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Wonder if your pad is GREEN? Check this month's gas bill.
With temperatures dipping below freezing, many homeowners are getting a different kind of energy audit. The real-time, this is not a drill wake-up call known as the gas bill. There is no longer a question if the windows are leaky or if there is enough Read More...
What would you do with $8000? Wait and it may be too late!
UPDATED 3/1/2010 The federal tax credit for first time homebuyers has been extended until April 30, 2010 and a new repeat homebuyer credit of $6500 has been added to the pot. What many home buyers don't realize is that you must be under contract by Read More...
Georgia ENERGY STAR tax holiday is here!
This year the ENERGYSTAR and WaterSense tax free holiday is October 1 through October 4. You can purchase any ENERGYSTAR (R) or WaterSense sm appliance or product under $1500 and not pay local or state taxes. In addition most major retailers (Lowes, Home Read More...
Another Tax Credit For Home Buyers!
Governor Signs Housing Tax Credit Bill On Monday, May 11, Governor Sonny Perdue signed legislation into law that creates a new state income tax credit for home purchases in Georgia. The tax credit will apply to purchases of eligible properties between Read More...
Cutting Edge, Modern, Efficient Homes Reduced to Sell!
Do you anxiously await your monthly fix of Dwell magazine like I do? Can you just envision yourself in a modern home with clean lines, great light, and cutting edge “green” building technology? That dream home is in Amsterdam or Prague, right? Read More...
Need a New Water Heater? GO SOLAR!
There has never been a better time to add solar to your home. One of the easiest, most cost effective ways to start going solar is by adding solar water heating to your home. My parents recently invested in a VELUX solar water heating system. They couldn’t Read More...
Great Incentives to Buy GREEN or GREENOVATE!
The only incentive to buy built green - other than the fact that you will use 15-30% less energy, use less water, have better indoor air quality, reduce your impact, etc...is the energy efficient mortgage (EEM). A great website to find out all about it Read More...
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - $8000 to buy a house!
FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM The original version of the the Stimulus Package's "Home buyer Program" - introduced by Georgia Senator Johnny Isacson- called for a $15,000, tax credit for all home buyers. When that proved too costly for Congress, Read More...
Three Shades of Green
What is your idea of living green? Is it living off the land? Living in the heart of the city above your studio? How about generating your own solar power in a home that would make Martha Stewart proud? Here are three uniquely green properties currently Read More...
Will $15,000 fix the housing market?
Today, in an effort to jump start the stagnate housing market, the Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The amendment, if it makes it through Congress, will give every home buyer who purchases a primary Read More...
January is National Radon Awareness Month
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Radon enters your home through cracks and crevices in the foundation. ANY house can contain elevated levels of radon unless there is a functioning radon system in place. It's not Read More...
Trading the Rat Race for Greener Pastures
Brokenfoot Ranch, a 66-acre farm five miles from the University of West Georgia, is for sale. The current asking price is $550,000, reduced from $649,900. The farm has three large clearings perfect for organic farmland or pasture. The rest of the land Read More...