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In the market for a new home?

 Real Estate and New Homes
 Affordable real estate prices, low taxes,   We are the market!
 a favorable job market, access to major
 shopping centers and to the quaint
 downtown areas where mom and pop
 LIFESTYLE  shops thrive add to the luster of living    Local builders
 in Catoosa County.
 are hustling
 It’s not surprising how many people want
 with the
 to live here and how few want to move   to keep up
 away!  Popular subdivisions that had lots   demand for
 available during the economic downturn   new homes.
 are now able to sell those lots for almost
 twice what they were asking for them just
 six years ago.  Supply is low, and demand
 is high in 2017. But all of that is because
 living in Georgia right next to Chattanooga
 is really the best of several worlds – a great   since 1989. His experience includes a   the spring of 2017, builders of new homes
 school system, a great environment to live,   number of shifts and changes in the real   are hustling to keep up with demand.
 work, play, worship, and shop all with one   estate market, industry, and technology.   Outstanding quality of life brings vigorous
 of the greatest cities in the United States   Serving as principal broker for Crye-Leike   real estate activity with it.” O’Shea calls today’s
 just a short drive away.  in the area, O’Shea commented, “While   market one of the most competitive he has
 Ian O’Shea has worked in Catoosa County   the average sale price for a single-family   seen in his long career and 2016 was his
 and North Georgia as a licensed Realtor   home in Catoosa County is $154,167 in   company’s best year ever.


 Residential, Land, & Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

 According
 to recent
 residential
 sales statistics,
 North Georgia
 is a hot market.
  Steven Henry
 Developer and
 Catoosa County
 Commissioner
 Chair


  Since    Current sales numbers in Catoosa County
  1978  are expected to surpass 2016. The number
 of days on the market for a home has gone
 Three generations of the    from more than 80 to just 65. The average
 Jackson Realty Family    square footage of a home sold is running
 a little more than 1,800, while the cost per
 and their team of realtors provide real estate   square foot continues to climb. The north
 services to the Northwest Georgia area from
 three locations:  JACKSON REALTY  Georgia area’s $88 per square foot average
 still beats neighboring Chattanooga by a lot,
 Home Office  Summerville  Chickamauga  and this continues to be one of the factors   ®
 23 N. Hwy 27 North Bypass  10332 Commerce Street  510-B West 9th Street  that attracts buyers.  Even though Georgia   Call a CRYE-LEIKE, Realtor  today to get started!
 LaFayette, GA 30728  Summerville, GA 30747  Chickamauga, GA 30707
 706.639.4663  706.857.2662  706.375.5055  has an income tax, the cost of housing and
 living expenses, including sales taxes and
 Visit us online at: JacksonRealtyHomes.com  property taxes, usually offsets that.  #1 in the Mid-South, and right here in North Georgia too!


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