The Home Source, REALTORS Announces 2009 High Sales Volume Agents
By | February 23, 2010
Accolades were extended at a recent agent awards event to The Home Source, REALTORS agents achieving 2009 high sales volumes. They include:
Platinum Level: Susan Fitzgerald, Peachtree City; Diamond Level, Jane Young, Peachtree City and Julie Hunt, Newnan; Gold Level: Carol Carter, Builder Services Group; Vicki Dell, Newnan; and A.C. Roda, Peachtree City; and Silver Level: Emily Byrd, Angela Cole, Kristen Cunningham, Karin Davis, Melodi Hicks, and Verkina Parrish, Builder Services Group; Lynn Cook, Nancy Crowe, Connie Dyer, Cecelia Hayes, Frank Kimble, Olivia Marquez, Kristina Martin, Janet Sloan, and Deborah Tinsley, Peachtree City.
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Butler Participates in Fayette County Middle School Career Fair
By | February 23, 2010
The Home Source, REALTORS Vickie Butler from the companys Fayette office in Peachtree City explains the Realtor profession to students at the Fayette County Middle School Career Fair recently. Some 370 eighth graders attended the two-day event, where they had opportunities to talk to professionals from various fields. Vickie also is the PTO volunteer for Flat Rock Middle School.
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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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