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

Whether it be sales, prices or inventory, Atlanta housing market news is very positive After beginning 2015 on unsteady footing, the Metro Atlanta housing market has grown stronger with each subsequent month, and according to the latest report from the

CoreLogic released its April cash sales report today, and as has been the trend all year, cash sales declined year-over-year, bringing national levels closer to the pre-crisis baseline of around a 25 percent market share. In April, cash sales

According to Census Bureau calculations, June was one of the best months of new construction in some time…but the truth is more complicated Building permits rose 7.4 percent monthly and 30 percent year-over-year in June, according to the latest  construction

CoreLogic May foreclosure report documents continued improvement in inventory and seriously delinquent mortgage rates Today, CoreLogic released its May 2015 National Foreclosure Report, which highlighted steep declines in completed foreclosures and foreclosure inventory, as well as the falling serious

Throughout the first four months of 2015, home sales in the U.S. were the best they’ve been in eight years. Helped by a one-half percentage drop in fixed mortgage rates, home sales from January to April this year surpassed

U.S. mortgage rates were increasing at steady clip in 2015 until global economic events intervened The economic turmoil in Greece and China could possibly benefit U.S. homebuyers. That cause and effect was the chief finding in Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage

CoreLogic has released its May Home Price Index, revealing another month of positive gains. Marking 39 months of consecutive year-over-year gains, national home prices, both including and excluding distressed sales, increased 6.3 percent in May compared to the same

CareerBuilder releases new labor market rankings In late May, CareerBuilder released its second quarter Labor Market 150 Index, which attempts to evaluate and rank the country’s largest metros. Using data from the employment website’s data arm, EMSI, or Economic

2015 shaping up to be a big year for new construction in Atlanta Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area in 2015 is 32 percent ahead of where it was last year. That was the big stat from the latest Dodge Data & Analytics

How has Atlanta’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Atlanta’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, and new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend

What details in latest jobs report bear the most significance for housing? The nation’s unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.3 percent in June, while the overall economy added 223,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Georgia’s housing market Distressed sales throughout Georgia comprised 14.3 percent of all home sales in May, a marked drop from the 19.1 percent market share of a year ago,

Residential construction spending may be up in 2015, but some areas performing better than others Residential construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $359.5 billion in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census

Home prices positive in latest Case-Shiller, but are there signs of a slow down? Home prices in the Atlanta area posted strong gains in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, rising 1.4 percent from March to April and 4.9 percent from