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Average Selling Price |
Average Sale to Listing Price |
Average Days on the Market |
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David
Gibbard |
$309,663* |
99.51%* |
34.5
Days* |
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Top 6 Agents (average) |
$282,079 |
96.54% |
77.9 Days |
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Difference |
$27,584 |
2.97% |
43.4
Days |
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Well Know TV & Radio Ad Agent
(applying for a job to be your realtor) |
$264,373 |
99.19% |
106.6 Days |
* Not one of the top 6 agents out performed
David Gibbard’s sales results in any category.
Data Source: First Multiple Listing Service
(FMLS)
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Battle of the Warring
Housing Price Indexes
We
saw another "battle of the warring housing price
indexes" last month, with the federal government
reporting positive price appreciation in more
than two-thirds of U.S. metropolitan markets --
at the same time a widely-publicized Wall Street
index said home values were down by a record 4
percent for the year, and down by 5 percent in
the top 20 markets.
How could there be such big differences?
And which index is right?
Here are the facts:
The federal government's house price index
is produced quarterly by an agency called the
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
(OFHEO). It measures valuation movements in a
massive database of millions of homes whose
loans were financed or refinanced by Fannie Mae
or Freddie Mac.
The data covers nearly 300 major
metropolitan markets and dozens of smaller
non-metropolitan areas.
In its latest index, released November 29,
OFHEO reported prices in
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Smoothing The Rough
Road To Refinancing
Lower
interest rates could offer some financial
buoyancy for those looking to refinance before
they get in over their heads.
Home mortgage interest rates have been
flat or falling since early October. The falling
average rate probably won't help those who
purchased a home, a year or two ago, especially
if they had a small equity stake in their home.
"The problem is a lot of people in those
products is they don't have any equity in the
house and lenders want equity to refinance,"
said Glenda Queensbury, a mortgage adviser in
San Jose, CA.
However, there could be a safe harbor
available for others facing a resetting
adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) with the
potential for higher rates and unmanageable
mortgage payments.
The key, say the experts, is to examine
your options early.
"Absolutely. When people start feeling the
pinch don't wait until you are delinquent. The
more delinquent you become the more options that
will start going off the table" says William
Higgins, chief lending officer of online bank
Ing Direct.
Higgins says it's a good idea to visit
your existing lender first. That's especially
true if your lender doesn't sell loans and has a
vested financial interest
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New Monthly
Feature: Forsyth County, North Fulton and West Gwinnett
Real Estate Report
Single
family homes in Forsyth County saw the annual average
sale price drop 3% from $323,864 in November 2006 to
$313,431, in November 2007, which does not mirror the
rest of the metro Atlanta area, which increased by 3%
from November 2006 to November 2007. Average home values
in North Fulton dropped from $426,376 in November 2006
to $416,446 in November 2007 a 2% decrease, while West
Gwinnett saw a dramatic drop of the annual average home
value, decreasing 11% from $322,888 in November 2006 to
$288,041 in November 2007. Actual home sales in Forsyth
County dropped 19% compared to November 2006, which is
14% better than the metro Atlanta real estate sales.
North Fulton home sales dropped 23% while West Gwinnett
home sales dropped 26% over the same time last year.
In Forsyth County new home inventory dropped from
last month of 9.6 months of new home inventory to this
month of 9 months of new home inventory. The average
selling time also reduced from of 144 days to 132 days.
Resale home inventory in Forsyth County remained the
same at 9.6 months of resale home inventory. The average
selling time came down slightly from 70.4 days last
month compared to 69.6 days this month. North Fulton new
home inventory increased from 19.9 months of new home
inventory last month to 20.5 months of new home
inventory this month, with an average selling time
changing from 156 days to 181 days. Resale homes
inventory in North Fulton remained the same at 7.05
months of resale home inventory. Resale home average
selling time dropped to 60 days.
The doom and gloom data for residential real estate
and the negative media real estate hype just does not
match the real estate market conditions in Forsyth
County, North Fulton and West Gwinnett.
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New Year always turns thoughts to the
new tax season and when it comes to
taxes there's no place like home to find
shelter. Your home offers a score of tax
deductions and credits designed to help
offset the cost of housing and to keep
the housing market fueled with new
buyers. 
