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SPLOST is short for Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Every five years, Cobb County resident have been voting to increase the county's sales tax by one percent or 1¢.  Cobb already has one of the lower sales taxes in the metro area.  The normal tax is 5 percent + 1 percent for the SPLOST to...
02/23/2009
3532 Nettle Lane, Roswell, GA 30075 Click for a Virtual Tour. Great location, excellent schools and an affordable price!  This is a fantastic 3 sided brick built in 1985 with 5 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.  Located in the Roswell section of East Cobb in the Hedgerow II subdivision off Mabry Road. ...
02/23/2009
4952 Fairhaven Way, Roswell, GA 30075 Click for a Virtual Tour. Great location, excellent schools and an affordable price!  This is a fantastic John Weiland built, brick front home built in 1991 with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.  Located in the Roswell section of East Cobb in the Carriage Park s...
02/23/2009
3146 Clifton Springs Court, Decatur, GA 30034 Click for a Virtual Tour. This home was bought out of foreclosure unfinished.  The seller is a top in-town remodeler who completed the construction and is now offering the home for sale.  This beautiful home offers lots of open space with high ceilin...
02/23/2009
3502 Owens Valley Trace, Kennesaw, GA 30152 Click for a Virtual Tour. This home offers a lot of square footage for the price.  Built in 2003, this is a brick front home located in the Treymoore subdivision with swim and tennis amenities.  The home offers 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms plus a hug...
02/23/2009
One of the nice benefits of living and working in Cobb County is our effective county government.  Cobb has one of the areas lowest tax rates yet still manages to be on the cutting edge of services and programs.  The County Commission consists of five District Commissioner and one Chairman.  Toge...
02/23/2009
H.B. 261 has been introduced by several Georgia representatives in an effort to create a tax credit to stimulate the Georgia housing market.  While I applaud our representatives' initiative to pass a stimulus that makes an impact on our local housing market, I am concerned that as it is currently...
02/23/2009
(reprinted from Atlanta Business Chronicle) Georgia had the second-lowest 30-year fixed mortgage rates last week, according to real estate Web site Zillow.com For the week ended Jan. 4, rates on 30-year fixed mortgages were lowest in Arizona (4.97 percent) and Georgia (4.99 percent), according to...
02/22/2009
According to Equity Depot, an Alpharetta based mortgage loan tracking firm, foreclosures for the 13 county metro-Atlanta area hit record high in January.  8,425 properties were scheduled to be auctioned compared to 6,992 in January 2008.  That represents a 21% increase. This is the worst month on...
02/22/2009
5236 Shasta Way, Marietta GA 30062 Click for a Virtual Tour. Great location, excellent schools and over $50,000 in upgrades!  This is a fantastic 4 sided brick home built in 1984 with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.  Located in the Marietta section of East Cobb in the Plantation Place subdivision o...
02/21/2009
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