Buying a home for the first time can be a huge undertaking - especially if you aren't prepared. There can be a lot involved in buying a home. Before you take any action toward a purchase, such as making an offer on a home that you have found, make sure you complete these steps. Continue Reading
Tips for Prepping Your Home to Sell
Once you have decided to sell your home, there are a few things that you need to do to help generate excitement - with the goal of selling it quickly! If your home does not look great both inside and out, you run the risk of turning off some potential buyers. Use these tips to get your home ready for the market. Continue Reading
Why Use Carter and Associates When Buying a Home
When buying a home in the City of Decatur and other neighborhoods in the Greater Atlanta area, partner with a firm that provides exceptional market knowledge, dedicated attention to your preferences and buying experience, and an entire team searching for your dream home! Carter & Associates, of Harry Norman Realtors®, will help you through the entire home buying process! Compare our Continue Reading
What’s Your Home Worth? 7 Steps for Pricing Your Home to Sell
What's your home worth? The answer to this question will help you make important real estate decisions such as refinancing, expanding, procuring a HELOC to make home improvements, and/or downsizing. Knowing what your home is worth can even help you determine if it is time to sell. While an appraisal is a good place to start, a far more accurate (and free) method that we recommend is Continue Reading
2016 Market Report for the City of Decatur
We are excited to share the second edition of the City of Decatur Real Estate Market Review for 2016, chock full of city-wide and neighbor-specific information, statistics and analysis. The great news is that the City of Decatur home sale prices have steadily increased for six consecutive years. In this Market Review, you will learn about the city-wide trends for the past six years for number Continue Reading
3 Reasons It Pays to Have a Pre-list Home Inspection
Do you know the primary reason for terminated home sale contracts? Home inspection findings! You know there is an impending inspection coming—but did you know you can pre-inspect your home for FREE and address or minimize those findings? Here are three reasons why it pays to be proactive and have your home inspected before you put it on the market, and how to do it for free. A home inspection Continue Reading
Top 10 Go-to Resources for Decatur, Georgia
Considering a move to Decatur, Georgia (especially City of Decatur)? There are plenty of reasons to love the approximately four-square-mile area and its just shy of 20,000 residents*. Decatur is one of those cities that feels neighborhoody and community-driven while still being very close to the city center of Atlanta. It’s home to a great school system, several James Beard award nominated and Continue Reading
Loan Options Available for Residential Real Estate (Including Renovation and Construction Loans)
When it comes to buying a home in Atlanta (or anywhere for that matter), it’s important to know what your financing options are for a mortgage. A home purchase is a major commitment over many years, and depending on the type of loan, you may need to be prepared for a changing interest rate. Fixed Rate Mortgage The most popular type of mortgage is a fixed-rate home loan. For the term of the Continue Reading
Tips for Improving Energy Efficiency of Your Home
Decatur (and many parts of Atlanta) is filled with older homes … known for their charm and character, NOT for energy efficiency. How can you create a more efficient home, lower your utility bills and possibly get some rebates from your power company? Carter & Associates sat down with Leo Velichkovsky, an energy audit and consulting contractor, to get some general energy efficiency Continue Reading
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