Cobbtown Real Estate News

9 hrs ago | via Athens Banner-Herald 

Four men called to testify in a double murder trial cannot invoke constitutional protections to avoid taking the stand, an Oglethorpe County judge ruled Tuesday, clearing the way for opening statements today.

Related Topix: Athens, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Georgia, Home, Mortgage

Monday | via Athens Banner-Herald 

While home sales in Northeast Georgia have not recovered from last year's housing market meltdown, real estate agents and homesellers are starting to see some signs of life as first-time buyers rush to take advantage of government perks and bargain hunters set their sights on a deal.

Related Topix: Georgia, Real Estate, Housing, Athens, GA

Sunday Dec 13 | via Monroe News Star 

For the past two years, I have followed the sad saga of Georgia Tucker School in Monroe as it continues its slow journey to oblivion.

Related Topix: Georgia, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

Saturday Dec 12 | via Tifton Gazette 

Mike Marz, president and CEO, SunTrust Bank, South Georgia, announced that John R. Cole, Ph.D of Tifton has been elected to SunTrust's Board of Directors.

Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Suntrust Banks, Georgia, Tifton, GA, Albany, GA, Real Estate, Atlanta, GA

Saturday Dec 12 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

In 2006, the state enacted a fundamental change in its tax laws, cutting out school taxes for most homeowners and raising the statewide sales tax to make up for the lost school taxes.

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Florida, Florida Government, Charlie Crist, US Governors, Georgia

5 min ago | via Chicago Magazine 

Mike and Robin Nasatir spent much of the 1990s restoring a country villa in Highland Park that had been built in 1919 for a wealthy bachelor and his paramour, the opera singer Mary Garden .

Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate

5 min ago | via Grand Haven Tribune 

A Detroit man has been found guilty in a $149,000 church mortgage scheme. Wayne County authorities said a jury convicted 46-year-old Tracy Carmichael of embezzlement, forgery, money laundering and other charges on Monday.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

6 min ago | via Southwest Farm Press 

'For every single member of Congress, the financial industry has five lobbyists.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

18 min ago | via MarketWatch 

Gold futures climbed about 1% on Wednesday on expectations the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates near zero and do little in the way of removing some of the massive amounts of money it injected into the economy in the last year.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Real Estate

29 min ago | via MarketWatch 

Headline numbers in the housing-starts data often reflect the volatile nature of the multifamily sector.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance