Homes in Covington GA - November 2012 from http://www.searchcovingtonhomes.com There are currently 280 active homes for sale in Covington GA. The average listing price for Real Estate in Covington GA during the month of November is $158,393. The median list price in November for single family residential and condo/town home properties in Covington GA is $114,900. The typical home for sale during the month of November in Covington GA is a 3.53 bedroom, 2.32 bath home built in 1999. To break down pricing further we can look at price by bedrooms in Covington GA. During the month of November a 3 bedroom homes average for sale price is $122,901 while a 4 bedroom homes average for sale price is $184,280. The 5 bedroom homes are listing for an average of $218,513. All market data and statistic... 11/14/2012

Another Chase Short Sale has been Approved and Sold.   200 BRIDGES WAY, COVINGTON GA 30016 was approved and closed in less than 90 days.  Property listed for sale 8-8-2012 Under Contract 8-21-2012 Short Sale approved 10-15-2012 Closed 11-7-2012     This awesome 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home for sale as potential short sale is now under contract.  This one didn't take long to go under contract.  Features corner lot, hardwood floors on the main level, separate living room, large family room, 2 car side garage, Large master with sitting room and upstairs laundry room. 11/07/2012

Property in Covington GA - October 2012 from http://www.searchcovingtonhomes.com There are currently 287 active homes for sale in Covington GA. The average listing price for Homes in Covington GA during the month of October is $160,721. The median list price in October for single family residential and condo/town home properties in Covington GA is $115,000. The typical home for sale during the month of October in Covington GA is a 3.57 bedroom, 2.34 bath home built in 2000. To break down pricing further we can look at price by bedrooms in Covington GA. During the month of October a 3 bedroom homes average for sale price is $126,629 while a 4 bedroom homes average for sale price is $180,132. The 5 bedroom homes are listing for an average of $217,484. All market data and statistics are pu... 10/29/2012

  Welcome to our Covington real estate website including Property In Covington. Here you will be able to search all homes for sale in the Covington GA real estate MLS. This includes all Covington GA properties for sale such as condominiums, houses and homes and also includes foreclosures, short-sales and HUD Homes. If you are ready to buy or sell a house, we can help you out as a Covington real estate agent which includesProperty In Covington. If you see a house you want more information on or would like to schedule a showing, be sure to call The Mark Spain Team, a great Covington Georgia Realtor, at 770-886-9000. If you would like to buy a new Covington home, we can get you in contact with Covington home builders to see all of yor Covington home construction options including Property ... 10/02/2012

Top 5 Trends In Real Estate For October, 2012   Here are the Top 5 Topics and Trends shaping the Covington Real Estate market during October. Mortgage Rates Lower Than Ever: Mortgage rates have dipped lower than they've ever been. Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages averaged 3.40 percent with an average 0.6 points at the end of last week. 15-year rates, popular for refinancing, averaged 2.73 with 0.6 average points. Demand For Loans Is Up: Demand for mortgage loans is up 5% over a year ago due to lower mortgage interest rates and pent-up consumer demand. However, fewer first-time home buyers are not buying right now to a normal extent because it's extremely hard for them to get loans. First-time buyers usually make up about 40% of the market. Banks are still not wanting to turn loose of al... 10/02/2012

Short Sale- UNDER CONTRACT Kings Ridge- A Ross Mundy Custom community 200 BRIDGES WAY, COVINGTON GA 30016 $139,900   This awesome 4 bedroom 3.5 bath home for sale as potential short sale is now under contract.  This one didn't take long to go under contract.  Features corner lot, hardwood floors on the main level, separate living room, large family room, 2 car side garage, Large master with sitting room and upstairs laundry room.   08/25/2012

Debra Davis, a full service real estate advisor out of the Covington GA area announced the launch of their brand new website http://www.searchcovingtonhomes.com. This Covington GA specific website was custom built on behalf of Debra Davis to help consumers search homes for sale in Covington GA. Using this new website searchcovingtonhomes.com, Debra Davis will bring easy search functionality to local customers searching property for sale in Covington GA. searchcovingtonhomes.com is a direct website for the Covington GA property area. searchcovingtonhomes.com will provide swift search functionality for Covington GA Foreclosures, Covington GA New Homes and Covington GA real estate. For the best Covington GA property Search you need searchcovingtonhomes.com. For more information about the m... 08/08/2012

Covington Ranch With Basement - NOT A Short SaleIf you haven't noticed the market has shifted to a seller's market but without the equity so when we list a home like 20 Wisteria Court, Covington GA 30016 your first thought is "who is the bank?"  Luckily for prospective home buyers looking in for covington homes, this one is not a short sale, not bank owned, not an reo, auction or any other difficult situation.  This is just a great home less than 30 minutes from Atlanta, ready to move in at a great price! This home is ready to move into right now! With newer hardwoods, open floor plan, full amazingly huge basement.  The master is pretty unique (especially given the low price and condition) with a sitting room AND a screened in porch off the master, giving you the ultimate in privacy and... 04/26/2012

The Covington and Oxford Street Railway   In April 1873 a group of leading citizens of Newton County applied to the Georgia General Assembly for a charter to build a street railway, or trolley line, connecting Covington and Oxford.  The street railroad was designed to be an efficient, inexpensive form of transportation, and give Covington and Oxford residents an easy way to reach the Georgia Railroad depot located between the two towns. The General Assembly granted the charter and right-of-way, but the first attempt at building the line failed.  The idea of the trolley, however, did not.  Fifteen years later, “The Covington Star” newspaper reported that a movement was again underway to build the railway, and announced that $8300 had already been subscribed to the project. Ground was bro... 04/05/2012

585 Wisteria Blvd, Covington, GA 30016$90,000This home is available as a short sale subject to bank approval.                                                                                                                                                                                                               What a beautiful, stucco and stone ranch in the wonderful Wisteria Subdivision. Wisteria is within walking distance of  the new Wal-Mart on Brown Bridge Road.    585 Wisteria Blvd in Covington, GA 30016 has an airy and open; split bedroom floor plan.  This home has 3 bedrooms on the main level, a bonus room upstairs along with 2 full bathrooms.   All bedrooms are spacious and the master bedroom has trey ceilings.  The master bath has a separate tub and shower and you have a la... 01/12/2012

Here's a picture of my client that closed today and  as you can see she is smiling from ear to ear with her new key in hand!     The home she purchased using her VA loan is a beautiful 5 bedrooms with 3 full bath all for just $115,000.  My client was very happy with her home purchase and affordable monthly payments using her VA Loan!  Below is what she gave me to thank me for helping her with her purchase along with a nice bottle of wine. If you are looking for a home in the covington area call me!     Presented by  Ava Anderson Coldwell Banker RMRDirect: (770) 369-5121 www.avasellsatlanta.com       12/02/2011

  It All Comes Down To Price… so make sure your home is priced right at the beginning! Is you home in poor condition? Fix it… or lower the price! Is your home in a bad location? Move it… or lower the price! Has you home not sold because of poor exposure and marketing? Look, there are 2 million real estate agents in the U.S.; 1 million members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR); 40,000 licensed agents in Georgia. So simply getting your home in the MLS and having a yard sign will ensure that it sells…IF it’s priced correctly! That may sound a bit cynical – or silly, even. But it’s true that, if your home is priced correctly when you initially list it, it will sell. It all comes back to price… listing your home at fair market value The prime marketing time occurs during the firs... 04/12/2011

Home For Sale in Covington, Georgia - GAMLS# 03020120  $89,900 For more information, call my mobile phone (770) 337-5262, or visit my website www.BlairOnTheSquare.com Home For Sale in Covington, Georgia - 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths                                             This lovely Home For Sale in Covington is beautifully maintained and move-in ready.  There's no repair or renovation required on this cute traditional ranch-style cottage Home For Sale.  Just bring your furniture and groceries and move in. Located in a quiet neighborhood convenient to Covington, this cute Home For Sale sits on a large, level cul-de-sac lot.  The large, secluded backyard is perfect for kids and pets. This single-level Home For Sale features a nice fireside Great Room adjacent to the large, open kitchen... 03/16/2011

  Easy Mornings   You'll have plenty of time with the schools only five minutes from this split level  home in Brown Bridge subdivision.  You'll enjoy 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, master bathroom with dual sinks, separate shower and garden tub, the master bedroom  has a walk-in closet for your wardrobe.  A welcoming great room with fireplace, and a traditional dining room.  The kitchen has cherry cabinets and black appliances: stove, refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave.  Shopping, restaurants and the hospital all less than 10 minutes away. Monthly rent $1100, deposit $1100.    02/21/2011

For several months, since ObamaCare was approved, there has been a lot of information spinning around online about the legislation, most of which is -at least - partially wrong.  I got another such email from a friend today, so I wanted to let him and all the others who read my blog know the true information as I understand it concerning future taxation of earnings from the sale of a private residence - your home in Covington. The email my friend was distributing said that as of January 1, 2013, if you sold your home, there would be a 3.8% tax on the amount you sold for to support Medicare.  If you sold your home for $420,000, you would owe $15,960 in taxes on the sale.  Partially true.... the date is correct, the 3.8% is correct... the rest is crap!  (Of course not many of us would hav... 01/14/2011

Real Estate Market Report for November 2010 Although this is historically the slowest time of the year, as far as real estate sales, market statistics nevertheless seemed to get even worse in this down market during the past month.  Here are the results: NEWTON COUNTY 145 days on market - this is 16 days longer than in October Sellers received, on average, 91.1% of their list price when the home sold - down from 92.3% in October There is 11.1 months of inventory currently on the market (6 months inventory is considered "normal") 83 homes sold in November 2010 - this is 27 fewer than sold in October The most popular price range was $0 - $100,000  (59 of the 83 sales) The average sale price was $70,513 - compared to $84,812 in October There were 72 new foreclosures -17 more than November ... 12/14/2010

Real Estate Market Report for October 2010NEWTON COUNTY 129 days on market - this is 3 days longer than in September Sellers received, on average, 92.3% of their list price when the home sold - down from 94.0% in September There is 8.7 months of inventory currently on the market (6 months inventory is considered "normal") 110 homes sold in October 2010 - this is 1 fewer than sold in September The most popular price range was $0 - $100,000 The average sale price was $84,812 - compared to $94,789 in September There were 46 new foreclosures - 28 fewer than October 2009 ROCKDALE COUNTY 130 days on market - this is 25 fewer than in September Sellers received 95.2% of their list price when the home sold - up from 93.5% in September There is a 10.7 month inventory of homes currently on the mar... 11/18/2010

Real Estate Market Report for September 2010 NEWTON COUNTY 126 days on market - this is 2 days longer than in August Sellers received, on average, 94.0% of their list price when the home sold - down from 95.7% in August There is 8.0 months of inventory currently on the market (6 months inventory is considered "normal") 83 homes sold in September 2010 - this is 28 fewer than sold in August The most popular price range was $0 - $100,000 The average sale price was $94,789 - compared to $102,962 in August There were 65 new foreclosures - 18 more than September 2009 ROCKDALE COUNTY 155 days on market - this is 42 more than in August Sellers received 93.5% of their list price when the home sold - down from 96.5% in August There is an 11.3 month inventory of homes currently on the market (6 mo... 10/12/2010

Real Estate Market Report for August, 2010       NEWTON COUNTY: 124 days on market – this is 14 days less than in August 2009 Sellers received, on average, 95.7% of their list price when the home sold There is 8.8 months of inventory currently on the market (6 months inventory is considered “normal”) 111 homes sold in August 2010 – this is 6 less that August 2009 The most popular price range was $0 – $100,000 The average sales price was $102,962, compared to $108,580 in August 2009 There were 51 foreclosures – this is 3 less than August 2009 ROCKDALE COUNTY: 113 days on market – this is 24 days less than in August 2009 Sellers received, on average, 96.5% of their list price when the home sold There is an 11.5 months inventory on the market (6 months inventory is considered “normal”) 60 ... 09/02/2010

Al Qaida... Hamas... Taliban... Hezbollah...  No, it's none of those, but there is a real estate terrorists cell operating in Newton County and several other counties in Georgia, according to the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution." Cells of the domestic terrorist group "sovereign citizens" (listed on the FBI's domestic terrorist list) are "stealing" homes across the U.S.  Locally, investigators have tied them to at least 19 property thefts in Newton,  DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Spalding and Richmond counties. The "sovereign citizens" group believe they are immune to state and federal laws, and assert -among other things - that banks can't own land and that any home owned by a bank - including hundreds in Newton County, and thousands across Georgia - is free for the taking.  So they si... 08/30/2010