Attention to Every Detail

Every detail matters to Realtors Deborah Hill and Malinda Howe, partners in Anchor Realty. Nothing is overlooked, from their involvement in the community to the help they offer clients in staging and landscaping their homes.

“It’s not just about knowing the market; it’s about knowing our clients. To us, it’s not work; it’s our lives. We play a handson role in this community. We honor that by working where we live, selling what we believe in and loving what we do,” Malinda said.

Anchor Realty is a full-service brokerage, offering interior design packages, upfront services on preparing homes for sale, staging, landscape design and construction floor plan renovation design.

The Realtors’ commitment to Acworth is evident when you see how involved they are in the community.

Meeting Malinda, you would have a hard time believing she’s not an Acworth native. She is the 2023 vice chairwoman for Acworth Tourism and sits on the boards of the Acworth Business Association and Brookwood Christian School.

Deborah serves as secretary for the newly formed Acworth Development Authority, which approves bonds for development opportunities that come to the city. She was voted Best Interior Designer in the 2022 Around Acworth’s Readers’

Choice poll, and she volunteers with special-needs children in Marietta with her garden club; she loves making a difference in their lives.

Last year, Deborah and Malinda continued their work with Brookwood Christian and the Acworth Arts Alliance to organize The Acworth Charm Tour, showcasing six beautiful homes, rich in history. However, their business partnership provides benefits to more than Acworth’s arts and civic organizations.

In 2022, they successfully closed on two major commercial buildings in the historic downtown Acworth area: the building where Fusco’s and Fusco’s Pizza are located, along with the building that houses 1885 Events on Main.

“We are actively searching and recruiting for outside businesses to come to Acworth and have created plans and renderings of certain buildings that show façade changes, in hopes of recruiting new businesses,” Deborah said.

“On the residential side, the Realtors are working with a few developers who have infill lots, to connect them with those in search of land on which to build.

“We are excited to have one of the highest record-breaking home sales in the Historic Downtown Acworth area, closing at $1.8 million,” Malinda said. “Congratulations to our sellers!”

“I love selling real estate, especially in Acworth, because I believe that this is one of the greatest cities to call home,” Deborah said. “I love selling clients not only a home, but the quality of life that Acworth offers.”

Deborah has lived and worked in the area for 20 years and joined Anchor Realty Partners as a Realtor in 2018, when she moved to downtown Acworth. She spent more than 10 years working in marketing and business development with Chick-fil-A and developed strong ties in the community.

An extensive knowledge of design is a plus; Deborah studied interior design at Oklahoma State Univer sity. In 2020-21, she worked as a design assistant on HGTV’s “Rock the Block” and A&E’s “Sell This House.” Most recently, she was the art director for HGTV’s limited series, “Build It Forward.”

Deborah uses her interior design knowledge to help buyers see how a floor plan could look, guiding them through the process, and helping sellers understand what buyers are demanding in our changing market.