real estate: What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?
- 04/01/11 02:06 AM
What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?As a licensed Home Energy Auditor, I am happy to extend my service to Home Buyers and Sellers. Energy Savings is more important than ever with the rising prices and keeping your home utility expenses low means more money in your pocket.
Lighting Assessment: Evaluate your exterior and interior home lighting using specialized software to determine home much your lighting cost is annually. Provide a detailed report showing annual savings for Compact Fluorescent Light upgrades for your home's exterior and interior verses Incandescent Light Bulbs. This report … (1 comments)
Springtime is a great time to list your home. People are ready to get out of the house and start something new. Summer is coming and this is the time of the year when many families are ready to make that move. My local areas of Gainesville, Dawsonville, Cumming and Dahlonega, Georgia is definitely seeing a jump in home sales. If you have been thinking about listing your home, now is a great time to get started. Pricing your home right is a … (0 comments)
real estate: Bear On the Square Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia. Great Spring Fun!
- 03/27/11 10:21 AM
Bear On the Square Festival in Dahlonega, Georgia. Great Spring Fun! Dahlonega, Georgia is full of fun festivals, great shops and historical sites. The Bear on the Square festival along with the Gold Rush Festival has no doubt put this little gold mining town on the map when it comes to North Georgia Events. Legend has it that the Bear on the Square Festival originated eight years ago when a local merchant spotted a baby bear in the tree in front of Brad Walker's Pottery on the square. The scared little bear slept in the tree that night and when quite, slipped back into the hills, … (0 comments)
Everybody is looking for a deal and when it comes the current market, you may now be ready to find your "dream home". The current real estate market offers foreclosures, REO's and short sale homes at great prices. Sometimes I still shake my head and do a double take when I check tax records and find that the home that I am showing has an assessed value of 349k, but my clients have won their offer of $265,000. There … (3 comments)
Our little mountain square in Dahlonega Georgia is known for quaint restaurants and shops with their own unique charm and Cranberry Corners is no exception. Cranberry Corners celebrates the Christmas season all year long, making this store the holiday enthusiast's paradise. Check out the one of a kind Santa's carved out pieces of wood, ornaments, stockings, lights and perfect gifts. Shop for Dawsonville's Georgia's ALS Pottery who specializes in raku pottery. Browse the beautiful jewelry and accessories made out of antique buttons. Antiques of all kinds, cards for all occasions, penny candy and so much more... Owner Kranberry Kathy represents several local artists … (0 comments)
real estate: Thinking about Spring & Summer Energy? Great Ways to Reduce Cost in your Home
- 03/01/11 01:54 AM
There are such great new ways to reduce energy cost in your home! If you're familiar with Georgia, you know that we have a short, mild spring and a sometimes brutal summer. Now is a great time to think about inexpensive upgrades in your home that can save you big time and keep you cool. As mentioned, there are some great new ways to reduce energy cost, but let's take a look an older way to reduce energy cost and keep your home cool. Attic Fans (AKA Whole House Fans): When I was growing up, there was no central air conditioning and our attic fan … (1 comments)
IKEA stores are first major retailer that has stopped offering the incandescent bulbs and sell compact fluorescent lamp (CFL's) exclusively. They are setting the stage for more solar products, energy efficient products and new earth friendly products to buy. IKEA now offers Solar-powered outdoor lighting fixtures, plus indoor table, floor and lighting tubes. Not only are these super chic and will look great in your modern or traditional home, but pretty darn innovative! They are selling spring garden lights shaped like bunnies and flamingos along with other super cute lawn products that are solar powered. Great solar products starting at … (4 comments)
real estate: Average Listing Prices in Cumming, Georgia is on the Rise
- 02/18/11 05:48 AM
Cumming Homes For Sale The Aveage Listing price in Cumming Georgia is on the rise as spring approaches. Cumming, Georgia is locally famous for retaining home values which makes it a great resale area! Listing your home, lake cabin or lake/residential lot in the spring is the best time as many potential buyers with school age children tend to wait until summer to make that move. Now is a great time to list. Curious to find out the right price for your home?? Ask me about your Free Market Analysis. A customized report is the best way to determine a price … (0 comments)
There are many reasons why Cumming, GA is a great place to live - Here's 3 to name a few!
Great Schools Starting in the schools, ReTHINK (Reduce. Reuse. Recycle) was designed to teach students the importance of keeping its town clean. This school-based recycling program provides recycling bins in the classroom and lunchroom. Five Forsyth County Schools received perfect 10 ratings according to www.greatschools.org. Big Creek Elementary School, Daves Creek Elementary School,Liberty Middle School, North Forsyth Middle School, Piney Grove Middle School - Along with other highly ranking Forsyth County Schools.
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real estate: Achasta and Bear Paw Ridge in Dahlonega, Georgia - Premium Living, Excellent Views!
- 02/14/11 06:02 AM
Dahlonega, Georgia originally won its place on the map the site of the first US gold rush at the base of the Appalachian Mountains. Today,Dahlonega is also recognized as a city that offers exceptional wines and dining at one of the many great local restaurants on the square. Dahlonega is a small community that offers resort living and exceptional views of the mountainside. Achasta is Dahlonega's premier location for a day at Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Golf Course while listening to the steady flow of the Chestatee River. Living in Achasta is offers unsurpassed amenities and miles of walking trails with easy access to highway GA 400. Achasta … (0 comments)
real estate: Green Options for Remodeling your Home this Spring
- 02/13/11 06:31 AM
Renovating and updating your home using Green products does not have to mean adding more money to your budget. Selecting more ‘Earth Friendly' products can reduce energy use and air quality in your home. Another common misconception is that recycled products may look different than your higher end products; this is also not true with most new products on the market now. ‘Going Green' has become increasing easier with today's new choices.
All major paint manufacturers now offer paints that are low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The prices remain about the same (less than $2 per gallon), … (1 comments)
real estate: Dahlonega, Georgia - Gold Mines, Great Wines and Mountain Town
- 02/12/11 08:29 AM
Most Georgians know that Dahlonega, (derived from the Cherokee word - Talonega) is North, Georgia's "Gold City". Our little town's history goes back to the days before the Cherokees. Even before officially documented, historians state that Hernanado De Soto found gold in Dahlonega in the early 1540's. Historians claim that the Spanish mined alongside the Cherokees until the early 1700's.
Dahlonega, Georgia is the home of the first major gold strike in the United States and gold fever ignited a craze that brought 15,000 miners running for the North, GA hills. Some 871 thousand ounces of gold from 1830 … (2 comments)
real estate: Buying a Home After a Foreclosure, Short Sale or Bankruptcy - The FHA Can Help! (
- 02/01/11 10:45 PM
Going through a bankruptcy, short sale or foreclosure may seem like a life sentence of bad credit... Although it is true that a bankruptcy will appear on your credit for 10 years, the good news is that the FHA (Federal Housing Administration), will loan again to you after three years after a foreclosure with as little as 3.5% down. The best news of all, the rates for FHA loans remain lower and there is more flexibility in calculating household income and payment ratios. In fact, the FHA has loans for those buyers looking to buy "fixer uppers", these loans add the repair cost on … (0 comments)
real estate: Good News for First Time Buyers in Dawsonville, Georgia
- 01/29/11 08:06 AM
Buying your first home is a big step and you want to save money and take advantage of all the available resources for getting started. Finding the programs you qualify for is probably at the top of your list for things to check on. It's great to know that almost every state have programs to help first time buyers with their down payments. Federal programs and grants for first time home buyers are available to help you get started in home ownership. Dawsonville, Georgia is a great location and offers scenic views along with great neighborhoods and townhome communities. Another thing that makes Dawsonville … (0 comments)
real estate: New Laws for Home Lighting – IKEA Leads the Way
- 01/15/11 09:17 AM
If you've shopped in the warehouse stores or been in Wal-mart, you know that CFL bulbs are the new trend and continues to grow in popularity. These amazing fluorescent minis pack a whopping 10,000 hours of use as opposed to the standard incandescent life of only 1,000 hours. There is no doubt that this method of lighting is here to stay and thanks to new federal laws, we're about to see the end of incandescent light bulbs all together. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 legislation require that all stores begin to phase out incandescent bulbs over the next … (0 comments)
real estate: Log Cabin Homes, Living In Lumpkin - Dahlonega, Georgia
- 01/11/11 03:24 AM
Log homes have been constructed since around the 1600's when the early Europeans discovered the vast forest on their own land in America. Through the years, Log Home building became somewhat of an art form, using the perfect logs to create a tight seal. Today, there are different types of Long Homes ranging from Handcrafted to Milled. Milled Log Homes are shaped to fit perfectly and insure that there are no gaps. All Log Homes should be sealed to avoid shrinkage and water damage. Complete information on building a Log Home can be found by the Log Homes Council , … (0 comments)
real estate: Homeowners Insurance - Insure Your Home, Not Your Land
- 01/08/11 06:00 AM
There are a few things you can do to reduce your homeowners insurance cost, such as asking what discounts are available and simply shopping around. Making sure that you are raising your deductibles is a good one, but one that many homeowners forget is that you want to insure your home, not your land. Land has little threat of being damaged and well; there is no cost replacement on that nice old oak in your back yard. Making sure to exclude the cost of your land can mean a real savings on your homeowners insurance.
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real estate: It’s What’s On The Outside That Counts...
- 01/04/11 06:50 AM
In a recent article from Realtor Magazine, it was confirmed again that exterior upgrades and general "curb appeal" was the one of the most important factors in selling your home.
Simple updates and maintenance to landscaping is the least expensive, but all important place to start. Those online photos will shine with a great looking lawn (trust me!). Potential buyers look at online homes to decide where they'll stop, make sure your home makes the list.
Investing in your home's exterior cosmetics is great and can speed up the listing time, in addition … (4 comments)
real estate: Home Energy Tax Credits for 2011 – Innovative Opportunities!
- 01/02/11 01:13 AM
Yes, it's true that many of those amazing tax credits for your home have gone with year, but there are some great innovative incentives that will be here until 2016! Small Wind Turbine energy upgrades to your existing or new construction property is eligible for a 30% Tax Credit available until December 31, 2016. Considering windmill use started around 2000 B.C. to grind grain, using wind energy has just about always been a great source of energy. Today, small turbines range is sizes from 7 to 25 feet in diameter. Newer residential turbines are designed to be lightweight and easy to mount as a satellite dish of TV antenna. Lighter … (1 comments)
What Can a Green Real Estate Specialist Do For Your New or Listed Home?As a licensed Home Energy Auditor, I am happy to extend my service to Home Buyers and Sellers. Energy Savings is more important than ever with the rising prices and keeping your home utility expenses low means more money in your pocket.
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