Alpharetta Real Estate Digest

Serving the cities of Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton and Johns Creek

Housing Starts Down In June?…..Not Really

Let me see if I can make this really confusing.... Housing starts nationally for June are down 5% which the media purports as bad news..but I say it's really good. But the real facts are that single family starts aren't down that much, which sounds good but I say it's bad. Confused yet? Stick with [...]

A House Grows in Crabapple

Eight of them to be exact. You won't see them until they go under contract as they are pre-sale only - but  I don't expect that to take long. I've been wondering for a while now why we haven't seen a builder come in and breath live back into the new communities of Crabapple [...]

The BIG Number: June

6 The number of developed lots in all of North Fulton that are under contract. That is out of a total of 205 available lots. Opportunity is knocking... On the last day of each month I post a "Big Number" or interesting figure related to real estate in our area.

Milton City Council: Community Preservation or Self Preservation?

Back in January I wrote about the desire of three Milton property owners to have T-Mobile place a cell tower on their properties. The property locations are 13302 New Providence Rd., 2880 Mountain Rd. and 14495 Hopewell Rd. All three properties are zoned agricultural and meet the City of Milton's zoning requirements necessary to have [...]

What’s Going On With The New Bethany High School

I'm amazed at how many people are wondering - I've been asked a lot recently about the new Bethany Bend High School . While most people are just curious, it's also surprising how often I hear someone say "I hope it get's delayed so my kid can go to Milton" . It seems to me [...]

Milton High School Ranks in Top 500 Nationally According to Newsweek

As reported in Newsweeks annual ranking of the top High Schools in the nation, Milton High School ranked number 313, down slightly from last years ranking of 311, and is the highest ranked high school in North Fulton. Milton comes in just in front of Alpharetta High School but well behind Walton, North Gwinnett and South Forsyth [...]

Real Estate Sales Data in North Fulton - It’s Like the Weather

Just wait a while and it will change....The question is "What does it mean?" I'm just trying to stay as away of the trends in our area as I possible can. I wrote a post last month about the average sales price for homes in North Fulton West going up. I compared the sales for [...]

The BIG Number: May

29 Months worth of inventory of homes over $1M in North Fulton West of 400. 98 currently active, 40 sold over the past 12 months. [second correction....I have no idea what I was thinking....or maybe I wasn't thinking at all. Thanks for reading ; ) ] On the last day of each month I post a "Big Number" [...]