The Associate of the Year award recognizes an associate member for his or her accomplishments in the areas of service to the industry and association, professional excellence and community involvement, and furthering the mission and goals of the association. The 2010 Associate of the Year is Mitch Hires. Mitch Hires has been an active and engaged member of the HBA for[...]
The Builder of the Year award is presented each year to a Certified Professional Home Builder member of the HBA who has demonstrated his commitment to professional excellence. This award recognizes a builder for his contributions to furthering the goals and mission of the association through volunteer efforts within the association, the housing industry and in community and charitable programs.[...]
The Atlanta Sales and Marketing Council congratulates Shira Broder for winning a Gold OBIE for Rookie Salesperson of the Year. Shira is a Sales Associate with Coldwell Banker NRT Development Advisors and represents 10 Terminus Place. A member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors and the Atlanta SMC, Shira’s sales volume from June 2009 to June 2010 is an impressive $17,026,250.[...]
The Council Chair of the Year award honors outstanding leadership at the council level. The award recognizes achievement in the areas of education and membership development within the local council. The 2010 Council Chair of the Year is Betsy L. Sheppard. Betsy Sheppard has more than 28 years of real estate marketing and advertising experience. Her extensive understanding of the housing[...]
Your Atlanta real estate may not provide you with the tax break you have gotten in the past. President Obama's Deficit Commission released a plan earlier this week detailing specific actions Congress will need to take to get the federal deficit back under control during the next decade. It is important to note that the plan does not actually balance[...]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has the task of selling FHA foreclosed homes, and there’s likely one for sale in the location where you want to live. Plus, these homes come in all sizes, styles and price ranges, so you can probably find just the home that will suit your family’s lifestyle. And if you bid wisely, you[...]
The Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta’s leading source of comprehensive business news and in-depth analysis, recently recognized Jeff Lindsey Communities as one of its top 15 Atlanta new home builders. Determined by the number of homes closed in the previous year, the list features builders with revenue between $27 million and $140 million in 2009. As one of the largest home builders[...]
Ashton Woods USA L.L.C. just announced that its Board of Directors has elected Kenneth S. Balogh, currently the Company's Chief Operating Officer, as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2011. Tom Krobot, who has been Ashton Woods’ President and Chief Executive Officer since 1995, will remain with the Company as Senior Advisor until his retirement at the[...]
With all of the great deals on Atlanta real estate, you may be thinking that it's time to sell your home and upgrade to a new location. If you've decided that it's time to spruce up your pre-1978 home to give it a bit more life before putting it on the market, you may want to stop and think before[...]
When shopping for Atlanta real estate, you should keep Traton Homes top of mind. On Thursday, Oct. 21, the Atlanta home builder was named as one of Atlanta’s Top 15 Home Builders by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for its Atlanta-area communities. For more than 39 years, the award-winning home builder has been providing metro-Atlanta homebuyers with Altogether More…more experience, more impressive[...]