Pickens County Georgia is the "first" mountain county In the Appalachians. The income of those living here and moving here is going up. While the income of those leaving is lower. Also our population is growing. (See Below) So if you are looking for a place to invest or live, that is beautiful a
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03/24/2012
NAR and major sites all do studies of how long people look at a listing. The time is in seconds but if you have pictures , and I mean good pictures of your listing and a lot of them folks will linger longer. Today I had rather an interesting experience. I was showing a home in Big Canoe to some f
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03/13/2012
Elaine Stewart wrote a very interesting post on home affordability. I am placing a link to it in this blog http://activerain.com/blogsview/3019146/home-affordability-now-reaches-an-all-time-high What strikes me with this is the following; In the late 90's and into the 2000's there was a great pus
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03/07/2012
We all know that markets are local. So one market may be hot while another is not. But I suspect that attitudes of buyers and sellers may be a more universal thing. So I am asking the question and would like your answers on How are attitudes ? Lets first focus on buyers. Here are some thoughts.
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03/05/2012
We have 2 great homes for sale on Lake Petit in beautiful Big Canoe. What makes these homes so special is that they are both some of the best priced lake front homes in Big Canoe The first home is 1148 Thrush Turn; This is a 3 bed room 3 bath home sitting right on a secluded cove of Lake Petit. T
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02/29/2012
For a couple of days this weekend we were in the Florida Panhandle. We were visiting son Joe who is in the Navy. He is soon to be shipped out west so we thought it would be a good time to visit. I love the North Georgia mountains and their beauty. However there is something to be said for the gul
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02/28/2012
The statistics for Jasper Georgia and Pickens county in our north Georgia mountains can be seen below. There are some interesting lines. . Jasper in the mountains is at or above the average for the State of Georgia. Pickens county , where Jasper is, is way above. The difference her is Big Canoe.
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02/15/2012
The trends for Big Canoe and the jasper area are as follows; Today's Market Trends for Big Canoe * Average Listing Price: $376,710 -0.06% Average Listing Price/Sq Ft: $129.00 0.05% Total Listings: 766 2.61% Total Listings Previous Months: August July 212 214 -0.01% -0.02% The numbers refl
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02/09/2012
Many Home owner today look for places to store their important papers. Many home Owners wear a Belt. What I mean by that is they go out and buy a safe and use it to store papers in. They look at the safes rating and decide that it is fire proof and in case of a fire their important papers will be
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02/09/2012
We have a great New listin in Big Canoe. It is on Lake Petit at 1049 Thrasher way. It is on Lake Petit. It is 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths. It is a lovely mountain cabin. The pictues say it all . It is pricd at 449,000 !! When one considers lots on Lake petit sell in the 300,000's if you can find them
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02/07/2012
