Commercial

property is key in Fayette

To the average

person, real estate is a place to live.

New

faces in new places

SummerGrove

announces top agents

With over 170 homes

sales and contracts since January 2003, SummerGrove is on pace to have

a record sales year and again be one of the best-selling communities

in the metro Atlanta area.

Nelson

named top Coweta Realtor

Julia Nelson has

been named Realtor of the Year by the Newnan-Coweta Board of Realtors.Nelson

is a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty working out of their

Peachtree City office.

Foster

kids decked out with new school backpacks

Prudential Atlanta/Georgia

Realty once again held its Backpack Challenge to benefit area foster

children. This is the third year the company has been involved with

the Backpack Challenge, which is held in conjunction with Prudential

Connection and Prudential Financial.

Lee

Troutman Homes finds success at Avery Park

Coweta-based

homebuilder Lee Troutman Homes has been one of the most successful builders

at SummerGrove, Coweta's best selling community. Now, Lee Troutman Homes

is finding success at Avery Park, Coweta's second best selling community.

Homes

selling at Villages

The

Villages at LaFayette Park multiuse community has experienced several

recent home sales activity with one closing, four more set to close

this month, and one more under contract.

Deer

Creek nearly sold out

Only five homes

remain available for purchase in Deer Creek, Brayson Homes' 44-home

community in the city limits of Union City.

Cooper

completes course

Teresa Lynn Cooper

or RE/MAX Advantage-Jackson has completed a highly specialized course

on skills involved in obtaining and servicing real estate listings.Topics

included techniques in seller counseling, pricing, various client servicing

activities, marketing techniques and other programs designed to close

sales on residential properties.

Bullard

agents named to International Diamond Society

Fourteen sales associates

with Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty have earned membership in the Coldwell

Banker International Diamond Society, a level achieved by only the top

21 percent of the more than 90,000 Coldwell Banker sales associates

worldwide based on 2002 production.

Builders

assn. to install officers

The Home Builders

Association of Midwest Georgia's annual installation of officers will

take place at the organization's September meeting, scheduled Thursday,

Sept. 11, at Residential Construction Specialties in Fayetteville.

Weekley

visits SummerGrove to unveil new product line

David Weekley, president

of David Weekley Homes, one of the largest homebuilding companies in

the United States, was recently on hand at SummerGrove to unveil its

Imagination Home Series at the award-winning master-planned community.

PruGeorgia

hosts picnic at The Avenue

Prudential Georgia

Realty's Peachtree City office located in The Avenue shopping plaza

in Fayette County recently held an event to thank the public for using

its real estate services. "Picnic at The Avenue" was held

during the tax-free shopping day of Saturday, August 2.

Summit

opens third phase

Phase three is now

open in The Summit at Eagle's Landing in Henry County.

Lake

Windsong homes available for purchase

Four new homes

are currently available for purchase in Lake Windsong, the upscale 285-acre

residential community on Dogwood Trail in Tyrone.

CCM

expands focus, moves office

Custom Community

Marketing, a real estate company which has primarily been known as a

specialist in new home sales and marketing, has now moved into the resales

market.

Knight

Group makes top-25 list

The Knight Group

Inc., which is celebrating 25 years in business this year, remains in

the Atlanta Business Chronicle's yearly listing of "Atlanta's

Top 25 Home Builders".

Third

phase open in Lakeside at Eagle's Landing

Oxford Homes has

announced the opening of Phase 3 in Lakeside at Eagle's Landing,

a swim and tennis neighborhood at the end of Eagle's Landing Parkway

in the master planned development in Henry County.

Brayson

in top-25 listing

Brayson Homes Inc.

continues to climb upward in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's listing

of "Atlanta's Top 25 Home Builders".

HomeLife

Communities receives first Platinum Award

HomeLife Communities

Group, a family-run business based in the Atlanta area, has received

the first Platinum Builder Award ever presented by the Home Buyers Warranty

Corporation.

Bullard

in 'Who's Who'

Steve C. Bullard,

owner and president of Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty, was included

in the "Who's Who in Residential Real Estate", published

in the Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2003, edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

This marked the second year that he has appeared in the listing.

Agents

make 'Communities 100' list

Three agents from

Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty and one from the Eagle's Landing

Sales Center have been included in Communities Magazine's annual

"Communities 100" listing of Atlanta's leading residential

realtors, based on sales in 2002.

Homeowners

need smart insurance tactics

When you buy a home

with a mortgage you're required, by the lender, to purchase a homeowners

insurance policy. But exactly what's in that policy is often vague to

buyers who are preoccupied with family moving issues. In the flurry

of activity that accompanies settlement there may not be enough time

to delve deeply into the details of the homeowners insurance they're

buying. But, after the dust of moving in has settled it's a good idea

to sit down and scrutinize that insurance policy.

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