Covington Georgia Mortgage Lending - Part 1: Show Me The Money! - 04/22/08 03:21 PM
How many homes have you bought and sold?  How many times have you sat at a closing table, signed your name about a thousand times, walked away with the key to your new home and all you understood about your mortgage was how much the monthly payments were?
I’ve done that – 10 times! 
Before I became a Realtor®, mortgage lending was all a big blur to me.  I knew I applied for a mortgage loan, gave the lender tax returns, bank account records, and my bosses’ contact information to verify my employment.  But what happened between then and the time I … (0 comments)

The Time Is Now! - Reinforced - 04/18/08 03:51 PM
Around the first of this month, I wrote a short blog called "The Time Is Now!" about when is a good time to buy a house.  This morning, an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution reinforced my idea that there's no better time to buy real estate than now.
Julie Hairston wrote in the AJC this morning that Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank has just put his seven-bedroom Buckhead mansion on the market for $10.9 million.  Well, most of us couldn't even afford one bay of the three-car garage or a couple of the seven full baths in that home!  But, that's … (0 comments)

Covington Real Estate Market Watch: First Quarter - 04/02/08 07:34 PM
At the end of this year's first quarter, here's what's happening in the Covington and Newton County Georgia real estate market.
According to the Georgia Multiple Listing Service (GAMLS), there are currently 1964 single family homes actively listed for sale in Covington and Newton County.  The average list price of these 1964 homes is $207,125., and they have been on the market for an average of 133 days.
Most of the homes listed are three (3) bedroom homes - 864 of them, at an average list price of $152,962.  Four (4) bedroom homes comprised the next largest number on the market - 691 … (0 comments)