Who Do You Side With?

I am going against my own advice and talking politics in this one.  I saw an interesting article in The Cumming Patch showing GA results on a quiz asking which presidential candidate is right for you.  

I took the quiz and 89% was Mitt Romney - not a surprise

• 79% was someone I never heard of before 
• and 70% with Gary Johnson (libertarian).  

To be honest, I thought the libertarian would be higher but not the case.  But what is interesting is in the article, the results showed the following:

• 58% of the voters who took it side most closely with Libertarian Gary Johnson.
• 48% are most closely aligned with President Barack Obama and 
• 44% match most closely with Mitt Romney

It doesn't say much else but does comment that the numbers are different than what they were a month ago.  (51% Johnson and equal at 45% for Romney and Obama)

Click here to take the quiz yourself - http://www.isidewith.com/

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My Brokerage Company - Top 3 Best Places to Work

Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners has been recognized as one of Atlanta's Top 3 "Best Places to Work" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Each Keller Williams office location (called Market Center) is privately owned, like a Chik-fil-A franchise.  The office I work out of is owned by a group called Atlanta Partners.  This company owns many offices in the Atlanta area. 

I am so proud to work for this company!










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Lam Jam

This is really just an advertisement for something going on at Lambert High School - the GREATEST Forsyth County school (which my daughter happens to attend).

The 2012 Lambert High School Music Festival, known this year as "LamJam" returns this Saturday, Sept 15 on the school's practice field, 805 Nichols Road in Suwanee.

The daylong event kicks off about 11a.m. to 7 p.m. at Lambert High School in Suwanee.

This event has been a huge success since its inception in 2010 and this year, with the help of a grant from the Forsyth County Arts Alliance, the Lambert Stampede Booster organization hopes to improve on that, said one of the event organizers.

Expect lots of arts, crafts, music and food from vendors such as Cosmic Deli, Taqueria Los Hermanos, Backyard Burgers and Marco's Pizza.

The festival's featured headlining band, Junior Doctors, who will be performing live on stage at about 4 p.m. They have just come off the 2012 Warped Tour.

Admission is free.

http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-COMMUNITY-NEWS-c-2012-09-11-194987.114126-sub-LamJam-festival-in-Suwanee-to-feature-music-arts-food.html


This is what Lambert's Facebook Page says:

The Lambert High School Band will be hosting the 3rd annual “LamJam” family music festival THIS Saturday, 9/15 from 11am-7pm on the field at the intersection of Old Atlanta and Nichols Rd. Events include: 9 local bands, craft and food vendors, kids play area and more!  The event is free and open to the public.

It sounds fun so if you are in the area, check it out!

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August Market Insights

The national housing market continues to recover, indicated by a balanced supply of inventory and increasing home prices across the country. NAR President Moe Veissi states, “The very favorable market conditions are helping to unleash a pent-up demand, which is why housing supplies have tightened and are supporting growth in home prices.”
However, rising demand has led to tight supplies of affordable homes for first-time home buyers, who now only represent 32% of purchasers. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun claims “a healthy market share of first-time buyers would be about 40%, so these figures show that tight inventory in the lower price ranges, along with unnecessarily tight credit standards, are holding back entry-level activity.”
Regardless, with the market heating up and mortgage rates continuing to hit record-lows, now is one of the most favorable times in history to buy a home.

Home Sales

in millions

While home sales declined 5.4% from last month to 4.37 million units, year-over-year sales increased 4.5%. Distressed homes (which include short sales and foreclosures that traditionally sell for 15%–20% less on average compared to non distressed homes) allotted for 25% of June sales, which is unchanged from May, but is 30% below year-ago sales. However, despite the declining levels seen from past years, it is still expected that distressed property sales will still be largely present and higher than the historic average.


Home Price

in thousands

Shrinking inventory and a decline in distressed properties on the market continue to drive home prices up. The median home price rose 5% from last month, and 7.9% compared to a year earlier to $189,400. This is the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year price gains, which hasn’t been seen since February to May of 2006, a period of peak performance in the housing market.

Inventory- Month's Supply

in months

Housing inventory fell another 3.2% in June to a current 2.39 million homes available for sale, a 6.6-month supply. This marks the seventh consecutive month of inventory at a 6-month supply, the threshold for a balanced market, giving both buyers and sellers an equal advantage. Movement out of the three-year buyer’s market is imperative toward reaching a full-scale housing market recovery.

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