Alpharetta Real Estate Digest

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

Alpharetta Farmers Market - A Good Morning Spent

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:14:50 +0000

What are you doing Saturday morning? In historic downtown Alpharetta, the Alpharetta Farmers Market offers great locally grown food and locally produced goods. It's open for business every Saturday through October 24th from 8am to 12:30pm. This is the 3rd year for the Farmers Market and they have put more of a focus on locally [...]

Milton High School Among The Top 500 In Nation

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:21:58 +0000

As reported in Newsweeks annual ranking of the top 1500 High Schools in the nation, Milton High School ranked number 311, an improvement over last years ranking of 333, and is the highest ranked high school in North Fulton. There are 54 Georgia high schools that made the list, with 28 of them being located [...]

Active Adult Communites Still Have Demand

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:29:26 +0000

We have been hearing it for years, the large boomer population is nearing retirement. Although this economy is effecting what, when and where they retire to, the need is apparently still there. Throughout the North Atlanta area there are several Active Adult Communities that are selling homes briskly and their builders are getting positive [...]

Bank Foreclosure Gets It Right

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:28:25 +0000

Or maybe the title of this post should be "Creating demand in a tough market". I have an investor client that has been looking at everything that hits the market in his price range, waiting for that great deal, like almost every other buyer seems to be. Occasionally a listing will hit the market at a [...]

Fulton County Presses Location for New Alpharetta Library

Fri, 29 May 2009 18:32:23 +0000

At the May 27th meeting in downtown Atlanta the Fulton County Library Board of Trustees pressed for the new 25,000 sq. ft. library site to be located at 495 N. Main Street, at the intersection of Hwy 9 and Winthrope Park Drive. You can see the site plan here: Alpharetta Library. The Friends of the Alpharetta Library [...]

When is a bottom not a bottom?

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:16:06 +0000

Yes, I’m giving my 2-cents again about where we stand on this economic roller coaster ride. So, to answer my own question: a bottom isn’t a bottom if it hasn’t arrived, or….maybe if we don’t know it’s the bottom.   I was watching two talking heads on one of the networks yesterday talk about the housing recovery [...]

Your’re going to give me money and I can have it now?

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:00:32 +0000

Thanks Uncle Sam! As you all have probably heard, there are 2 tax credits available for home buyers right now. The Federal government is offering an $8,000 tax credit (up to 10% of the purchase price) for first-time home buyers (anyone who has not owned a home in the last three years). To be eligible, you [...]

Crooked Creek’s New Amenities Getting Closer

Mon, 04 May 2009 18:57:13 +0000

 Will it be done in time for all the kids? As an update to a previous post, I wanted to bring you up to speed on Crooked Creek's improvements. Started back in September of 2008, the Crooked Creek community in Milton, GA began a $4 million dollar upgrade to their amenities. Originally planned for completion this [...]