Local real estate agent Linda Kubalik was recently named to the “Million Dollar Club” for excellence in personal productivity. Linda is an agent with Patti Ayers & Associates in Tyrone, Georgia. She specializes in residential real estate in Fayette and Coweta Counties.

Metro Brokers/GMAC Real estate is pleased to announce that 107 sales associates have recently joined the company. Four of the new associates will work out of Metro Brokers’ Peachtree City office, located at 2100 Highway 54 East.

Thirty members of the Peachtree City office of Metro Brokers/GMAC Real Estate were among the honorees at the company’s annual awards gala held March 2 at the Cobb Galleria Center in Atlanta.

Lori Whatley, a Realtor in Prudential Georgia Realty’s Fayetteville office, was again recognized for her fabulous first complete year in real estate. The Fayette County Board of Realtors honored her as its 2005 Rookie of the Year. This award comes closely on the heels of winning Prudential Georgia Realty’s Rising Star Award in February. The announcement came at the Board’s Annual Spring Ball held at the Airport Hilton ballroom on Saturday, March 11th. The event honors Realtors whose sales place them in the Board’s Million Dollar Club.

Lori Whatley, a Realtor in Prudential Georgia Realty’s Fayetteville office, was again recognized for her fabulous first complete year in real estate. The Fayette County Board of Realtors honored her as its 2005 Rookie of the Year. This award comes closely on the heels of winning Prudential Georgia Realty’s Rising Star Award in February. The announcement came at the Board’s Annual Spring Ball held at the Airport Hilton ballroom on Saturday, March 11th. The event honors Realtors whose sales place them in the Board’s Million Dollar Club.

The Prudential Georgia Realty Peachtree City, located in its state-of-the-art facilities in The Avenue Shopping Plaza at the corner of Hwy. 54 and Hwy. 74, recently honored its top sales associates for 2005.

Owning a new house doesn't guarantee you a good home, but a good home with love deserves a new house.

Realtors from RE/MAX Around Atlanta continue to fight cancer with a $500 gift certificate for a bike (s) of the winner’s choice from Bicycles Unlimited in Peachtree City at a drawing to be held April 19, 2006 during the Tour de Georgia Bicycle Race as it rolls through downtown Fayetteville. Those 16 & over can register to win the $500 certificate at the RE/MAX Around Atlanta booth beginning 10:30 A.M. on race day. RE/MAX Realtors throughout the world contribute to Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), their primary charity.

Jerome Quinn, President of SawHorse, Inc., recently announced the addition of a new key member to the Atlanta residential remodeling firm. Tim Porter is the new SawHorse Vice President of Sales.

In December 2005, Sue Monson was installed as the 2006 President of the Fayette County Board of Realtors® , (FCBR). Sue has been a licensed Realtor® in Fayette County since 1994, and an active member of the FCBR for most of the past 12 years, primarily providing real estate services to clients in Fayette and Coweta Counties. In 1995 Sue was awarded the "Rookie of the Year" for the North Georgia Region of ERA franchises and is presently with Harry Norman Realtors® . Since then she has received the following real estate designations: Graduate Realtor® Institute (GRI), Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR), Accredited Relocation Specialist (ARS), Senior Marketing Consultant (SMC)-which is given to the top 20% sales associates within the Harry Norman Realtors® organization, and since 2001 has been an annual member of the FCBR Million Dollar Club.

The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia received what was generally considered good news when it received its annual economic forecast from officials of SunTrust Bank.

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods announces the opening of a new designer model in Southampton, a family-oriented community in Fayette with homes from the $300s to $500s. The Sedgewick is a 3,625 square-foot home from Wieland’s Habersham Series, a portfolio of plans designed with growing families in mind. Habersham homes include larger secondary bedrooms and flexible bonus areas with traditional Wieland features such as exceptional owners suites.

Members of the Fayette chapter of Women's Council of Realtors (WCR) enjoyed a program on financial investing by Elizabeth Whitlock (second from left) of Edward Jones at a recent WCR meeting.

RE/MAX Results is proud to announce that the Dan Campbell Team was the Company's Top Producing Team for 2005. The Dan Campbell Team with Dan Campbell, Jackie Campbell, and Jennifer Iles produced the highest sales volume of any sales team. Their sales volume qualifies them to be recognized by RE/MAX International as a 100% Club Member and as a Million Dollar Club Member of the Newnan-Coweta Board of Realtors.

David Lindsey Homes has announced that it is offering co-op selling agents a five percent commission for their closed sales in all of its communities.

Debbie Dye is the February Individual Agent Leader for Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty’s Newnan/Coweta County office.

David Lindsey Homes is building the 39 homes in the second phase, plus four homes on the remaining homesites in the first phase, of Farrington Ridge, a single family residential community just two miles from Exit 41 of I-85 in Coweta County.

If you're in the market for a new home and planning to build, you'll be pleasantly surprised by all the options available to you. These days, builders are offering all kinds of incentives to get customers through the door. Among them: free upgrades to higher-end appliances; decorative lighting fixtures; and the option of getting wood, tile, carpet, or a combination of the three installed at no extra cost.

Marianne King was named February Individual Agent Leader both companywide and for the Griffin/Spalding County office of Coldwell Banker Bullard.

It is March, and that can only mean one thing – NCAA basketball. To get in on the action, McCar Homes is offering its own March Madness incentive – one lucky new home shopper will have the opportunity to attend the regional rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Georgia Dome.

The first five new home sales have already been recorded in the just-opened Phase II of Parkside Walk, The Housing Group Intown’s neighborhood of Craftsman-style homes in East Atlanta.

Atlanta-based John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods was listed #34 in Training magazine’s 2006 “Top 100 Training Organizations,” one of only two homebuilders to make the national list.

The Southern Building Show, the South's premier event for building and remodeling professionals, will be held in early June at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. While the event is specifically for professional contractors, The Southern Building Show is also encouraging participation by consumers who are interested in the purchase of a new home or the renovation of a current home.

Looking for a rewarding activity that will get you out of the house? Consider helping someone in need get into a home of their own. Volunteers across the country are finding many ways to help meet a growing need for affordable housing -- and achieve their own giving goals at the same time.

Situated north of Newnan, Lake Redwine Plantation boasts new and custom-built executive homes set in a lush, natural environment. The 1,300-acre wooded Coweta County community is centered around 300-acre Lake Redwine which provides wonderful opportunities for sailing or fishing.

With spring in the air, many Americans are ready to breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of warmer weather and lower utility bills.

Susan Fitzgerald, Jane Young, Ginnie Cohen, and the Linda and Jay Byrd team are top agents for 2005 at The Home Source Realtors, who made the announcement recently at an awards dinner at Flat Creek Country Club in Peachtree City.

By Jeff Waddle, President Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia

Nowhere in the country can a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour afford the market-rate rent on a one bedroom apartment, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC).

The Home Source Realtors Top Listings agents from Peachtree City and Fayetteville General Brokerage included (L-R) Shawn Parker, Dee Dee Altman, Sissie Carter, Michelle Johnson, Melinda Belote, Lynn Cook, Susan Fitzgerald, Heather Downing, Pam Barrett and (not pictured) Brandie Corbin.

A.C. and Kem Roda were named The Home Source Realtors' Peachtree City General Brokerage Listing Team of the Year and Closed Transactions Team of the Year.