About Duluth's St Ives

In December, we announced the change in leadership for our Metro Atlanta ASHSR chapter from myself to Annette Burnett of Sellers Advantage Home Staging from Johns Creek. Our first meeting of the new year was also Annette's first official meeting as our new leader---and she rocks! Special thanks to Brook Furniture Rental for hosting our meeting, AGAIN. =) They've been very supportive of our chapter from the beginning.

Our agenda for the meeting included ideas for projects for the chapter to do together, in an effort to EDUCATE the consumer about what we do as home stagers but to also market our businesses and our chapter. We are working on two projects for the Spring: one is a community-service project for our 'friends' at the Georgia Cancer Foundation and the other is Before and After event to physically show the difference between a plain old vacant home and a staged home.

The Georgia Cancer Foundation holds an annual Fashion Show event. The models for the show are friends of GCF and are Breast cancer patients and/or survivors. The clothing, the hair, the makeup...it's all donated. We're donating our time and talent to help create the centerpieces for the show on March 28 at the Intercontintental in Buckhead. Tickets are still available!

The 'Big Reveal': our Before and After event, is a two day event. We are scheduling the walk through of the Vacant home in St Ives Country Club and an introduction to what we going to do on March 3 as the 'Before' event. Then we're inviting our guests to come back, and hopefully bring a friend, or two, for the Staged walk through on March 10 as the 'After' event and join us for lunch, staging education and networking opportunities at the site. All Atlanta-area real estate professionals are invited to join us...contact us if you want more information about the event.

All in all, Spring 2009 is going to be a busy season for our ASHSR chapter. We expect it to be a sign of more to come for the balance of the year for all of our businesses.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UPDATE!!!!!

Due to certain circumstances, the Big Reveal event has been put on hold indefinitely. It was decided at the last minute (and unfortunately about 3 hours after I posted this) that things are not 100% aligned as needed to make this a successful event for all involved. So, at this point the executive decision was made and we're going to continue planning and announce the new location and date sometime in the near future.

Market Update for St. Ives Country Club - September and October 2008
(per FMLS and office records, as of November 20, 2008)

As of today, November 20, 2008, there are 26 active listings in St. Ives Country Club, ranging in price from $400,900 to $1,299,900. Of those, 4 are priced at $1 million or above. One listing is new construction. Three listings are listed as foreclosures/short sales.

There are currently 3 pending sales, with list prices/pending closing dates of:

• $869,900 - proposed closing date 10/15/08 (still listed as pending)
• $499,000 - proposed closing date 11/10/08
• $1,288,000 - proposed closing date 3/21/09

For September 2008, 1 property sold in St. Ives Country Club (from September 1 - 30, 2008, per FMLS and office records). Here are the property details:

• Listed for $565,000 - Sold for $490,000 - closed on 9/22/08

For October 2008, 4 properties sold in St. Ives Country Club (from October 1 - 31, 2008, per FMLS and office records). Here are the property details:

• List Price $669,000 - Sale Price $642,000 - Closing Date 10/17/08
• List Price $679,900 - Sale Price $659,000 - Closing Date 10/21/08
• List Price $540,000 - Sale Price $492,000 - Closing Date 10/23/08 (foreclosure)
• List Price $889,000 - Sale Price $870,000 - Closing Date 10/27/08

To view our current listings in the Metro Atlanta area, please click here.

For more information about St. Ives Country Club, call The Gebhardt Group today!

Subscribe to The Gebhardt Group's Real Estate blog today!

Maura Neill, ABR®
The Gebhardt Group
RE/MAX Greater Atlanta
10220 Medlock Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30097

direct: (770) 751-5895
main: (770) 291-0100
email: info@GebhardtGroup.com
website: http://www.GebhardtGroup.com/
blog: http://www.GebhardtGroupBlog.com/

Market Update for St. Ives Country Club - August 2008
(per FMLS and office records, as of September 22, 2008)

As of today, September 22, 2008, there are 29 active listings in St. Ives Country Club, ranging in price from $429,900 to $1,599,900. Of those, 6 are priced at $1 million or above. Three listings are new construction. Two listings are listed as foreclosures.

There are currently 5 pending sales (including those with contingencies), with list prices/pending closing dates of:

• $549,000 - proposed closing date 9/22/08
• $513,000 - proposed closing date 9/29/08 (foreclosure)
• $669,000 - proposed closing date 10/17/08
• $679,900 - proposed closing date 10/21/08
• $889,000 - proposed closing date 10/27/08

For August 2008, 1 property sold in St. Ives Country Club (from August 1 - 31, 2008, per FMLS and office records). Here are the property details:

• Listed for $372,900 - Sold for $415,000 - closed on 8/27/08 (foreclosure)

To view our current listings in the Metro Atlanta area, please click here.

For more information about St. Ives Country Club, call The Gebhardt Group today!

Subscribe to The Gebhardt Group's Real Estate blog today!

Maura Gebhardt, ABR®
The Gebhardt Group
RE/MAX Greater Atlanta
10220 Medlock Bridge Road
Johns Creek, GA 30097

direct: (770) 751-5895
main: (770) 291-0100
email: info@GebhardtGroup.com
website: http://www.GebhardtGroup.com/
blog: http://www.GebhardtGroupBlog.com/