ATLANTA, Ga. (Sept. 25, 2012) -- Office buildings, commercial buildings, land and even a church will be among 175 properties selling in a three-day series of auctions Oct. 16, 17 and 18.

"This is an excellent group of properties concentrated in north Georgia, and we're eager to put them into the hands of people who can use them to create homes and business opportunities," said Ronald Gailey, assistant vice president-special assets for the Community Bank & Trust, which is selling the properties.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Aug. 29, 2012) -- For years, a lot of small farms were bought and sold locally, often as not to a neighbor who said, "When you're ready to retire, I want to buy your land." But with farmland prices rising rapidly to $10,000 an acre or more in many cases, that may no longer be the best strategy for selling small farms, according to Murray Wise, who has been buying, selling and managing farmland for more than three decades.

MARIETTA, Ga. (Aug. 14, 2012) -- Approximately 1,874 acres of farmland in Georgia's Macon and Dooly counties will sell at auction Thursday, Aug. 30, with John Dixon & Associates managing the sale.

"Farmland has been the hottest category real estate nationwide for the last two or three years, and it's very rare to see this much Georgia farmland selling in an auction, so this is a rare opportunity for farmers or investors," said John Dixon, president of the auction company.

ATLANTA, GA (Aug. 1, 2012) --  Last week's auction of approximately 40 properties signals an upturn in the real estate market, with a strong group of live and online bidders competing vigorously in an event that brought a total of more than $4 million.