Realtors Develop Realtor.com Enhanced Listings Skills
By | February 4, 2010
Sellers of homes marketed by The Home Source, REALTORS® benefit from added exposure from the listings being enhanced on Realtor.com, the country’s Number One real estate website. Enhanced listings feature additional photos, lengthly text descriptions, the ability to contact the listing agent directly, and more. Several of The Home Source, REALTORS® sharpen their Realtor.com skills, part of an extensive advanced training schedule, with the assistance of company Training Director Leah Sides.
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The Home Source REALTORS® are Your Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource!
By | February 4, 2010
Home sellers participating in short sale and foreclosure transactions will benefit from the expertise gained by The Home Source, REALTORS® (L-R) Qualifying Broker Linda Huff, and Realtors Olivia Marquez, Vickie Butler, Kristina Martin, Cecelia Hayes, and Connie Dyer, who now hold the Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (SFR) designation. Realtors with the SFR designation are specially equipped to direct sellers to finance, tax and legal professionals; negotiate with lenders, and qualify sellers for short sales. For more information call The Home Source, REALTORS® at 770-487-9722.
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The Home Source, REALTORS® Know HUD
By | February 4, 2010
The Home Source REALTORS® HUD Training Home buyers considering the purchase of a HUD home as their new residence can rely on The Home Source, REALTORS® for the most up-to-date information. HUD training instructor Drew Prosperi conducts a recent class updating Realtors on the most recent policies and procedures for HUD homes transactions.
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Coweta County Real Estate on the Rebound
By | February 4, 2010
Coweta County Real Estate ReboundThe Home Source, REALTORS® Vicki Dell (L) and Chris Hunt show details of the SummerGrove topographic map at the company’s Coweta office in Newnan to a prospective home buyer.
“Coweta is well positioned for the real estate rebound. Companies are relocating to the area, home values are beginning to stabilize, and interest rates are continuing at historic lows. We are very positive about the Newnan and Coweta County area,” said The Home Source, REALTORS® Qualifying Broker and Newnan Managing Broker Linda Huff. ”Over the past 10 years, Coweta County has been one of the best selling markets in the metro Atlanta area, and we predict that trend will continue.”
For more information visit The Home Source, REALTORS® Coweta office at 1201 Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan.
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Peachtree City Named Among America’s Best Family-Friendly Cities
By | December 9, 2009
Peachtree City continues garnering impressive accolades when it was recently named among the nation’s most family-friendly cities, according to an investment education Website and WTen.com.
Criteria for cities on the list include population ranging from 20,000-375,000, relatively low crime rate and unemployment, relatively low student-to-teacher ratios, and high education spending per pupil.
Peachtree City, near the top of the list of best cities in which to raise a family, had the lowest violent crime and property crime rates – 0.12 and 0.22 – times the national average, respectively – of any city on the list. Peachtree City students outperform the national average in reading and math by 13.4% and 32.7% respectively. There are about 14 students per teacher in Peachtree City.
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Rippeto, Tinsley and Butler are Leadership Fayette grads
By | December 9, 2009
The Home Source Realtors Will Rippeto, Deborah Tinsley, and Vickie Butler are among recent graduates of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fayette program. Leadership Fayette educates and develops business and community leaders by providing participants with a broad awareness of Fayette County history, government and social services organizations, and economic development efforts. Attendees from a diverse group of organizations and backgrounds participated in team projects designed to benefit a variety of community non-profit organizations.
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Fayette County Among Top ACT Test Performers
By | August 27, 2009
Fayette County’s high school seniors are among the most prepared in Georgia and the nation for college-level coursework, according to 2009 ACT test scores. Among the top performing schools in Georgia, Fayette posted the highest composite score – 22.5 – compared to the number of students tested – 1027. The number of Fayette seniors taking the ACT has increased more than 80 percent since 2005.
The ACT is designed to measure skills needed for success in the first year of college coursework. It consists of curriculum-based tests of educational development in mathematics, reading, English, and science.
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Realtors Earn Loss Mitigation Certification (LMC) Designation
By | August 21, 2009
Several Home Source Realtors now hold the Loss Mitigation Certification (LMC) designation which enhances their skills to work effectively with transactions involving foreclosures, short sales, and properties at auction or bank-owned. The Home Source Realtors Qualifying Broker Linda Huff, Sheree Gripper, Georgia Association of REALTORS Instructor Rhonda NeSmith, Deborah Tinsley, Peachtree City Managing Broker Cheri Scranage, David Chambless, and Relocation Director Leah Sides (L-R) discuss the attendees insight into counseling through often challenging scenarios and their extensive reference materials for working with buyers, sellers, and lending institutions. The course is recognized by the National Association of REALTORS as the premier education tool for these types of transactions.
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Piedmont Residential Offering New Homes at The Villages at Stillwood Farms
By | August 19, 2009
Builder Representatives Verkina Parrish and Kristen Cunningham (L-R) of The Home Source Realtors and Piedmont Residential President JD Espana, Jr. discuss the new homes Piedmont Residential is offering at The Villages at Stillwood Farms in Newnan. With 20 years experience in home building and development, Piedmont Residential is offering 3 and 4 bedroom ranch and two-story Craftsman style homes from the $140’s – $190’s, which will be completed in time for first time home buyers to qualify for the $8,000 tax credit. Stillwood Farms amenities include a neighborhood pool and clubhouse. To visit Stillwood Farms, take Hwy. 34 East from Newnan, turn right on Newnan Crossing Bypass, the left on Lower Fayetteville Road to Stillwood Farms on the right. For more information call 770-843-1390 or 770-846-8004.
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Lexington Village Luxury Townhomes Offer Value, Style
By | August 19, 2009
Marksmen Properties Superintendent Wade Cohran and Builder representative Cecelia Hayes ofThe Home Source Realtors admire the finishing touches on new luxury townhomes under $200,000 at The Village at Lexington Circle in Peachtree City.
Home buyers seeking a new home under $200,000 with low maintenance lifestyle in Peachtree City – with bright open living areas offering granite counter tops, custom kitchen cabinetry, stainless apliances, and hardwood floors – will find all this at The Village at Lexington Circle across from Peachtree East Shopping Center on Hwy. 54.
Marksmen Properties offers luxurious 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath townhomes with two-car garages at the east Peachtree City townhome community.
“These luxury townhomes, offered at considerably below original appraisal, are a tremendous value,” said Builder Representative Cecelia Hayes of The Home Source Realtors. “Home buyers particularly enjoy a flexible space with full bath on the ground level that can be a home office, guest suite, exercise room, art studio, or crafts area.”
The approximately 2,000 sq. ft. townhomes also feature vaulted and trey ceilings in the master suite, crown molding, and fireplaces. In addition, The Village at Lexington Circle is conveniently close to shopping, dining, and McIntosh High School, and is minutes to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. For more information call Cecelia Hayes at 404-992-9094.
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