New Listing in Coffee Creek!

Beautiful home with fabulous features in a great neighborhood! This 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 living and 1 dining home in Coffee Creek is loaded with amenities. Features include neutral carpet, rock corner fireplace, tile floors, luxurious master suite with whirlpool tub, 2 car garage, and spectacular kitchen with dinette. This beauty with 2,048 sq. ft. (MOL) is in Edmond Schools and is a must see!

MARCH MADNESS -- BUILDER BONUS!!!

Check this out!!! Turner & Son Homes is offering $7,500 towards your choice of media room items, closing costs, backyard oasis, etc. Offer is limited to 3100 Firewheel and 2913 Hidden Prairie (Edmond) and the homes must be under contract by March 31, 2008. To learn more about these homes visit Turner & Son Homes. Turner and Son Homes builds homes in Edmond, Deer Creek, Piedmont and Yukon school districts. Prices start in the $190,000 range and are loaded with amenities that transform a house into a home. Please call to speak to Darcy Oviatt, New Homes Sales Specialists, 405-274-5667 to learn more about these homes.

Preparing for Showings

Are you selling your home in Edmond, Deer Creek, or the Oklahoma City Area? Use this handy checklist to prepare for each showing to help your home show better and sell faster! Thinking about selling? Call The Gary Atchley Group today to speak to one of our real estate experts about listing your home! Call 330-2626 and ask for The Atchley Group!

• Clean all appliances, sinks and countertops
• Remove magazines, books and other personal items from all surfaces. Organize mail, magazines and newspapers. Be clutter free!


• Clear off kitchen counters, make sure there are no dishes in the sink


• Vacuum and sweep the floors


• Make all beds and put away any laundry that is out


• Empty waste baskets and trash if visible


• In the yard: Remove or organize all children’s toys, garden tools and hoses


• During daylight open all draperies, shades, and blinds. Natural light is at the top of most buyers' wish lists.


• Clean and freshen bathrooms, put toilet seat lids down and fold towels


• Pets should be out of sight or taken with you. Any pet beds, bowls or cat boxes should be removed as well.


• Tidy up closets, especially the floor area (makes them look bigger)


• Leave lights on if after dark

Atchley Team Returns from Atlanta!

Representatives from the Atchley Group at Keller Williams Realty recently returned from Atlanta where they attended the 2008 Keller Williams Realty Family Reunion. With 12,000 plus Realtors from across the U.S. and Canada, Gary Atchley, Heidi Rose and Deb Atchley enjoyed three full days of advanced education and information on real estate industry.

"In visiting with Realtors from around the country and hearing stats from other regions, our belief that Oklahoma is the best place to live was confirmed over and over," said Gary Atchley. "Our home selling market is much different than what we are hearing on the evening news and what we heard from areas of the country that are faced with home price depreciation, poor sales performance and a surplus of homes to sell."

The team returns from Atlanta with a renewed vision for making the home buying and selling experience as enjoyable, profitable and stress-free as possible.

The Atchley Group markets and sells homes in the Edmond, Deer Creek, Piedmont, Yukon and Northwest Oklahoma City metro area.

5 Reasons Houses Beat Stocks

The following is taken from the Atchley Group E-Newsletter to view or subscribe go to http://www.atchleygroup.com/ext_real-estate_latest-news.asp?link=realtytimes.com/c/DebAtchley

Despite what Wall Street wants you to believe, owning a home isn't the same kind of investment as stocks or bonds. What you get is a USE asset that depreciates over time, while it grows in market value. All you have to do is keep the home in good repair to max out your take.
Here are five reasons why you get more for your money with a house than a worthless sock puppet.

· Leverage: with stocks, you put in all your money for a little piece of a company. With a house, you put in a little money to get all of the house.
· Tax benefits: Uncle Sam knows that owning a home is a pain in the neck, that's why you get subsidies. These are basically government bribes to get you to buy. What other investment can you put in 5 percent of the cost of the asset, reap all the appreciation and pay no capital gains?

That's right: live in your home two years, rent it for three, sell it, and pay no tax on capital gains up to 250,000 for singles, $500,000 for married couples. And you're worried about paying too much?
And that's not all - think about the benefits of fixed-rate mortgages, property tax write-offs, interest rate deductions, depreciation. Is this a great country or what?

· Control: When you buy stocks, you're paying some CEO 500 times the average worker's salary for results you'd lose your job for. With a home, you have control - what you buy, how much you pay, and where you live. You can improve the value with repairs and updates. Compare that to getting heard at the next shareholders' meeting.
· Lifestyle: Do you want to look at a dumpsite or your children playing in their own back yard? With a home, you're purchasing a vantage point for yourself and your family. The neighborhood you want to be in, the size and style home that fits your needs. And the more wisely you choose, the better off you are.
· Value: Unlike our little sock puppet friend, your house will seldom become worthless. Barring a catastrophe, your home will retain a major portion of its value, even in the worst of times. So don't freak out about a losing a few percent this year. You'll make it up. Housing has lost value only one year out of the last 35. It's more normal to beat inflation by one to two percent.
Let's get a little perspective here. You lost a greater percentage on the stock market this year than if you owned a house. You lost more on your SUV. And you sure lost more on your iPhone.
And keep this in mind -- when it rains, which would you rather have over your head, a roof or a stock certificate?