Senior Advisor Allan Mintner weighs in the Atlanta Realtors Association’s latest marketing numbers showing while sales are down, median prices are climbing.
Successful business leaders are quick to point out that behind every good company — and chief — is great talent. That’s the word from the heads of organizations who participated in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s CEO roundtable discussion about growth, challenges, motivation and leadership.
Patti Junger spent 26 years as a real estate agent with one firm, but switched to Dorsey Alston, Realtors five years ago when she saw the changes there.
The real estate agents at Dorsey Alston don’t need to be in the office daily. Instead, they’re out showing homes, meeting buyers and sellers, and evaluating new listings.
I can go out into the world confident, knowing that I am fully trained and that Dorsey Alston is there at any time should a problem come up. Also, we are provided the best office work space and can attend classes to better our position.
Located in the exclusive Tuxedo Park neighborhood of Atlanta, 3497 Woodhaven Road NW represents a comeback for high-end luxury homes. The traditionally styled 9,014-square-foot home with its front columns is set back from the street behind gates offering residents privacy and seclusion.
In a continued effort to stay on top of the current residential real estate trends for Atlanta, I consistently poll top producers, clients, and lenders and follow the latest statistical market reports. While our local market still has several puzzling traits, I am excited to see some trends that reflect a possible return to what was historically deemed normal for our market.
Dorsey Alston, Realtors a prominent real estate company serving Atlanta, has been selected for membership in Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE), Michael Rogers, president, announced today.
Dorsey Alston, Realtors has opened the doors to its East Cobb office. This year marks Dorsey Alston’s 67th year of business, and the office, located at 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Unit G, in Marietta is Dorsey Alston’s first office outside of Buckhead.
A Buckhead condo valued at over $1 million will be up for grabs as the featured prize in HGTV’s Urban Oasis 2014 contest.
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Metro Atlanta’s luxury home market is poised for a solid year. The most expensive residential sale in the works so far in 2013 is part of a 16-acre site in Roswell. Its owners are already celebrating the deal by living on a yacht for the rest of the year.
After surviving a bumpy ride, real estate agents in metro Atlanta have seen a quick swing from a buyer’s market to a seller’s market, with little to no lag in between.
Parts of Atlanta are experiencing something almost unimaginable just two years ago — a shortage of homes to buy. In Buckhead, one of the most affluent parts of the city, opportunities to find existing homes between $500,000 and $1 million are limited, residential real estate executives say.
ATLANTA – Dorsey Alston was recognized as the No. 2 midsize company and as the company with “Best Direction” in the second annual Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Top 100 Workplaces contest. More than 1,000 companies were nominated to participate in a survey created by Workplace Dynamics, a partner of the AJC. In total, 43,500 workers at 188 companies in metro Atlanta responded. Of the 100 Top Workplaces, Dorsey Alston was the only real estate company.
ATLANTA – Thirty-six of Dorsey Alston’s agents received recognition at The Atlanta Board of Realtors® 53rd annual Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club Banquet for outstanding achievement in residential real estate sales in 2011.
Dorsey Alston associates gathered early Saturday morning to put finishing touches on a home built by Habitat for Humanity for Santeria Reedy and her son, Antonio Willis Jr. The home, located in East Atlanta and sponsored by the Atlanta Board of Realtors® and Wells Fargo was built over a period of eight weeks.
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., former president of Northside Realty, spoke at Dorsey Alston’s weekly sales meeting on Sept. 6, offering insight on the real estate market and key national issues. Following his speech in the Atlanta History Center’s McElreath Hall, Isakson answered questions from the audience.
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ATLANTA – Twenty-nine of Dorsey Alston’s agents received recognition at The Atlanta Board of Realtors® 52nd annual Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club Banquet for outstanding achievement in residential real estate sales in 2010.
Dorsey Alston sold more units and more volume in the Sarah Smith, Warren T. Jackson and Morris Brandon school districts than any other real estate office in 2010.
ATLANTA – For the third year in a row, Dorsey Alston, Realtors®, team Cure or Bust, led by agent Karen Mullinax, came out to show their support in the fight against breast cancer on Saturday, October 23, 2010. The three-mile walk began and ended at Atlantic Station in Midtown, where more than 16,000 participants joined together for the 12th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. The American Cancer Society raised more than $654,000.
Dorsey Alston President Michael Rogers is featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's special section titled: Who's Who - The 100 key people who are shaping Atlanta's housing industry.
ATLANTA – Michael Rogers, President and CEO of Dorsey Alston, Realtors® was appointed to the Buckhead Coalition as one of 14 new members to join its elite ranks.
ATLANTA – Twenty-nine of Dorsey Alston’s agents received recognition at The Atlanta Board of Realtors® annual Million Dollar Club Banquet for outstanding achievement in residential real estate sales in 2009.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston, Realtors is featuring full-page advertisements in the local Northside Neighbor Newspapers. We have put together a showcase of homes for sale giving Atlantans front row access to our featured listings.
ATLANTA – Channel 2 Action news recently interviewed Dorsey Alston to gain perspective on the Atlanta real estate market. Action News anchor Justin Farmer spoke with Dorsey Alston President Michael Rogers to see how the metro Atlanta market compared to the national numbers.
ATLANTA – The numbers are in! Thank you, Atlanta, for making Dorsey Alston, Realtors® your number one choice in residential real estate. Figures from 2009 confirm Dorsey Alston is at the top of the charts in Buckhead home sales.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston, Realtors® was recognized as one of Atlanta’s 2009 Best Places to Work. More than 500 companies and organizations were nominated in 2009, up nearly 50 percent from the number of nominees in 2008.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston, Realtors is dominating over Buckhead in the form of a 40-foot billboard located at the intersection of W. Paces Ferry and Peachtree Roads, just one block from the office.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston, Realtors is pleased to announce its affiliation with SunTrust Mortgage and the creation of an in-house lending team comprised of award-winning senior mortgage bankers Rick Stevens and Richard Young. Realizing a need for in-house representation, Dorsey Alston looked to a trusted name in the mortgage industry to represent its clients.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston added two new search features to its web site this week. When looking for a home, users now have the option to view search results by foreclosure listings and listings with a price reduction within the last seven days.
ATLANTA – For the ninth consecutive year, Dorsey Alston associate Rudy Harrell was recognized as the No. 1 agent in Atlanta. Rudy’s monumental achievements as a record-setter in the luxury home market have earned him the reputation as the best agent in Atlanta.
ATLANTA – Twenty-three of Dorsey Alston’s agents received recognition at The Atlanta Board of Realtors® annual Million Dollar Club Banquet for outstanding achievement in residential real estate sales in 2008.
ATLANTA – Dorsey Alston broker associate Amy McBrien is the recipient of the Mary Nelson Scholarship Award for Academic Achievement from the Georgia REALTOR® Institute. Known as the Governor’s Award in honor of Mary Nelson, former dean of the GRI, it is presented to the person achieving the highest examination score in any one session of the GRI.
ATLANTA - The 2009 Cathedral Antiques Show, culminating with the Tour of Homes, celebrated another successful year by adding to the $2.5 million donated to Atlanta charities since its inception in 1971.
ATLANTA – In an announcement made Jan. 22 by Dorsey Alston President Jody Abstance, the real estate firm has actively begun to market bank-owned new construction properties through a designated Dorsey Alston bank-owned services group.
ATLANTA - Chair Frances Flock and volunteer leaders of the 2009 Cathedral Antiques Show met with Jody Abstance, president of Dorsey Alston, Realtors, Atlanta’s oldest independent residential real estate firm and a diamond sponsor of the show, to discuss plans for the event, which heralds the winter season.
ATLANTA – Family, friends and admirers of legal giant Griffin Bell, who dies this week at the age of 90, gathered recently at a reception to celebrate the release of his book “Footnotes to History: A Primer on the American Political Character.”
ATLANTA – This holiday season, Dorsey Alston, Realtors, joined forces for the second year with Families First of Atlanta to create a special Christmas for one local family.
ATLANTA – Dorsey Alston, Realtors® is proud to recognize two of their listings for being honored at the 2008 Greater Atlanta Home Builder Association’s 28th Annual OBIE Awards.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston, Realtors®, led by agent and breast cancer survivor Karen Mullinax, came out to show their support in the fight against breast cancer Saturday, Oct. 25 during the 2008 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.
ATLANTA - Over forty prominent Buckhead agents and upper-tier residential specialists, all members of the Atlanta Board of Realtors®, and Atlanta real estate executive Spalding White have joined Dorsey Alston, Realtors® within the last month, according to an announcement made by the Buckhead firm’s president, Jody Abstance.
ATLANTA - Artists utilizing fiber and textiles as creative palettes were the center of attention during a recent reception in their honor in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition, "Mining the Surface, New Sensibilities in Art Textiles" at the Forward Arts Foundation's Swan Coach House Gallery.
ATLANTA - Veteran Atlanta real estate executive Spalding White joins Dorsey Alston, Realtors® the luxury real estate firm, as Senior Vice President, Associate Managing Broker after resigning from Harry Norman, Realtors Buckhead office where he was Vice President, Managing Broker.
ATLANTA - International soccer star Mia Hamm, a three-time Olympian and Gold Medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, thrilled an audience comprised of students and invited guests at the 8th annual Celebration of Girls' Education.
ATLANTA - When Atlanta builder John Beach, Partner of Paces Construction, embarked upon transforming an elegantly designed charming 1930's Buckhead residence into a "Green House", he undertook the first such renovation of a luxury home in the city.
ATLANTA – Close to 300 guests joined both the associates of Dorsey Alston Realtors and of Linger Longer/Reynolds Plantation to celebrate Camelot, the 2008 Decorators’ Show House.
ATLANTA - The energy levels were high as the Swan Coach House Gallery unveiled a fantastic new exhibit featuring dazzling creations by young, contemporary artists from the Atlanta area.
ATLANTA - The 2008 Designer Showcase House has been selected! It is located at 3750 Tuxedo Road in the prestigious and historic Tuxedo Park - Atlanta. The house is represented for sale by Dorsey Alston and owner-agent Mark Bhaggan.
ATLANTA - Eleven of Dorsey Alston's top agents were recognized by the Atlanta Board of Realtors for outstanding performance in residential real estate sales in 2007.
ATLANTA - Dorsey Alston agents Rudy Harrell and Price Curtis will market the unique Bellingrath town residences in Buckhead. With completionexpected in June, the eight luxury residences represent European sophistication inspired by French designs of Ecole des Beaux Arts.
ATLANTA - The 2008 gallery show schedule was launched on January 17, 2008 at the Swan Coach House Gallery. The inaugural event featured the eclectic works of artist Drew Norbery, who was present for the opening.
ATLANTA - On Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, Dorsey Alston sales associates and staff will be among the first Realtors in Atlanta to preview the 2008 Georgia Association of Realtors’ purchase and sale agreements in two back-to-back courses offering agents continuing education credit with the Georgia Real Estate Commission.
ATLANTA - Jody Abstance, one of the Northside’s most successful and respected brokers in the luxury real estate market, has joined Dorsey Alston Realtors as president and managing broker.
