The Brookhaven Real Estate Resource

I hope you are all well and your friends and families also. If you were affected by the floods this information from FEMA may help you. We also have approved vendor list to help with repairs and remediation. Contact us today if you need help.   This was provided by a  FEMA/GEMA to give to our neighbors who had flooding. This is for you ...

Pending home sales are up for the fifth consecutive month, the first time in six years for such a streak, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in June, rose 3.6% to 94.6 from an upwardly revised reading of 91.3 in May, and is 6.7% above June ...

 Calling all first time home buyers! Now is the time to buy a house to take advantage of $9,800! The deadline for all the tax credits for first time home buyers is CLOSING on November 30, 2009 (meaning the actual closing must take place by No. 30).  With this in mind, you need to look at having a house under contract by ...

President Obama unveiled his plan to help stabilize the housing market and keep millions of borrowers in their homes. The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan includes two initiatives to help struggling homeowners. One is a refinancing program for homeowners with less than 20% equity in their homes, or who owe more than their home is worth. ...

The Stimulus Plan was signed into law by President Obama Feb. 2009. It contains a new tax credit for first-time homebuyers. Essentially, first-time homebuyers within certain income limits who purchase a home in 2009 before December 1, 2009 will receive a tax credit of up to $8,000. The program is similar to the $7,500 tax credit which applied to ...

Fears about the economy led to a stock market decline and pushed mortgage rates a little lower during the week. Even with Tuesday's passage of the new $787 billion stimulus plan, economic growth forecasts from Wall Street economists and from the Fed were revised lower.   Wednesday, President Obama announced the $275 billion Homeowner ...

If the bank and the market claim your house is no longer the prize they thought it was a year ago, but the County Property Tax Assessor claims it is still the Taj Mahal for tax purposes, read this and act on it! When you've finshed reading it, here is exactly what you need to do (in DeKalb, others may vary). 1. Call the Residential Division ...