Luxurious New Homes at Valley Brook Parc

Traton Homes began building luxury homes at Valley Brook Parc only a few short months ago. This popular Buckhead community has seen brisk sales since then, and now only six new home opportunities remain.

Valley Brook Parc is an intimate enclave located near Chastain Park. Featuring only 18 luxury single-family detached homes, the community is priced from the mid-$500,000s and boasts convenient access to boutique shopping, dining, entertainment venues and more.

The final six homes feature some of Traton’s most popular, spacious floor plans including the Charleston, Stratford, Meadowbrook, Northside and Sheldon plans. These homes are large enough to accommodate any family’s needs with four or five bedrooms and up to five full baths.

Exteriors feature stunning details such as four-sides prick with shake and/or stone.

Interiors boasts popular features such as exceptional trim detail, 10-foot ceilings on the main, hardwood flooring, built-ins, fireplaces and more. Although these homes offer so much already, buyers also have the option of customizing these plans with options such as granite kitchen and vanity countertops, designer lighting, state-of-the-art appliance packages and more at the Traton Homes’ Design Center.

For more information about Valley Brook Parc, visit http://www.TratonHomes.com or call 404-597-8170.

Construction has been started on the first The Village at Reflection Lake Nantahala home. Another home site has just sold as well. This means only 11 opportunities are left in this exclusive and gated North Carolina community. The time to visit and start planning your own dream vacation home in this perfect setting is now!

The Village at Reflection Lake Nantahala offers a serene natural retreat a mere two hours outside of Atlanta. The location is still close to sites like Nantahala River, Gatlinburg, Maggie Valley and the Biltmore Estate. Don’t you want to escape to the mountains, but be not too far away?

Bank-sanctioned pricing on the homes has been enacted, and homes start from $94,900.

Site owners won’t feel rushed in designing their home as no build-out requirement is imposed on them. For buyers who want to enjoy lake life as soon as possible, Reflection offers a mountain cabin program with 1,400 square foot homes and incredible view-facing porches.

If you plan your visit to the community before September 30, you’ll have the chance to win a weekend at the lake for yourself and 14 friends. When you visit, you’ll experience complimentary Lakes End Diner lunch, a pontoon boat tour of the lake, a tour of the home sites and a $25 gas gift card to make the travel easier.

Come see why this community is such a great place to vacation, live and play. For more information, visit at The Village at Reflection Lake Nantahala.

When we move into a new home we can’t help but brag about it to family and friends.  Well did you ever think you could get paid for bragging? With Acadia’s new Builder Neighborhood Referral Program, anyone – not just homeowners, who refers a new homebuyer to one of Acadia’s 11 metro Atlanta communities, will receive a $1,500 check from the builder once the home has closed.

Acadia homes are designed with quality name-brand materials and products and are offered in a variety of locations. With a number of flexible floorplans and custom upgrades, homebuyers are given the freedom of living in a home that fits their individual lifestyle

“Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods has launched this new referral program to give our current homeowners, as well as others, just one more reason to tell their friends about our communities,” says Sam Bass, the Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods sales manager. “At Acadia we understand that personal referrals have a strong influence on buyers. You can find out more about our program by visiting our

Acadia’s 11 metro Atlanta communities include: City Park, and The Reserve at City Park in Atlanta, Reece Farms in Powder Springs, Wellstone at Middle Creek in Cumming, Bakers Farm in the Chateau Élan area of Braselton, Sherwood Park in Smyrna, Crabapple Crossing and Crabapple Station in Alpharetta, Arbor Green in Kennesaw, Burnt Hickory Township in Kennesaw and The Preserve at Wiley Bridge in Woodstock.

For more information on Acadia’s other communities and its new referral program, please visit the Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods website and for continual updates “Like” them on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/AcadiaHomes.

With blistering heat already creeping into our summer days, wouldn’t listening to summer tunes on your brand new iPad next to the pool just cool things off? Don’t have an iPad? Well you’re in luck, because your favorite Atlanta real estate blog is giving an Apple iPad* and iTunes gift cards away throughout the summer!

To register to win all you have to do is subscribe to the Atlanta Real Estate Forum’s daily newsletter with these few easy steps:

1) Visit www.AtlantaRealEstateForum.com

2) Click on the “Subscribe” tab at the top of the page.

3) Enter a valid email address into the box.

4) Confirm your email address.

Now you’ll be able to enjoy the top Atlanta real estate stories delivered straight to your inbox each morning!

*iPad to be awarded in the form of a $499 Apple Gift Card. Not redeemable for cash. To be eligible, email addresses must be valid and subscribers must be active/confirmed emails.

Drawings for iTunes gift cards will be held on May 31, June 30 and July 29. The iPad drawing will be held on August 31.

Make sure to follow Atlanta Real Estate Forum on Facebook too!

Only six opportunities remain in the popular Burnt Hickory Township community in Cobb County. A quality-built, affordable home in the desirable West Cobb area is a rare opportunity homebuyers should not miss out on!

Starting from the high $200,000s, these reduced-priced homes are nestled on Kennesaw estate lots of up to 1.5 acres. Homes feature four to five bedrooms, three and a half to four baths and three-car garage floorplans, with basement and master-on-the-main options also available.

“With only six homes remaining, we invite homebuyers to take advantage of these below market prices,” said Tom Stokes, Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods sales consultant. “This community offers homebuyers quality-built homes at affordable prices in a sought-after area of West Cobb.”

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“We’ve seen incredible success and growth in just five months,” said Susan Fessler who purchased Morris & Raper Intown last November and recently changed the name to Morris & Raper Real Estate Consultants. Change seems to be positive for the agency. Morris & Raper Real Estate Consultants has generated a large portfolio of bank owned property, secured on-site sales with developers and builders and has assembled a top notch management team along with a group of seasoned real estate agents.

Fessler comments on the early success, “We’ve strategized to capitalize on the current real estate market by putting builders back into business. We are working with hedge funds and capital groups to help builders get financing and collaborating with banks to market homes with reset pricing.”

Since November, Morris & Raper Real Estate Consultants has secured listings at a number of developments throughout the Atlanta area. The company has been assigned a large portfolio from a Bank of America trustee. With 91 homes and more than 600 home sites in this one portfolio alone, the phones are ringing!

Another big project is providing on-site marketing for the final phase of 31 townhomes at The Preserve at Fischer Mansion, a community created around a historic mansion on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. The property is being developed by Waters Edge Group.

In recent months, the company has attracted nearly a dozen experienced real estate agents and is recruiting more agents to help maintain the company’s growth.“We are heavily recruiting experienced agents and we’re getting calls from agents who want to work with us because of all the activity,” Fessler said.

The company is working with Chandler New Hope Builders to market homes at White Horse Creek in Flowery Branch and Preserve at Briscoe in Snellville. (more…)

Buying foreclosed Atlanta real estate can be a risky ordeal that raises several questions. What if the house has costly, hidden repairs? If the house needs to be fixed, where do I start? How can I be sure I’ll be protected?

Homebuyers who want answers to all of these questions and more now have a new place to turn to. Custom Builders Atlanta’s new foreclosure inspection and warranty program is here to help homebuyers interested in foreclosed properties. The program provides peace of mind through a home inspection, a list of items that need to be repaired before the home is market-ready, an estimate for the repairs and a 5 or 10 year structural home warranty from StrucSure Home Warranty, LLC, which is ranked third among providers of warranty and insurance products in the homebuilding industry.

Buyers of foreclosed homes won’t be the only ones who benefit from the program. Investors, banks and other real-estate-owned property owners can use these tools to market homes better and sell inventory faster. And because the program can offer increased protection and value on foreclosed homes, neighborhoods with several foreclosures will see market prices rise. This, in turn, will help raise the neighborhood value.

For more information on how the foreclosure inspection and warranty program works, contact Dennis McConnell at Custom Builders Atlanta by calling 404-839-5323, emailing info@custombuilder-atlanta.com or visiting the Custom Builders Atlanta website. For more information on the 10-year structural warranty, offered by StrucSure Home Warranty, visit www.strucsure.com.

To celebrate success in the real estate industry, The Astoria at The Aramore is hosting a luncheon for Atlanta real estate agents, where – yes, it will be raining money. At the event, $1,000 in cash give-a-ways will be given away every 15 minutes to lucky winners. This luxury Atlanta condominium community will also be donating money to the KW Cares organization.

“We have sold 10 homes in the past two weeks bringing The Astoria to nearly the 50-percent sold mark,” Pauline Miller, with Keller Williams BRIGHTSTAR, said. “This celebration is our way of saying thanks and giving back to all the agents who made this possible.”

The luncheon is on Tuesday, April 12^th from noon to 3 p.m. at The Astoria, located at Peachtree Battle and Peachtree Hills in midtown. While previewing the penthouse model homes, guests can mingle with champagne and tasty treats from CamiCakes, a local Buckhead treat shop. Every 15 minutes, $100 will be given away and winners will be announced on Facebook and Twitter.

Additionally for every agent who attends, The Astoria will contribute $10 to KW Cares and will award a $500 donation in honor of the office that brings the most agents, so in total The Astoria will present around $2,500 to the much-appreciated KW Cares organization.

For more information on The Astoria condominium, call 404-355-6999 or visit www.theastoriacondos.com.

For more information on KW Cares, please visit www.kwcares.org

Atlanta homebuilder Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods recently announced the opening of Reece Farms, a community of 40 West Cobb homes nestled on estate-sized wooded lots in West Cobb. This Cobb County neighborhood has floorplans that offer four and five bedrooms with prices from the $170,000s to the low $200,000s.

Buyers can select from a number of plans including the Hamilton, a luxurious four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home with a two-car garage, a covered patio and many customizable options. The kitchen includes a breakfast area and a large pantry. A grand family room is perfect for large families and has an elegant fireplace. Right next to that, there is a study that can also be transformed into a fifth bedroom or a sun room. Upstairs, residents will find a huge owner’s suite with separate walk-in closets and a lavish master bath.

Reece Farms also offers floorplans with master suites on the main level, basements and side-entry garages.

The community is convenient to Barrett Parkway for shopping and dining. And since the Windy Hill-Macland Road limited access connector is schedule to open shortly, (more…)