The community of Benttree offers Golf, Tennis, Swimming, and an equestrain center. I hope you have enjoyed these photos. The … (0 comments)
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bentree homes: I love the Mountains. I love my horses. I want Both Waaah !!!! - 08/02/08 08:49 PM
People often ask , How can I own or have horses in the Mountains The terrain in North Georgia ia varied . Above is a lovely barn
Here above is the pasture Associated with the Barn. The horses were not there when I drove by and took these Pictures. … (5 comments)
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bentree homes: Showing land in the mountains - 07/29/08 07:45 PM
I have written a lot of blogs about land and the mountains. Today highlighted a point that sellers need to consider. We all know about staging a home. But what about staging land ? Aside from the obvious make sure there is no trash on the property observe the following;
The … (6 comments)
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