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Peggy Slappey Properties welcomes you to Park Place in Winder, where you can now join this well-established, popular community in a new home! Inside the Winder-Barrow High School District and with easy access to major highways into Athens and Atlanta, this is an ideal Barrow County location.

There are two homes now under construction with prices starting in the low $300’s. Homes are situated on large, wooded lots with great backyards and optional third-car garages. The two homes available now are both sought-after ranch floor plans featuring open-concept layouts, beautiful master suites, and island kitchens. These well-designed plans offer just the right amount of space in a traditional ranch that is modified elegantly for modern living.

342 Norwood

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It’s that time of year again, when kids across Metro Atlanta fill their backpacks, climb onto the school bus, and watch Mom and Dad dance a happy jig as they wave goodbye. The long summer vacation season has drawn to a close and families are settling in for the school year. Maybe the last thing on their minds is packing up and moving.

What happens to real estate sales when school starts?

In the short term, sales slow. There are fewer homes on the market already, since Spring is traditionally the hottest time to list, and there are fewer buyers looking because people are focused on settling into the new school-time routine. This lull, though, is quite short-lived. Sales typically see an uptick just after the Labor Day weekend – the unofficial

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Check out this week’s featured resale home, located in Buford, Georgia in the award-winning Mill Creek School District! Listed at just $240,000, this home has been well maintained inside and out and has a brand new roof!

2463 Walnut Tree Lane

This hard-to-find ranch floorplan has three bedrooms and two baths.  It has an amazing living room with high ceilings and a cozy corner fireplace. The classic, galley-style kitchen overlooks the living room and is open to the breakfast area, making this open-concept home ideal for entertaining! The master suite features dual sinks and a separate shower and garden tub, and the secondary bedrooms are roomy with plenty of closet space. You’ll love the manicured front lawn and the level backyard, perfect

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S&S Builders and Peggy Slappey Properties invites you to Creekside at Kilgore, a cozy Buford, Georgia community inside the Mountain View High School district. Surrounded by woods, you’d never guess this new neighborhood is just minutes from great restaurants and shopping at the Mall of Georgia. Homes here start in the mid-to-high $300’s and are available right now with up to $10,000 in buyer bonus incentives*!

This outrageous incentive package is available to qualifying buyers with use of the S&S preferred lender, but only until August 31, 2019*. Take a quick look at the FIVE new homes now available and call our on-site REALTORs, Sonya Turner at 678-367-9422 and Linda Cothern at 678-773-0497, for all the details.

With just 36

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Each year Gwinnett County residents are invited to vote for their favorite businesses in Gwinnett Magazine's "Best of Gwinnett" contest. Peggy Slappey Properties has been voted best in the real estate category for several years running, and we'd be honored to have your vote again in 2019!

Voting is now open for 2019's Best of Gwinnett, and it's super easy: Just visit Guide to Gwinnett and click the "Vote Best Real Estate Agents..." button. 

Being named Best of Gwinnett is an honor for all of us at Peggy Slappey Properties. YOU - our clients and customers - are choosing the winners, and it means the world to us. Our offices are in Gwinnett County, and many of our agents and partners live and work there. Gwinnett is a great place to do business,

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Selling your home while living in it full-time with young kids can be challenging.   Whether you home school or you’re counting down the last days of summer break, kids tend to leave their mark. Cheerios under the couch, giant toy boxes in the living room, and messy kids’ bedrooms can indeed be turn-offs to buyers, so here are a few tips straight from real estate veterans who have seen it all:

Let Kids De-Clutter

Cleaning up and packing the clutter is the first step in any plan to sell a home, but with kids involved, it gets a little tricky.  A great way to avoid the tantrums caused by packing their favorite stuffed friends is to let them choose what stays and what gets packed and put into storage.  Explain that their things are not disappearing

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Richardson Housing Group and Peggy Slappey Properties invite you to Overlook at Brookside in Dacula, where you can now get All Closing Costs PAID* and a side-by-side refrigerator* on the final remaining RHG home in the community! With a new, reduced price of $309,860, you'll love the beautiful finishes in this final home and the great amenities that Overlook at Brookside offers. Still under construction, the home will be complete in time for a late summer move!

3449 Mulberry Cove Way, Auburn, GA

This home is packed with classic design elements, including a stained-wood front door, shaker-style cabinetry, built-in bookshelves, and trendy grey flooring throughout the main level.  It features an open floor plan that is perfect for entertaining,

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EMC Homes, a metro Atlanta new home builder backed by more than 40 years of experience, welcomes you to explore eight of its new home communities this summer.

For the entire month of July*, both buyers and agents can score big with outstanding incentives!

Buyers, write a contract for your new home anytime in July and you’ll receive $5,000 toward your new home AND an entry to win a cruise vacation*! Agents can earn a $2,000 ADVANCED commission** for contracts written during the same time period! Restrictions do apply, so please see the fine details below and call the agents listed for further details. Don't wait! The summer market in Metro Atlanta is HOT, and we expect these homes to sell quickly before the new school year gets underway!

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Every season brings unique challenges for home selling. In the winter, homes might appear darker than normal under dreary skies. In autumn, falling leaves mean a constant battle to keep up curb appeal. Spring means tons of competition in the market and the need to make your home stand out from the rest. Summer has its own challenges, with hot temps, fast-growing grass and foliage, and bright sunshine that illuminates every tiny flaw you’ve been ignoring. Summer 2019 officially starts on June 21st, so be ready for a quick home sale with these simple, trusted tips:

Fine-Tune Your Curb Appeal

It’s hot outside, Metro Atlanta, so step up your lawn care game to keep your home’s curb appeal in tip-top shape. Mow the lawn twice a week, keep it watered

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Buyer’s agents are a huge asset to your home buying experience. They make your search, negotiation, and final transaction more professional and less stressful, whether this is your first home purchase or your fifteenth.  Check out eight ways your buyer’s agent is indispensable:

Time

Great buyer’s agents spend loads of time online, searching for listings that match your requirements. They spend time on the phone, contacting other agents to get all the details. Then, they spend time previewing houses before you ever see them – all in an effort to save YOUR time.

Money

A buyer’s agent can tell you if the house you love is worth the price tag attached to it. He or she can provide a market analysis to determine the fair value of the home,

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