Real Estate Agents See Spring Home Sales and Bid Wars

From Investors.com

Real Estate Agents See Spring Home Sales And Bid Wars
By VANCE CARIAGA, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05/17/2012 06:18 PM ET

Anyone who makes a living in residential real estate knows better than to crack open the champagne just because of some encouraging housing data.

Still, it’s hard not to get cautiously upbeat over recent trends that point to an improving U.S. housing market and indicate some further strengthening in months to come.

National real estate analysts and local real estate agents sound encouraged by the state of housing as it enters the stretch drive of the spring home-selling season.

PalmerHouse Announces New Lake Country Office

PalmerHouse Properties Adds New Lake Country Brokerage

PalmerHouse Properties is proud to announce the addition of a new agency to its family of real estate companies – PalmerHouse Properties Lake Country (“PHP Lake Country”).

PHP Lake Country, based at Lake Oconee, has access to the multiple listing services for properties located at Lake Oconee, Lake Sinclair, and the surrounding areas including Madison, Greensboro and Eatonton.

CARAVANS/OPEN HOUSES/NEW LISTINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2012

CARAVANS/OPEN HOUSES/NEW LISTINGS FOR WK OF APRIL 29th, 2012

AREA 21

AGENT OPEN HOUSE

When: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 2-4pm

Where: 57 Lakeland Drive, Atlanta, GA 30305

Offered at $373,900

FMLS 4264367

Agent:Christine Conger, 404.291.0669

CARAVANS/OPEN HOUSES/NEW LISTINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 21, 2012

CARAVANS/OPEN HOUSES/NEW LISTINGS FOR WK OF APRIL 21, 2012

AGENT CARAVANS

When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 11:30am-2:30pm

Where: 3759 N Stratford Road, NE  BUCKHEAD

Offered at $576,000

Agent: Cyndi Nelson,  678.858.6797. You are invited to view this beautiful home in the heart of Buckhead. A luncheon will be provided for all agents

Atlanta Listing Inventory Shrinks Dramatically

The Local Story on Inventory

Atlanta home listing inventory has declined sharply. Where there were 33,743 active single family residential listings in the metro area at the end of February 2011, there were only 22,726 at the end of February 2012 – a 33% drop. Recall that we had over 100,000 listings in 2009. Buyer interest is up sharply, evidenced by a 26% increase

PalmerHouse Reaches 700 Agents

To: All PalmerHouse

We wanted you to know that as of today, which by the way, is our 7th anniversary, we reached 700 agents! Thanks to all of you for being so loyal to PalmerHouse. And for your many new agent referrals and for “talking us up” with the agents you do business with. We’re so grateful for you.

Atlanta Public Schools: Final Decisions on Redistricting and Closures

To: All PalmerHouse
While almost all of the attention at Tuesday’s APS meeting was focused on the approval of the APS redistricting and school closure plan, the Atlanta Board of Education approved a $70.9 million contract for construction of the new North Atlanta High School complex on Northside Parkway.