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Atlanta homes are selling fast
If you’re involved in the Atlanta residential real estate market in any capacity, buyer, seller, agent or other, you’ve noticed that something has changed over the last year. The market has shifted significantly. Homes are selling fast, and I mean crazy-fast. What’s “crazy-fast?” Days. Sometimes just one day. Sometimes not even a day. Often with [...]
Read More >>Murphey Candler Park – Featured Atlanta Park
Today’s featured Atlanta park is Murphey Candler Park. This is a 135-acre public park located in the neighborhood (soon to be its own city) of Brookhaven. Not to be confused with Candler Park (sans Murphey), which is an Intown Atlanta neighborhood and a park of the same name. Murphey Candler, for whom the park was [...]
Read More >>Tanyard Creek Park – Featured Atlanta Park
Atlanta has a unique feel compared to similar sized cities owing much to its ample tree canopy and collection of parks. It has earned the nickname of ”the city in the forest” based on the fact that its tree coverage is the highest of all major US cities. Atlanta also has 343 parks, gardens, nature [...]
Read More >>Lower your Atlanta Water Bill by getting new toilets … For Free!
Atlanta has frequently made news, in both the local and national press, about it’s sky-high water bills. Though many residents were faced with inaccurate bills, even accurate bills are high, as Atlanta’s water rates themselves are among the highest in the country. Why? The water rates have mushroomed in recent years in order to help pay for [...]
Read More >>Intown Atlanta and Buckhead schools to be rezoned
As mentioned in a previous blog post, Atlanta has some fine public schools. But, like most other cities, there are also those that are underperforming. This has a predictable effect on people’s behavior, both in terms of real estate as well as the attendance of the schools. Home buyers are attracted to the Intown Atlanta and Buckhead neighborhoods that [...]
Read More >>Full-Screen Home Search and other new features
We keep adding new and improved home search features here on IntownElite.com, and the latest additions are pretty slick! My personal favorite is the full-screen search option. Do you have a large-screen monitor, or just want to get the most out of your modest laptop screen? On our home search page, or on any of [...]
Read More >>Good Public Schools in Atlanta? Yes!
Now that we have a kid on the way, we sometimes hear some of our our suburban friends say, “Well, now you have to move OTP!” We actually had one friend-of-a-friend stridently exclaim, “You can’t raise kids in the city!” (Gasp!) Oh really? Why’s that? Of course everyone has their biases, but putting those aside, the subject [...]
Read More >>Yet another reason why neighborhoods matter
Of course we all know that neighborhoods are important for many reasons; friendly neighbors, community support, etc. And we all know there are many reasons to choose a particular neighborhood; location, style, affordability, etc. However, from the perspective of your wallet, there’s another important benefit the right neighborhood can provide; price stability.
Read More >>7 Mistakes to Avoid when Pricing your Home to Sell
In our experience selling homes, we often find that a person’s perception of their home’s value often differs from the reality of the marketplace. There are number of reasons for this, from psychological factors to simple misconceptions about market value. In this article we will discuss these issues as well as how best to determine [...]
Read More >>Atlanta Skyline Building Guide
We’ve received a number of complements on our recent website makeover, and we’re flattered to hear that it’s been so well received. A number of you have asked about the stylized skyline outline in the website header, and whether it really represents Atlanta. It does, in fact, and it was inspired by the photo below. This spawned questions about this building and that, which got us thinking – maybe we should put together a guide to the buildings of the Atlanta skyline. So here goes!
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