Energy Saving Tips for homeowners

Energy Saving Tips During Shelter in Place

With social distancing in action and shelter in place orders taking place across the country, homeowners are finding themselves spending more and more time in their homes. Having the whole household quarantined under one roof for an extended period of time leaves many families left to wonder how to keep their home’s energy costs from going through the roof. To[...]

Housing Markets Impacted by Coronavirus

Eastern Housing Markets Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), recently released a report focusing on the housing level in several counties in the United States. According to the report, the housing market in some counties are more or less likely to be impacted by COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus. The[...]

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The Love Stream: Helping Those in Need

The local McGuinness family, in conjunction with American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Modern Luxury Interiors and SPAN-GA, is hosting The Love Stream on Saturday, April 11, 2020. This benefit, organized to help as many people as possible throughout the current global pandemic, consists of a one-of-a-kind live stream concert event. Five local metro Atlanta musicians donated their time to the[...]

McKinley Homes Donates 10,500 Medical Masks to Hospitals

McKinley Homes Donates 10,500 Medical Masks to Hospitals

McKinley Homes, the developer of Seven88 West Midtown and multiple residential communities throughout metro Atlanta, donated 10,000 surgical face masks and 500 N95 face masks to hospitals in need. Northside Hospital Gwinnett received 5,000 surgical masks and Emory University Hospital received 5,000 surgical and 500 N95 masks to assist their battles against the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Face masks to protect[...]

HomeAid 2020 Essentials Drive

HomeAid 2020 Essentials Drive Online

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, HomeAid’s annual Essentials Drive will be held online only. HomeAid has created an online shopping list for each of its individual service partner providers. This allows for those who wish to donate to have the opportunity to support HomeAid, while also fulfilling these organization’s urgent needs. HomeAid’s 2020 Essentials Drive is a community-wide fundraiser held in[...]

N95 Mask

Construction Companies Urged to Donate N95 Masks

The spread of COVID-19 across the United States prompted Vice President Mike Pence, leader of the COVID-19 task force, to respond in aid of all healthcare workers. Early last week, Vice President Pence issued a call to action, requesting construction companies donate any unused N95 respirator masks and other protective equipment to hospitals and healthcare workers.  These masks and other[...]

Social Distancing

What to Do While Social Distancing

With the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing is quickly becoming the new normal. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), social distancing involves deliberately increasing the space between people and staying at home whenever possible to prevent further spread. Staying at home 24/7 can be quite an adjustment and one requires a bit of a routine change to[...]

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Throws Potential Curveball at U.S. Real Estate Markets

Dr. Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business recently shared his insights regarding the impact of COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, on the 2020 Economic Forecast. While several factors currently impact the real estate market such as a sharp drop in oil prices to the pullback of the presidential election, Dhawan[...]