The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, October 13, 1999
As leaves change, realtors' thoughts turn to charity
As the leaves start to erupt in their annual show of color, many residents are getting their holiday calendars set.
 
Maintain your home's drainage system
Every new home comes with a drainage system.
 
Real Estate Scene
Pathway donates land to PTC
Pathway Communities, the developers of Peachtree City, recently sold approximately five acres of land on ga. Highway 74 in the Clover Ranch area to the city of Peachtree City. The land will be used by the city for the construction of a new police station.
Rising interest rates can cause anxious moments
Key interest rates are marching in the same direction — up — and the Federal Reserve Board did nothing to stop that trend by raising the federal funds rate earlier this fall.
New officers elected by builders association
The 1999-2000 officers and directors of the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia were installed by Rick Porter, president of the Home Builders Association of Georgia, at the local association's September meeting at WhiteWater Country Club.
 
Chimneys unveils its model home
More than 120 real estate professionals were on hand as Centex Homes, the 1998 Atlanta-are builder of the year, unveiled its furnished model home at The Chimneys in Fayetteville.
 
High Garden offers residents a respite from the fast lane
Reminiscent of an English tea garden, High Garden at Lake Redwine Plantation takes one back to a more gracious time when neighbors visited on front porches and took evening walks through the neighborhood.
 
Win a Cadillac in realty contest
Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty wants to help consumers drive home a Cadillac Catera and drive down the cost of buying or selling a home with $5,000 in closing costs during “Drive Home A Winner,” a national promotion sponsored by Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, Cendant Mortgage Corporation and Cadillac.
 
Survey says Atlanta region home prices are in the middle
In 1998, the number of households moving in the United States reached 16 million, up 2.6 percent from the year prior.
 
Lake lures residents to Brechin Park
The fishing lake in Brechin Park was just one of several factors that led the Grant Moore family to their new home in Fayette County.
 
Last phase of Albermarle now under construction
Construction has begun on the final six homes in Albemarle, Jerry Ballard Homes' 35-home neighborhood in Peachtree City.
 
Sales pace is brisk at The Meadows
There have already been five sales in The Commons at Meadow Glen, The Knight Group's new residential neighborhood in the 168-acre Meadow Glen planned unit development in Fairburn.
 
Landscaping can increase property value
In addition to the obvious aesthetic reasons for landscaping, other homeowner benefits for having a beautiful lawn exist as well.

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