Realestate

Wednesday, July 14, 1999

The Internet is changing the home-selling business: Every day, more and more people are surfing the Internet and finding the immense possibilities of this buying, shopping and research tool.

Highgrove Community in Fayette stirs memories of hometowns in earlier times: Highgrove has been selected as the site of Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles magazine's ninth annual Tour of Homes showcasing the Atlanta area's finest communities.

Why choose a Realtor?: In my last column, I wrote about the importance of using a Realtor when you are in the process of buying real estate. Dealing with a “real” real agent, or Realtor, is just as important when you are selling real estate.

Real Estate Scene

Colwell oversees Centex Homes's Southern Crescent home building initiatives: Colwell oversees Centex Homes' Southern Crescent home building initiatives

Scholarship recipients recognized: The ten 1999 scholarship recipients from the Homebuilders Association of Midwest Georgia's Scholarship House program were recognized at the group's April meeting recently at WhiteWater Creek Country Club.

Pathway Communities draws 1,500 home buyers to 1999 Classic Tour of Homes: An estimated 1,500 prospective home buyers recently attended Pathway Communities' 15th annual Classic Tour of Homes. The tour showcased 12 neighborhoods and 26 furnished and unfurnished traditional and turn-of-the-century style homes ranging in price from the mid $100's to over $400,000 in Peachtree City, Fayette County and Newnan.

Knight Group honors top producers: Twanda Garvin was the winner of the top prize at The Knight Group's 1998 “Knights of the Roundtable” event, held Saturday night, March 6, at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta.

Don't inflate your 1098: For many homeowners, the mortgage-interest write-off takes the pain out of tax time. But if you took out a high-LTV loan this year, be careful of how much you deduct or you could be in dangerous territory.

Families moving into Wentworth: Four families already occupy homes built by Meyer-Sutton Homes in Wentworth, the newest golf, swim and tennis neighborhood in the White Oak community in Coweta County.