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Smaller Government Pressures Office Vacancies

Government Cuts Clip Office Market

By Anton Troianovski
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No Apartment Building Boom Any Time Soon

By Tony Downs, NREI Contributing Columnist

Several factors are coming together to limit new construction.

New construction of housing peaked at over 2 million units in 2005, and then collapsed 74% to 529,000 in 2010, as reported by Economic Indicators, a U.S. government publication. The combination of continuing foreclosures and a shortage of construction financing will block much new housing construction.

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Gwinnett County Property Tax Assessment Notices

According to Gwinnett County most of the commercial tax assessment notices were mailed on Friday, March 25th. As such, the deadline to appeal your property tax assessment is May 9. Please contact us for further details/assistance.
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Georgia Property Tax Appeal Data

Average Metro Home Prices Fall in February

By Michelle E. Shaw
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The average sale price of existing single-family homes in metro Atlanta tumbled 13.6 percent in February from a year earlier, dashing hopes for the first upward pricing trend since last summer.

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Georgia Property Tax Legislative Update

The Georgia Legislature is a little drunk on the passage of last year's sweeping property tax changes so they are bellying up to the bar for another round:

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Top Tier Selling, Your Tier Isn't

The Recovery Will Be Bifurcated

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The Best of Times and the Worst of Times

A great time to be a real estate investor, not such a great time to be an owner-occupant.

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Amazon Killed the Retail Store

Will Electronic Commerce Kill Brick-and-Mortar Retail?

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Gwinnett County Property Tax Assessment Notices

Repost: Gwinnett commercial notices won't go out until late next week, approximately 3/24/11.

Gwinnett County Tax Assessor's website shows commercial notices will be mailed this Friday, March 18th. I called their front office and they verified that this is correct. If your notice is dated March 18 you have until May 2nd to file your appeal.

They are also saying residential assessment notices will be mailed on April 15th. If your notice is dated April 15th you will have until May 30th to appeal.
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New Housing Can't Compete with Short Sales and Foreclosures?

US housing construction plunges

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Construction of new homes in the United States plunged in February to near record lows and building permits hit bottom, official data showed Wednesday in a dismal report on the ailing housing market.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110316/ts_alt_afp/useconomyconstructionhousing
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