By Geoff Smith Suburban downtown areas are flush with redevelopment these days as cities and developers rush to meet market demands of residents who want to be close to where some action is. Lawrenceville is the latest to double-down on this idea. A couple years ago, or really any time in the history of the […]
By Geoff Smith There isn’t much doubt about it, most people will finally agree that there are really great restaurants throughout the metro Atlanta area. Growing up in Roswell, it seemed that transplanted New Yorker’s loved to complain about the food. The Italian food was boring, there were no good bagels, and forget about finding […]
By Geoff Smith This is the time of year in Georgia when spurts of cool breezes blow through the humidity and heat, and tickle our spirits into a state reminiscent of an old college buddy popping in through the door to whisk you off to one more, wild weekend. Or at least into trying to […]
Inventory Still Historically Low Courtesy of Smart Real Estate Data By Geoff Smith For the first time, new home construction closing numbers are competing with pre-recession levels. And it’s nowhere near enough. According to numbers just released from Smart Real Estate Data, there was an estimated 5,566 new construction closings in the 2nd quarter of […]
WEEK 9 Candidate Qualifying Candidates for 2018 elections qualified for office this week. All of Georgia’s Constitutional Officers, House and Senate seats, local county seats and a Special Election for Alpharetta Mayor and City Council will be on the ballot. Nine candidates qualified to run for governor – seven Republicans and two Democrats. Five candidates for […]
By Geoff Smith The obvious movie line here is ‘build it and they will come.’ But that is really only partly true. The other part of that is don’t act crazy when they get here. If you look at the multitude of quality development and redevelopment running through the city of Atlanta, you have to […]
By Geoff Smith It’s no secret that every economic player in the US and abroad was shaken to his and her financial core by the collapse in 2008. Well, after 10 years of relatively cautious stewarding by our business leaders, Federal Reserve governors and Federal regulators, our economy seems to have steered itself away from […]
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Ansley Park 0.589 square miles, Population: 2,113, MHHI $84,000; Ansley Park is an affluent residential neighborhood and the first Atlanta suburban neighborhood designed for automobiles. The neighborhood was completed by 1930 and is 275 acres (1.11 km2) with Ansley Golf Club bordering the community. It is designated a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. First developed in […]
Perhaps we’re breathing a sigh of relief today, thinking it could have been worse? The new tax law in the USA preserves several major housing tax breaks while imposing caps on others. U.S. homeowners with existing mortgages will see no change to their mortgage interest deduction. Starting Jan. 1, homeowners obtaining new-purchase loans on a […]