Keller Williams Realty South recently announced the addition of Mya Carden to its team of real estate sales professionals serving consumers in Fayette County and the surrounding areas.

Members of the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia were recognized recently with a variety of “Spike” awards ranging from lapel pins to blue blazers for their work building membership in the professional organization of builders and others associated with the building industry.

Janis Kraft, who joined the Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty’s Peachtree City office in spring of 2003, has passed the State Real Estate Broker’s exam and is now an associate broker with the office.

Golfers can now enjoy 18-holes of challenging golf on a beautiful course with the opening of the “front nine” of Durham Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Preparing for The Home Source Realtors opening a new office in Fayetteville soon, Realtors from the company’s Fayetteville and Peachtree City General Brokerage offices learned more about Fayette County history, including ties to Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind, and Doc Holliday of Western lore, as well as life here during The Civil War, on a recent tour of the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum in Fayetteville. Enjoying a display of Gone With the Wind memorabilia are from left Home Source Realtors Harold Martin, Heather Downing, Mark Chambless, Doris Rhodes, and Ginger Mahlbacher. Photo/Special.

The Home Source Realtors emphasis on continuing education and customer service continues as Michelle Johnson of the company’s Fayetteville General Brokerage office recently earned the Graduate, REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation.

Members and guests of the Fayette chapter of Women’s Council of Realtors (WCR) learned at a recent meeting more about local schools from Fayette County Superintendent of Schools Dr.

GRAMM & Associates, Inc., a full-service real estate development and marketing company specializing in new home communities, is thrilled to announce the Spring 2006 graduates of its first new home training class.

Susan Fitzgerald and Jane Young of The Home Source Realtors are among Communities Magazine’s 2005 list of Atlanta’s top 100 real estate professionals working with independent real estate companies.

Prudential Georgia Realty is proud to announce Georgia native and 43-year real estate veteran Beverly Mobley has joined its sales team. She is based out of the Fayetteville office at 834 S. Glynn Street.

For 16 years, the Council for Quality Growth, metro Atlanta’s voice for the growth and development industry, has paid tribute annually to an outstanding individual in the metro Atlanta region that best exemplifies the Council’s mission of promoting balanced and responsible growth through an annual leadership award and tribute gala. The Council has proudly named John Wieland as the 2006 Four Pillar Honoree.

The 2006 REALTOR® of the Year award was presented to Cheri Scranage, a Realtor® and Associate Broker at Tri-City Realty Services in Fayetteville by the Fayette County Board of REALTORS®.

The Home Source Realtors is among a prestigious list of 2005 Top 500 Power Brokers nationwide, as announced by RIS media, residential real estate’s largest independent news and information service.

Sue Gresham is now among the full-time Realtors at The Home Source Realtors General Brokerage office in Peachtree City, where she specializes in residential real estate in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Fayette and Coweta counties.

Jeff Lindsey Communities has put into effect a policy of offering co-op selling agents a five percent commission for their closed sales in the company’s communities.

Robyn Bryde of Parks & Mottola Realtors recently successfully completed her first triathlon.
After approximately four and a half months of intense training, Bryde headed to Mexico Beach, Florida for the one-day “Beach Blast” competition. In a triathlon, athletes compete (without stopping) in three consecutive events, usually long-distance bicycling, swimming, and running.

By Jeff Waddle
Special to The Citizen

The ABC television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” draws up to 17 million viewers a week. The Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV) has 10 shows dedicated to remodeling alone. And nearly 450,000 people subscribe to Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Ideas Magazine. With the average U.S. home now about 32 years old, it’s no wonder Americans spent an estimated $210 billion on home remodeling last year.

Heidi Becker and Jeff Waddle at the Mid Georgia HomeBuilders Association Showcase at the Kiwanis Fairground. Becker was there to promote Christian City Builder’s Legacy Program which is a partnership between local builders and Christian City.

Four agents with Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty have qualified to join the Coldwell Banker International President’s Circle for their performances in 2005. This prestigious membership is limited to only the top seven percent of the more than 126,000 sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker System.

Award-winning real estate professional Mary Watts has joined Prudential Georgia Realty. She serves as assistant managing broker for the company’s Peachtree City office, located in The Avenue shopping center at the corner of Hwy. 54 and Hwy. 74.

Realtor Patsy Page has joined Prudential Georgia Realty’s sales team. She is based out of the award-winning Peachtree City office at 246 City Circle in The Avenue Shopping Plaza.

Luanne Baker is a new sales associate with the Newnan office of Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty.
Baker and her husband Chris are Coweta County residents, and they have two children, Shelby, 9, and Lauren, 7.

Mary Evelyn King drew the winner of a $500.00 bicycle gift certificate for the winner of The Georgia Cancer Coilition/Tour de Georgia Bicycle Drawing. The drawing was sponsored by RE/MAX Around Atlanta Fayetteville and RE/MAX Around Atlanta Peachtree City.

With the completion of the first Estate homes and construction about to start on the retail section, The Villages of LaFayette Park is well on the way to becoming the vibrant mixed-use development envisioned by the developers. Located just a short walk from the historic Fayetteville town square, the award-winning community features homes in a variety of price ranges, a first-rate amenity package, green space and parks as well as commercial and office space.

By Jeff Waddle, President
Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia

You're almost there. The light at the end of the new home buying tunnel is visible. Your offer has been accepted, your loan pre-approved and the house is officially under contract. Only time separates you from closing on your new home. Easy sailing from here, right?

With its portfolio of exciting floor plans and the ability and willingness to customize plans provided by its clients, Ravin Homes Inc. is filling an important role in Fayetteville’s new home market in two upscale communities, StoneBriar and The Villages of LaFayette Park.

Noreen Taylor, right, assistant principal at Peachtree City Elementary school, accepts a check for $250 from the Fayette chapter of Women’s Council of Realtors (WCR).

Marilou Rogers is now a Realtor with The Home Source Realtors General Brokerage office in Peachtree City, where she specializes in residential real estate in Peachtree City, Fayetteville, Fayette and Coweta counties.

Century 21 Scarbrough Properties is pleased to announce that Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently recognized Myra Jernigan, as one of the System’s top-producers nationwide when it once again honored her with the coveted Century 21 Masters Award.