Prices on the Rise?

So yeah, prices are on the rise, atleast that was the case in June.  Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Atlanta recorded the biggest one-month (May to June) gains.

Also, year over year prices are rising.  The last time the year-over-year index increased was in September 2010. For much of that 12-month period though, the government was offering a home-buying tax credit.

The increases partly reflect the impact of seasonal buying. The month-to-month prices aren't adjusted for seasonal factors.  The housing market is making a modest but steady recovery, in part because homes are more affordable: Mortgage rates have fallen to near-record lows. Housing prices are about one-third lower than at the peak of the housing bubble in 2006. Those trends have helped lift sales of both new and previously occupied homes.

For more information visit the source of this information at http://www.cnbc.com/id/48811038/

http://www.homesjohnscreek.com/sellyourhome.cfm

There's A New Sheriff in Town...

And his name is Duane Piper.  In a runoff election, Piper beat the incumbent Sheriff Paxton by a vote of 51% to 49%. 


Taken from his website,http://www.piperforsheriff.com:

Duane is a former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and a veteran law enforcement professional who has spent the last 25 years protecting the public from criminals.

After a highly successful early career in Banks and Glynn counties and the Roswell police department, he joined the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office in 1995 and quickly ascended through the ranks. After just one year on the job, he was promoted to watch commander, then sergeant and, in 2002, earned the rank of lieutenant.

During his law enforcement career, Duane completed more than 2,500 hours of continuing law enforcement training, including all three levels of supervision training and management training offered by Ga. P.O.S.T. council.

He possesses an unusually broad range of experience in the law enforcement profession having been trained, worked, supervised and managed in nearly every area, including uniform patrol, criminal investigations ranging from theft to homicide, narcotics, internal affairs, crime prevention, detention and Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.).

Duane and his wife Cindy have been married for 27 years and they have two sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law and two beautiful granddaughters. Their oldest son is a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. Their youngest is a full time college student and former soldier in the U.S. Army.

He retired from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office last month in order to campaign full time for Sheriff.

Forsyth County has GREAT Schools!

Not too shabby - Forsyth middle schools are ranked in the top 20 out of 476 schools according to www.schooldigger.com.

Big Creek is ranked #2 and Riverwatch leads the list at #2 just behind Stallings Island Middle School in Columbia County.  For high school, Lambert is ranked #7 with the others following shortly behind.

So for the district level, Forsyth is #2.  I know the superintendent is NOT going to be happy with that.  We want to be #1...!  Look for better results next year!



Tina Hecht
Keller Williams Realty
678-362-3843

ALHS-Accredited Luxury Home Specialist

CFIS- Certified Foreign Investor Specialist
www.JustListedinCumming.com 

www.homesjohnscreek.com

Election Results

Yesterday was voting day.  Did you vote?  I did!



Here are a few results you might be interested in:

TSPLOST - Georgia Mountains District - TSPLOST fails in Forsyth County

YES (NP) 25.20% 7,760

NO (NP) 74.80% 23,032



State Senator, District 27 - REP - Murphy wins.

JACK MURPHY (I) (REP) 50.22% 13,282

STEVE VOSHALL (REP) 49.78% 13,165


Forsyth County Sheriff - R Paxton and Piper will go to a runoff Aug. 21.

LAUREN W. MCDONALD (REP) 24.96% 6,860

TED PAXTON (I) (REP) 47.64% 13,093

DUANE K. PIPER (REP) 27.40% 7,529


County Commission District 2 - R -- Tam wins.

DENNIS TED BROWN (REP) 36.97% 1,952

SCOTT PADIS (REP) 5.30% 280

BRIAN R. TAM (I) (REP) 57.73% 3,048


County Commission District 4 - R -- Bell and Mills go to a runoff Aug. 21.

PATRICK BELL (I) (REP) 26.71% 1,535

TIM HUBBARD (REP) 15.59% 896

CHARLES H. MEAGHER (REP) 5.69% 327

CINDY JONES MILLS (REP) 44.16% 2,538

BILL MULROONEY (REP) 7.85% 451


County Commission District 5 - R  -- Boff wins.
JIM BOFF (I) (REP) 61.46% 3,555

JOHN DERUCKI (REP) 38.54% 2,229


Board Of Education District 3 - R

TOM CLEVELAND (I) (REP) 100.00% 3,669



Board Of Education District 4 - R

DARLA S. LIGHT (I) (REP) 100.00% 4,760



Board Of Education District 5 - R

NANCY ROCHE (I) (REP) 100.00% 4,739


For more, go to http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-TOP-STORIES-c-2012-07-31-194392.114126-sub-Forsyth-County-election-results.html