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RayHRealtor - Atlanta Home Connections If you are thinking of selling your home or need to sell, you may want to list it soon. In the Metro Atlanta area foreclosures are projected to rise in the next couple of months. This is due to the back log in 2011 and they are starting to release them. Thes...

RayHRealtor.com - PlamerHouse Properties If you have been waiting to buy or invest in Real Estate, NOW IS THE TIME. Next week interest rates will go up from the Payroll Tax cut signed into law in December. Also, FHA is most likely going to raise the down payment to 5% from 3%. With housing prices...

RayHRealtor.com - PalmerHouse Properties Home affordability is at 1971 levels, due to falling home prices and record low mortgage rates, pushing home ownership in reach to more families, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Home owners are bringing in nearly do...

RayHRealtor.com - PalmerHouse Properties There was an abundance of good news on the foreclosure front in 2011 that might portend a rosy outlook for 2012 — at least at first blush.U.S. foreclosure activity was down on an annual basis in every month during the year through November, according to Re...

RayHRealtor  PalmerHouseProperties Great news yesterday on High End Homes in the North Atlanta Metro Area. The High End Market has been one that has not had many transactions for many years. Yesterday, it was reported that more High End Homes on the market are starting to sell. Of these transacti...

RayHRealtor  PalmerHouse Properties The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is extending the temporary waiver of its property anti-flipping rule through the end of 2012. The new extension announced late last week will permit buyers to continue to use FHA-insured financing to purchase HUD-owned a...

RayHRealtor - PalmerHouse Properties Good news from many new sources that the Real Estate Market is starting to level off. Analysts are predicting that 2012 will mark a turnaround for the real estate market, after years of a drastic slowdown in activity. Pending Home Sales Index reached its highe...