Ryan Ward's Blog: Intown Atlanta

Open houses in the Intown Atlanta condo market can be hard to find and even more difficult to visit because of parking and a lack of easy access to view the available condos. Not this time and not next weekend.

Next Saturday, October 20th from 2 - 5 p.m.at The Art Foundry at Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta will be your chance to get out and see what the Intown Atlanta lifestyle is all about. Agents representing about 20 sellers have collaborated on a one day one time event to showcase the fabulous condos in Atlantic Station - a city within a city. If you have considered making a move on a new condo in Midtown Atlanta, now is your chance to come out and see what's available.

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Traveling through Brookhaven yesterday, I realized that there are many options out there in the way of townhomes for a buyer in this market. I stopped in to take a look at some of the new construction townhomes just off of North Druid Hills just to see what the new ones are like compared the Brookhaven Townhome I have listed for sale. It's been a few months since I had been in there so I wanted to check out a few more that have finished. I figured out very quickly why they aren't selling and it's not just because there are so many!

I'm really not being overly biased here. These new townhomes in Brookhaven don't come anywhere near as nice as the one I have listed for sale. Here are some of the deficiencies in the new construction townhomes:

• They are…

I have a client who has a condo in Midtown Atlanta who just received her new tax bill with an amazing assessment of property value. Her condo is located in the Art Foundry at Atlantic Station. We have had the condo on the market for almost a year minus the holiday season at the end of 2006. Somehow the city of Atlanta, in its infinite wisdom, has appraised the property for far more than the actual value of the property. So, the statistics for this entry will be used for a few things; some of these statistics will be used to argue the true value of the property with the city and these statistics will also be used to reevaluate the list price for the condo - even lower. At one point we had this one bedroom one bathroom condo listed for sale for $235,000. It…

2475 Brookhaven Heights, Brookhaven: MLS # 3459110

What a great find for you if you are looking for Brookhaven townhomes for sale. This magnificent European townhome has so much more to offer in the way of amenities than you can find in comparable new construction that you really should consider this as an alternative. For starters, this home is wider than the construction available at this price and has 10' ceilings on the first floor and 9' ceilings upstairs. Take a look at this gourmet kitchen:

This kitchen has been masterfully updated with granite counters and a tumbled marble backsplash. The kitchen was designed for the professional chef and includes Bosch appliances and a vent hood to handle the…

Intown Atlanta real estate comprises a number of different areas and styles of homes. The one that comes to mind for me right now is the numerous choices we have in the condo market. Take for example this condo in Art Foundry at Atlantic Station.

401 16th Street, Unit #1463 in Atlantic Station

This condo represents much of what you can expect for a condo in Midtown Atlanta and you cannot beat the location. You can walk to the shops and the Atlantic Station Mall and if you work in Midtown, it's about a 15 minute walk. Now that is thinking green!

Another of the benefits of this condo is the view. Located on the top floor, you can see midtown like many other condos, but how many have a view like this?

To your left is the the Atlanta skyline and what…