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By Laurie Furem
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                        Today was the day of the long awaited 100-day naming ceremony of Zoo Atlanta's panda girl cub.  The name was determined through a public online poll sponsored by the Atlana Journal Constitution.  Voters had a list of 10 names that were suggested from various sources includ...

By Laurie Furem
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Atlanta based Home Depot reported on Wednesday that it plans to buy "The Home Way" and estabish a retail presence in China.  They expect the deal to close by the end of 2006 and it has already been approved by the Chinese government.  Near the end of 2004, Home Depot had opened a business develop...

By Sherrell Anderson
(Solid Source Realty)
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If you need to buy a new home or sell your existing home, how do you choose your Realtor? 

By Dan Benefield
(Benefield Realty)
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10 Questions You Need Answers to Before Selling Your Home  1). Where do I start?  First, make sure you're ready to sell, then, determine what the market is doing in your neighborhood. Research what other properties similar to yours have sold for. Then look at what is currently on the market in yo...

By Laurie Furem
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Last night, families in and around the metro area joined together outside the Governor's mansion for the lighting of the Christmas tree.  Governer Purdue said that the tree was the largest one to date weighing in at 2 tons.  The onlookers were entertained by dancers, live music and a tour of the ...

By Laurie Furem
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In November of 2005 one of the world's largest aquariums opened in Atlanta.  The Georgia Aquarium has more than 100,000 fish and animals from over 500 species. Atlanta officials have announced that Atlanta is having their largest tourism boom since the 1996 Olympics, due mostly in part to the ope...

By Tim Maitski, Truth, Excellence and a Good Deal
(Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage)
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I keep hearing about all of the gloom and doom on the TV and radio.  I hear many agents in my office complaining about their listings not being shown.  But in the last month, we've had 3 buyers get beat out of homes by competing offers.  All of them were in no rush because they thought it was a b...

By Tim Maitski, Truth, Excellence and a Good Deal
(Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage)
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The late Milton Friedman popularized the expression "There's no such thing as a  free lunch".  By listening to some very popular radio ads by an Atlanta mortgage company you would think that anyone who willingly pays closing costs for a mortgage is either an idoit or is being ripped off.  This gu...

By Brad Nix
(Path & Post Real Estate)
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As a life long Braves fan, I will always support my home team. However, the Braves don't always get the fan support they deserve from the City of Atlanta.The Braves won 14 straight division titles, a feat that will likely never be matched by any professional sport team...ever, and yet the nationa...

By K. W. B
(Keller Knapp)
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This past weekend was the Castleberry HillTour of Lofts. If that event got your blood pumping for home tours, you won't have to wait long for the next one. The Morningside Lenox Park Association  is putting on their 2006 Tour of Homes on October 14th and 15th. Tickets are $18 in advance and $23 o...

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