China is currently steeped in economic turmoil, and its tumbling stock prices and overinflated real estate market have industry professionals asking the question: How will this affect the U.S. real estate market? The answer has major implications for agents, brokerages

Sales continued their strong march forward in August, as CoreLogic reported both year-over-year and month-to-month increases. While the extent of home price gains varied often and sometimes greatly from metro to metro in August, the national direction has remained

According to RealtyTrac and Ethnic Technologies, the share of Mandarin Chinese-speaking buyers paying in cash has increased to 46 percent in 2015, a 229 percent increase from 2005. This increase puts Mandarin Chinese in the lead in terms of cash sale market share

Nationwide, wage growth has lagged behind home prices; is that still true here in Atlanta? Back in April, we reported some unsettling news – per analysis by RealtyTrac, wage growth in the Atlanta area in 2013 and 2014 lagged far behind home

CoreLogic released June cash sales data this week, which showed that cash continues to trickle out of the market. Nationally, cash sales made up 31.3 percent of total home sales in June, down from 33.9 percent the same time

Green construction is growing faster than conventional construction. It currently provides 2.3 million jobs and $55 million in residential construction spending, which is expected to grow by $45 million by 2018. The homebuyers driving that growth are becoming increasingly eco-conscious, and the National Association of

Did the latest Case-Shiller present more of the same for housing? Home prices in the Atlanta area were up 0.8 percent from June to July and 5.8 percent from July 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index from Standard &

The most popular home styles in the U.S. are ranch style, conventional, split level, colonial and traditional, according to a RealtyTrac study of 25 million homes. The least popular style homes are cottages, log homes, gambrel, garrison and tudor. Interestingly, those

New home sales were up in August, but is that a sign of a strengthening market? In August, new home sales rose 5.7 percent month-to-month and 21.6 percent year-over-year to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 552,000, according to

An interest rate hike is not a concern to buyers Buyers are more concerned about affordability, competition and inventory than an interest rate hike, according to a Redfin survey of 3,577 buyers done in late July. Only 5 percent of the

For decades, white buyers have largely dictated the direction of the housing industry. That may soon change, though, as a recent survey from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals found

One in four renters is severely rent burdened Based on current trends of rent gains outpacing incomes, the number of severely burdened renters could increase by up to 25 percent by 2025, according to a study published by the Joint

Georgia has the second least fair tax system in the country. That was one of the findings in WalletHub’s application of a nationally representative survey to rank which states had the most and least fair tax systems. The survey reflected what

Market slows in an expected drop as summer comes to a close After three straight months of gains, existing-home sales dipped in August, despite slowing price growth and a positive turnaround in the share of sales to first-time buyers,

Where in Metro Atlanta’s vast terrain were home sales the highest? In August, home sales in Metro Atlanta declined 16 percent, all but signaling the end of the summer homebuying season. That decline was apparent at the county level, which

Interest rates are staying right where they are…for the time being. And so the speculation continues for another month. After weeks of outside editorial, predictions and warnings, the Federal Reserve announced today that it will leave interest rates at their