Acworth Summer Movie Series: Grease on June 20!

Acworth's Summer Movie Series continues at Cauble Park next weekend and the featured movie will be Grease!!
The Summer Movie Series is held on the lawn at Cauble Park (Acworth Beach) each year. Admission is free and shuttles are available from the library in downtown to take you to the park. Next Saturday, June 20, the fun will begin with a classic car show at 6:00 p.m., as well as music, contests, and more! Then the movie will begin at dusk.

Remember, you can come enjoy it all for FREE!!!

For more information visit the Acworth Parks and Recreation Dept website.

Acworth/Dallas Good News Report: June 2009

Here we go! The start of the Good News Report! We hope you enjoy reading these reports and learning the facts about the real estate market in your neighborhood. The following statistics pertain to neighborhoods in Northwest Acworth (Cobb and Paulding counties).



* Number of homes sold in the last 90 days: 75
* Average Listing Price: $316,447
* Average Selling price: $292,204
* Selling Price Range: $51,575 - $2,150,000
* Average Days on Market: 107
* Days on Market Range: 9-876


Now let's get into the specifics!!! The following is a list of the neighborhoods in which there has been a sale in the last 90 days, along with the number of sales and the average selling price:

Allatoona Bay 1 $109,000.00
Arthur Hills 1 $267,000.00
Aviary 3 $509,000.00 
Battleford Plantation 1 $255,000.00
Bentwater 8 $272,625.00 
Brafferton 1 $113,000.00
Bridgewater 1 $442,000.00 
Brookstone 16 $282,774.10
Burnt Hickory Lakes 2 $329,500.00
Camden Pointe 1 $295,000.00
Chestatee Creek 1 $360,000.00 
Davenport Trace 1 $72,500.00
Deer Springs 1 $178,000.00 
Deer Valley 2 $157,375.00
Estates 1 $300,000.00 
Governors Towne Club 2 $1,496,250.00
Harris Woods 1 $108,000.00 
Hunters Walk 1 $51,575.00
Kingsgate 1 $241,900.00 
Maplewood 1 $114,000.00
Mountain Brook 1 $160,000.00
None 7 $226,333.00
Parkwood At Brookstone 2 $169,388.50 
Picketts Mill 2 $260,865.00
Silver Oak 1 $497,500.00 
Starr Lake 1 $225,000.00
Stonekirk 1 $200,000.00 
Summerfield 2 $124,200.00
Sunbrook Estates 1 $149,900.00
The Estates 1 $405,000.00
The Farm at Brookstone 2 $487,500.00
The Oaks of West Cobb 1 $260,000.00
Thornwood 1 $159,900.00 
Walkabout Creek 1 $243,500.00
Wesley Heights 2 $169,000.00 
West Chase 1 $160,000.00
Woodstream 1 $158,000.00
Now, I understand that if the average selling price above is considerably less than what you owe, this may not be good news to you. But, please, remember this: These are only averages. For example, in Bentwater homes sold from to $455,000 to $160,000 and in Brookstone they sold from $477586 to $183,000. Also, it may help you to read our article about why losing money on the sale of your home may actually help you make money on your dream home! Read it here.

If you would like more specific information about your neighborhood, we would love to send it to you. Just send us a message by clicking here! You can also use that link to send us your suggestion or request for future Good News Report features, or feel free to leave it in a comment below.

The statistics and information provided above was summarized from data found on FMLS. It does not include any houses sold by owner or that were otherwise not listed on the First Multiple Listing Service.

Next Good News Report: the Paulding/Dallas side of the Acworth/Dallas area. See you then!

The Good News Report

In Real Estate, "No News is Good News" is not helpful at all. However, it seems all we hear is Bad News and that does not help anyone either! So, what do we need?

THE GOOD NEWS!

One phrase I hear quite often is "Nothing is moving", such as "We've been thinking of selling but nothing is moving". I am convinced this frame of mind stems from the current flood of Bad News. In order to make an educated decision, you need facts, not one-sided perspectives:

• Are houses selling? YES.
• Are Prices down? YES - however, if you sell your house for a loss, but upgrade to a bigger house (whose price is ALSO down) you come out ahead! (See our example here)
• Is this a good time to buy? YES - interest rates are at a 50-year low!!! (In the 4's as of today)
• What will determine the price my home's selling price? COMPS - aka comparable homes that have sold with in the last 90 DAYS.

To share relevant information including (but not limited to) the answers listed above, we are beginning The Good News Report. Check here often to see a review of the good real estate news in your area. We will feature an area about each week or so.

We will begin with the area I know best, : northwest Acworth/northeast Dallas, where we live. It will be a two part report: Part I will cover NW Acworth, Part II will cover NE Dallas. (There are THAT many solds! It would be way too much to put into one report!)

Come back tomorrow night to read the good news!

The Goliath of Yard Sales

If you love Yard Sales, you are going to flip over this! This weekend is the Dixie Highway Yard Sale!
What is the Dixie Highway Yard Sale? It is the largest yard sale in the south -stretching the entire length of the Dixie Highway!! In Kennesaw and Acworth, you may know the Dixie Highway as Highway 293, or Old 41, but it stretches from Ringgold to Marietta!

Can you imagine a ninety mile long yard sale! Oh the bargains you would find! Not to mention those unique, hard to find treasures! It is going to be mind-boggling!

As I was driving down 293, aka, our part of the Dixie Highway this morning, I also saw vendors setting up along the side of the road. What a great way for them to expose their products! I saw one lady with what looked like beautiful hand-made jewelry! I sure hope the rain holds off, it will be so fun to walk up and down the highway looking at all the different yard sales.

So, come on out and find the *treasures* you're searching for! (As well as those you didn't know you were looking for!) The yard sale will be Friday-Sunday, June 5th to June 7th.

Ooh! Let me know if you find something extraordinary! You can contact me by clicking here or send me message a here.

For more information on The Dixie Highway or the Dixie Highway Yard Sale visit this link: The Dixie Highway.

Let's go bargain hunting! =)