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

Institutional investors leaving real estate, but Americans still confident housing is a good investment In the immediate wake of the economic downturn, the housing market took a plunge that was devastating for homeowners but ideal for the opportunistic. In the years

Contract signings declined for the first time in 2015, according to new research Pending home sales declined 1.8 percent from May to June, according to new analysis from the National Association of Realtors. Although the Pending Home Sales Index,

Home prices were positive for the Atlanta housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Atlanta housing market rose 1.4 percent from April to May, and 5.1 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard

The news for new home sales was much better than the Census Bureau’s report led on Sales of new homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 482,000, a 21.2 percent year-to-date increase from 2014 that

What counties in Metro Atlanta saw the most housing activity in June? As Atlanta Agent reported last week, residential sales in Metro Atlanta were very positive in June, rising 17.1 percent from May (the best monthly increase since 2011) and

Lawmakers threaten to end like-kind exchange tax provisions, but some say the cost would be too great There’s a contingent of lawmakers and government officials lobbying to alter the face of like-kind exchanges, with some hoping to outright repeal the