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Living in America Memorial Days Remembering the past is essential to a very human need to understand life’s meaning. To be sure, not all memory is deliberate, or makes us feel like we are closer to any kind of understanding.  Some memories force themselves upon us.  Traumatic events, sentimental moments, even random curiosities come back to us without will or […]
Current Trends Buyer Agency fees after Burnett (Burnett’s March Through Georgia) On Tuesday October 31 2023, a jury in the US District Court in the Western District of Missouri handed down a verdict against the National Association of Realtors and several large brokerages (Burnett et al v. National Association of Realtors et al).  According to media reports, the jury found the defendants liable for violating antitrust […]
Current Trends Am I paying too much? I have been asked the question many times over the last couple of years – “Am I paying more than this house is worth?”   According to First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), across the Greater Atlanta area, the median sales price in January of 2020 was $262,000.  In June of 2022, it reached $432,055.  Then […]
Real Estate How-to's Getting ready for a frozen Christmas Georgia will be celebrating an unusually cold Christmas this weekend. To help avoid potential damage to your home caused by freezing temperatures, take the following precautionary steps: Turn the thermostat up to keep your home slightly warmer than usual, 60 degrees or higher. Open cabinet doors so heat can reach water lines along the exterior […]
Living in America Winter Solstice is here With cold temperatures and long nights, it already feels like a long time since summer.  But the darker days of autumn are just a preamble to the paradox of the solstice.  December 21 is the first day of winter.  It is the shortest day of the year, and it marks the beginning of a season […]
Living in America Thanks for giving In November 2015, just about a week before Thanksgiving, my father suffered a stroke. Since that time, the entire family has pulled together and discovered new ways to express our love for each other.  It turns out that even when patterns of caring seem to be unchanging, they do not define the limits of a […]
Living in America Imperfect Pumpkins Children and Halloween just seem to go together.  Marching around the neighborhood at dusk in store-bought costumes – the uniform of the holiday, collecting tolls in the form of sugary treats, playing fast and loose with the images of death – skeletons, ghosts, witches, and vampires – with a few superheroes thrown in.  Even the […]
Current Trends Housing Questions Last week, representatives of the National Association of REALTORS®, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Home Builders, National Multi-Housing Council and National Fair Housing Alliance met with White House policy advisors to discuss the crisis.  The nation is 5.5 million homes short of the number needed for our current population. The problem is manifestly clear.  […]
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Current Trends Real Estate, by the numbers – Where do we stand? Get ready – I am about to throw around some numbers.  But don’t worry, the story that goes with the numbers is one you will want to hear. The real estate market has been crazy lately.  Historically low interest rates have lured enormous numbers of buyers into the hunt for an inadequate number of homes […]
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