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Appealing your property tax value in Oconee County

May 23, 2017 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Home Value

If the value is too high, appealing your property tax value in Oconee County can save money on your property tax bill. Tax value statements are mailed each year during the month of May. This is not a bill but the value shown will be the basis for your property taxes due for the current year. The […]

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New on the Market!

August 16, 2016 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

New on market

New on the Market! There are many homes listed for weeks or months before selling, but there are also a lot of homes that go under contract within days. This page is constantly updated so you can see new on the market listings for all areas around Athens. If you have questions or want to […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Athens Georgia Real Estate Blog, Bogart, Clarke County, First time buyer, Home buying tips, Local, Madison County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, University Of Georgia Athens Tagged With: New on the market

Home sales prices have increased in 2016

August 8, 2016 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Athens Homes

According to the Athens MLS, Athens-Clarke County has seen an 8% increase in home prices for the first 7 months of 2016 compared to the same period for 2015. Oconee County has seen a 10% increase in the number of homes sold and a 12% increase in sales prices over 2015. Madison County has seen 17% […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Barrow County, Bogart, Clarke County, Local, Madison County, Oconee County Tagged With: Athens GA real estate, Athens home sales

Local Farmers Market

April 21, 2016 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

The Pastures at Rose Creek

From spring through fall, there are many opportunities to buy delicious fruits and vegetables from local farmers at farmers markets or roadside stands.

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Largest homes for sale in Athens

February 2, 2016 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Largest homes for sale in Athens

Largest homes for sale in Athens In the Athens area, it can be difficult to find a very large home. This list shows all active listings that are over 5,000 square feet. A large home can be useful for many families, especially for a large family, parents who have family visiting often, young families with […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Athens Georgia Real Estate Blog, Bogart, Clarke County, Home buying tips, Madison County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, University Of Georgia Athens

Athens home sales increase in 2015

December 28, 2015 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Athens home prices increase

According to the Athens MLS, Athens home sales increased in 2015. In Athens and surrounding counties (included in Athens MLS data), there were 4,500 homes sold in 2006. This year, there are 3,310 (as of 12/28/15). This may not sound very encouraging, but in 2010, there were 2,100 sales for the same area. For Athens, […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Athens Georgia Real Estate Blog, Bogart, Clarke County, First time buyer, Home buying tips, Home Preparation for Selling, Oconee County Tagged With: Home sales

What’s involved when having a home inspection?

December 9, 2015 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Tips for making your home secure

After a purchase offer for a home is accepted, the due diligence period starts. This is usually 10 days in our area, and allows the buyer to terminate an accepted offer for any reason during that time. The intent of the due diligence period is to allow time for the buyer to have a home […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Athens Georgia Real Estate Blog, Barrow County, Bogart, Clarke County, Home Preparation for Selling, Jackson County, Madison County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County Tagged With: home inspection

Home Value report helps to find out your home value

December 9, 2015 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Home value

Our home value report helps to find out your home value. With so much information available, it’s easy to be led off track when it comes to deciding how much your home will sell for. When we recently sold our home, we reviewed recent sales and active listings to determine the competition we would be […]

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Filed Under: Athens, Athens Georgia Real Estate Blog, Barrow County, Bogart, Clarke County, Home Preparation for Selling, Jackson County, Madison County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, University Of Georgia Athens

Healthy food sources in Athens

October 26, 2015 by Jerri.Stracener Leave a Comment

Oconee County Farmers Market

There are several options for healthy food sources in Athens. Kroger has continued to add more organic vegetables and fruits, and Publix has the hormone free meat section. Our favorite place to shop is Earth Fare. You can trust that anything in the store is as natural as possible, with no hormones, no high fructose […]

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Who pays closing costs?

August 23, 2015 by Jerri.Stracener 2 Comments

Who pays closing costs

It’s not unusual for buyers to ask the seller to pay closing costs but sometimes sellers don’t want to pay them. This is likely due to not understanding exactly what it means. So, what are closing costs, and who should pay them? Closing costs are fees associated with the buyer’s loan Closing costs include: origination fee to […]

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