During the economic downturn, the real estate industry floundered and thousands lost their jobs. But improvements have been made, and the industry is healing, which means the money is returning. By 2016, more than two-thirds of residential real estate

National cash sales continued their descent in May, a new report released today from CoreLogic showed. For 29 months, all-cash buyers have been leaving the market, as marked by continual year-over-year decreases in market share. In May, cash sales

New development – especially in the single-family sector – has been very strong in 2015 Housing starts in 2015 are running at their highest level in eight years, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau. With 641,000 new housing starts so

The housing market has changed substantially in the last 40 years, and first-time homebuyers have changed with it Since the 1970s, the U.S. housing market has changed in numerous ways. The square footage of homes, for instance, has risen to all-time

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August rose one point to a level of 61 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest reading since November

Student debt remains the leading roadblock to Millennial homeownership Fifty-six percent of people between 18 and 29 have put off a major life event because of student loan debt, according to a survey released by Bankrate.com. That is higher than

Yesterday, CoreLogic released its June 2015 National Foreclosure Report, and the big reveal was foreclosures are still dropping – so not much of a surprise. For another month, national foreclosures fell, with inventory dropping 28.9 percent year-over-year from a

Homebuilding is in a state of flux across the nation. With growing barriers in lending and land availability forcing traditionally entry-level homebuilders into the upper ends of the market, it is unclear what the future of the industry and

In recent years, Atlanta’s economy has been one of the fastest to rebound from the Great Recession. But what has driven this recovering economy? According to a recent study by PNC Financial Services, there are four large factors that

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Atlanta metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Rapid construction keeps supply and demand in check Atlanta is the U.S.’ seventh easiest metropolitan area to buy in, according to a new index by realtor.com. The EasyToBuy index compared the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. on

The Hechinger Report recently released the data for the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took

Technology has drastically improved the efficacy of searching for the right home. Prior to enlisting the services of an agent, buyers, who in all likelihood have a pre-established criterion for their ideal neighborhood and home, are scoping out concerns

Building in the ATL Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area was up 30 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 39 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy of the latest

In 2015, the number of construction projects in the greater Atlanta area has grown nearly 15 percent in the second quarter compared to the same time period last year. In the second quarter of 2015, there were nearly 150