Ryan Ward's Blog: Milton

What better time to update sales in Crooked Creek than right now when we have a listing for sale and right after I'm back with some fresh photos of the golf course. I'll post a couple photos down the page a little, but, I do want to get to the actual market. Crooked Creek is in an extraordinary community and if you live there or you are familiar with it, you probably don't need me to tell you that :). For everyone else, I think it's important to talk about what Crooked Creek is in the process of doing right now. At a time in the real estate market where many would argue that it isn't the best time to put money in your property or neighborhood, Crooked Creek is in full swing of doing more than your average upgrade. They are gating the main entrance on…

Deciphering boundaries between Alpharetta and Milton can be difficult to manage using the FMLS because too many agents still enter listings that are actually in Milton as "Alpharetta" because they don't understand (this is just my opinion) that there is a specific desire by consumers to search specifically for homes for sale in Milton vs. Alpharetta due to some of the inherent differences between the 2 cities. Complicating the statistics even farther is the very large number of unmapped properties in Milton which makes it impossible to even use the map search feature to accurately ascertain what's happening in Milton compared with other areas.

My experience has been that while there are truly some differences between the two, for the most part, the real…

The city of Milton is located in the northwest section of Fulton County and has historically been "horse country" with numerous equestrian farms, stables, rolling hills and beautiful pasture. Since its incorporation, Milton has been on the fast track (really, there was a great deal of activity in the years leading up to incorporation, but, more has happened since). Close in real estate gets more and more expensive and what you to be be far out is now 'close in'. Milton falls into the category of not being thought of as far out anymore.

Milton is certainly one of the more popular areas in Atlanta right now and there are lots of reasons for this; great schools, beautiful and affordable homes and land! Lots of land! Milton real estate has been increasing in…