Yearly Archives: 2012

ALPHARETTA, GA - March 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Verint® Systems Inc. has signed a new lease for 132,000 square feet of office space at 800 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, Ga., announced commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Verint will relocate from its existing address in Roswell, Ga., marking an expansion of the company’s regional operations of more than 35 percent.

ATLANTA, GA - March 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. (REMN), one of the largest, privately held non-bank lenders in the US, is pleased to announce a new addition to their Atlanta area team in Duluth, GA. Effective immediately, Matt DeCesaro will join REMN as the Duluth office’s new Branch Manager, reporting directly to Angie Gora and Todd Greak, REMN’s Georgia State Managers. DeCesaro, along with the other associates in the Duluth office, will continue REMN’s tradition of providing area home buyers, home owners and real estate professionals with the customer service driven, quality-focused mortgage experience the company is known for nationwide

Cumming, GA - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Homerooms for Hounds program is currently being implemented in all grades at two Forsyth County schools, Chattahoochee Elementary School and the Silver City Elementary School. It is the brain child of one of the top real estate teams in metro Atlanta, the Atlanta Metro REO Team, led by award-winning Realtor Cindy Crane of Prudential Georgia Realty.

ATLANTA, GA - March 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Georgia Senate has passed a local homestead option sales tax legislation authored by Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers. This plan could eliminate the County portion of the property tax for Cherokee homeowners

ATLANTA, GA - March 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sen. Jesse Stone (R-Waynesboro) presented HB 110 to standardize state-wide vacant property registries in the Senate today. The bill passed with a vote of 33-15.

ATLANTA, GA - March 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of million-dollar-plus homes in metro Atlanta at large were flat in 2011. Sound boring? Look a bit closer. While some high-end communities welcomed scores of new neighbors last year, others were left longing for new blood, blue or otherwise.

Marietta, GA - March 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX Greater Atlanta announced its top agents and teams for January 2012. The company, which celebrated 25 years serving metro Atlanta home buyers and sellers, is seeing increased activity in the Atlanta real estate market.

Northbrook, IL - March 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant triple net leased National Tire and Battery Auto Parts property located at 2010 Eagle Drive in Woodstock, GA for $2,500,000.

Marietta, GA - March 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Long-time RE/MAX Greater Atlanta husband-wife team Rosalee and Earl Whitley were honored with a community service award from the Cobb Association of Realtors at the organization’s year-end meeting.

Marietta, GA - March 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- REALTOR® Carol Moson, who also served as the 2011 Cobb Association of REALTORS® president, was honored at the association’s year-end meeting. Moson was presented with an American flag that had been flown over the United States Capitol on October 29, 2011.

EUGENE, OR - February 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Carol Bitner have joined forces to produce and display a comprehensive online real estate search page, directly onto the website Bitner hosts. Bitner can conveniently sync thousands of Athens Area MLS (AAMLS) property listings with her search page, creating a unique and dynamic online real estate solution. IDX Broker software gives Bitner the ability to effectively and efficiently match her clients, and other Athens, Georgia home seekers, with their dream home, from her website and the innovative IDX Broker application for iPhone and iPad. Finding a property has never been easier online, thanks to Bitner’s IDX-enabled website.

Charlotte, NC - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ambling Management Company (AMC) has expanded its portfolio, taking on management of The Flats at Campus Pointe, a luxury student housing community developed by Vestcor Communities. Located in Charlotte within walking distance of the University of North Carolina Charlotte, the property features 98 leasable apartments with deluxe accommodations ideal for student living. The Flats at Campus Pointe will open doors to 180 residents by Summer of 2012.

ATLANTA, GA - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A group of mortgage fraud conspirators were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Court Judge Julie Carnes today in federal district court on multiple charges relating to a reverse mortgage scheme targeting the elderly. Kelsey Torrey Hull, 39, of Lithonia, Ga.; Jonathan Alfred Kimpson, 28, of Lithonia; James Michael Green, 44, of Lilburn, Ga.; Herbert Bush, 31, of Atlanta; Wilbur “Sonny” Letak, 44, of Atlanta; and Kevin Claude Barnett, 28, of Atlanta were all sentenced for their roles in the scheme.

EUGENE, OR - February 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Timperis Robertson, a Stone Mountain, Georgia Realtor, has become the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software, allowing her to join an elite group of agents and brokers who have revolutionized the online real estate market. Robertson has integrated her Georgia MLS (GAMLS) membership with her unique IDX supported search page, displaying thousands of Georgia area property listings efficiently and effectively.

ATLANTA, GA - February 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Representative B.J. Pak (R-Lilburn) today announced the introduction of House Bill 997, which protects law enforcement personnel and other public servants from the growing problem of having false liens filed against their personal property by individuals calling themselves “sovereign citizens.”