Bibb County Apartment Market Update Q2 2009

    The Bibb County apartment market continued to be active in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, albeit considerably slower than 2007.  The capital crunch caused lenders to adopt more stringent lending standards or stop completely making loans.  The loan to value dropped to 75-80% and actual NOI was used to arrive at the value…

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      Baldwin, Greene, Morgan & Putnam Real Estate Market

      Baldwin County, Milledgeville GCSU opened 150,000 sq ft Library and Information Center GCSU opened another 300+ beds in a new residence hall to keep up with enrollment Barberitos and Velvet Elvis Restaurants opened downtown Pizza Hut, Wing Street, Long Johns Silver’s and A&W Rootbeer will open in December International House of Pancackes opened at the Super…

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      Why Owners Choose to Work with Fickling & Company

      Why Owners Choose to Work with Fickling & Company

      Fickling & Company is a full-service property management company in Macon and the surrounding areas. We’re committed to providing excellent real estate services to our community, and we’re especially interested in helping our clients do more with their investments. With our help, both owners and tenants can have a pleasant and successful rental experience. When…

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        What is a Green Building?

        Green building (also known as sustainable building or environmental building) is the practice of increasing efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water and materials, and reducing the building impacts on the environment and human health*. Research is increasingly demonstrating that when buildings are designed and operated with their lifecycle impacts in mind, they can…

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          Fickling Names New Director of Commerical Property Management

          Nicki L. Pope experience in Commercial Real Estate extends over ten years in the Atlanta and Southeast Region markets.  She specializes in commercial management, focusing on operations, leasing, tenant relations and tenant retention programs, construction management and problem solving.  Ms. Pope interacts with clients, tenants, brokers, and constructor during complicated situations.  Her personal standards, as well…

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            Commercial Real Estate Lease or Purchase?

            As the real estate market in this region continues to grow and boom, businesses — both major corporations and small start up companies — may begin to question whether they should lease or purchase property for their business to locate.  The question is a valid one and the answer is simple – both! At some…

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              Multi-family Real Estate Market Q3 2007

              In our last article, we stated that we thought the housing market would continue to slump until mid-year and then start to stabilize.  We may have been too optimistic.  We now believe the housing slump will continue through year end and start to stabilize in early 2008.  Some of the statistics that influenced our prediction…

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