Real estate picture is brighter here than elsewhere

Gainesville/Hall County Georgia.
Gainesville Times Letter to the Editor: Real estate picture is brighter here than elsewhere

Hall County Real Estate Still Leads Entire Region

Remember that Real Estate is local.  While national, state, or even some local news may sound challenging, people need to be plugged in to what is actually happening in your neighborhood.  We offer this valuable information to our clients and friends.  Seek out your local real estate expert.  They should offer it to you, too.

Hall County leads the nation, Georgia, and all of its county neighbors in one huge aspect of real estate recovery:  the increase in the number of homes sold year over year.  Through researching all metropolitan Atlanta counties with GAMLS and FMLS data, it is our conclusion that Hall County is the best real estate market in the entire region. 

The top 3 counties in the percentage increase in the number of homes sold in 2010 over the same time period in 2009 were:

1.                 Hall County had a 9.7% increase in 2010 sales.

2.                  Forsyth County had a 4.5% increase in 2010 sales.

3.                  Dawson County had a 3.9% increase in 2010 sales.

The top 3 counties in the percentage increase in the number of homes sold in 2011 (through September 1^st) over the same time period in 2010 are:

1.                 Hall County has a 23.4% increase in 2011 sales.

2.                  Gwinnett County has a 22.4% increase in 2011 sales.

3.                  Cobb County has a 16.3% increase in 2011 sales.



We have a multitude of reasons to love this area that we call home.  We are blessed that our local economy is doing so much better than others around us.  This data has been compiled and analyzed by Brad Abernathy and Regina Cochran of the Abernathy Cochran Group with The Norton Agency. For more information email us at babernathy@nortonnorthga.com.  Or visit us anytime at http://www.abernathycochran.com/.