Author Archive for Mary Booth Thomas
Mary Booth Thomas is an award-winning writer specializing in the Atlanta real estate market and national healthcare issues. As a reporter for The Atlanta Journal, she won the Silver Gavel Award from the Georgia Bar Association. In recent years, Mary Booth has written about Atlanta real estate trends for a variety of publications and clients. An Alabama native, she is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in English and a minor in journalism. She was a news reporter for The Birmingham News and The Atlanta Journal covering local and state politics.
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New rules intended to reduce fraud and restrict pressure on appraisers are causing problems for buyers and sellers in Atlanta’s real estate market.
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct, established in response to the mortgage crisis, was designed to eliminate the inflated appraisals that were blamed in part for the collapse of the real estate market.
The [...]
Construction Resources is the One-Stop Shop for Specialty Building Products
Construction Resources, Inc. helps customers avoid frustration while trying to choose building products to create the perfect look in their new home at a price that fits their budget.
The Atlanta-based company offers one-stop shopping for specialty building products for new construction or remodeling projects at its three showrooms, located in Decatur, Alpharetta and Lake Oconee.
The [...]
Atlanta New Home Shoppers Love Live/Work/Play Communities
When Heather Townsend and Stephen Davis started looking for a home, a convenient location was high on their list of “musts.”
“We particularly wanted to live near MARTA because we travel a lot and it’s convenient to take the train to the airport,” Townsend said.
Lofts@5300, a loft condominium community located right across Peachtree Road from the [...]
Courtyards Hapeville is Changing the Way People Live
With his new homes at Courtyards Hapeville, Brendan Murphy wants to change the way that people live.
The homes, which look like the vintage Craftsman-style homes in the surrounding neighborhood, are built around large private courtyards, giving homeowners the same amount of privacy in their outdoor living spaces as they have inside the house.
“This style is [...]
Home Automation Systems Make a House Easy to Operate
Today’s homeowners can turn on the lights in any room, open and close the blinds or drapes and play music anywhere in the home, thanks to state-of-the-art technology Atlanta homebuilders are incorporating into their homes.
Home automation systems allows users to remotely control the all the lights, their whole-house music system, home theater, heating and air [...]
