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Weather/Market Trends Knock Atlanta Home Sales Down 30% in January

The metro Atlanta housing market suffered some setbacks in January, with unusual weather being the prime suspect. Metro Atlanta garnered national coverage for its freakish January snowstorms, and according to the latest report from the Atlanta Board of Realtors

4 Takeaways from Yesterday’s Miserable New Construction Report

The Census Bureau’s latest new construction report is not pretty, but as with all housing matters nowadays, there’s more than meets the eye. Here’s the information that you’ve likely seen, regarding the Census Bureau’s latest report on new construction

3 Trends that Could Influence Housing Inventory in 2014

We keep hearing that housing inventory has no where to go but up…but what factors will actually cause it to increase? “Housing inventory has bottomed.” “Housing inventory will recover.” “New homes will begin entering the marketplace.” Yeah, we remember

4 Essential Features for Millennial Homebuyers

Everybody and their uncle knows that Millennials will be integral to the housing recovery, but what do they actually want in a house? The Millennial generation, which encompasses Americans born between the early ’80s and early 2000s, is the

Builder Confidence Drops 10 Points in Feb. to Lowest Mark in 12 Months

Builder confidence had been on a tear through 2013, but it seems to have hit a road block in 2014. Builder confidence fell precipitously in February, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

Price Per Square Foot in Atlanta Jumps 5.9% in January

Has price per square foot continued its 2013 ascent in the New Year? Many things occurred in the housing market in 2013, but perhaps the most notable was the marked ascent in home prices and the price per square

What’s the Most Effective Bidding War Strategy?

With inventory low and showing no signs of improving, what can agents do to distinguish their clients? Although housing inventory in the overall Atlanta market has been increasing, competition remains steep in the ATL’s top sub-markets. Amidst such steep

Higher Priced New Homes See Far Stronger Sales Increases Since 2010

Though new homes have seen, on average, very impressive sales increases since 2010, the specific gains have told a different story. We’ll start with the good news – after its worst years since record-keeping began in the ’60s, the

Housing Affordability in Atlanta Tumbles 26.8%

Housing affordability has fallen nationwide in the last year; what of here in Atlanta? Housing affordability in the Atlanta housing market fell a whopping 26.8 percent in 2013, according to newly released data by the National Association of Realtors; that was

Inventory in Atlanta Starts 2014 on Right Foot, Rises 8%

Atlanta’s housing inventory continued to improve with the New Year. Atlanta’s housing inventory has continued its steps in the right direction in 2014, according to the latest State of the Market report from Movoto. Per the report, Atlanta’s housing

Trulia: Atlanta Asking Prices Leap 14.7% in January

Atlanta’s housing market continued to grow in confidence in January. Asking prices in the Atlanta housing market increased 14.7 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. Though asking prices were flat quarter to

CoreLogic: Atlanta Home Prices Rise 15.0% in 2013

Atlanta’s housing market showed some definite positivity in 2013, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in the Atlanta marketplace rose 15.0 percent in 2013, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That was the third strongest yearly increase of all the

ABR: Atlanta Median Sales Price Rockets 21% in December

December was a fine month to observe just how far Atlanta’s real estate market has traversed. The median sales price for home sales in the 11-county area in Dec. 2013 was $196,000, a 21.0 percent increase from Dec. 2012

Census Bureau: Residential Construction Jumps 18% in 2013

Last year proved a very positive one for residential new construction, according to the final Census Bureau numbers. Residential construction spending finished out 2013 at a very fine $352.6 billion, according to the final number crunching by the U.S.

Redfin: 8.7% of Atlanta’s Listings Pending in Two Weeks

Has Atlanta’s housing market picked up any steam in the last year, or is it moving sideways? We’ve been reporting with marked regularity on how the nation’s housing market has slowed down, but is that trend consistent here in

NAR: Housing Inventory in Atlanta Rises 27.31%

Housing inventory is something we follow pretty closely, and realtor.com’s latest numbers suggest quite a bit about the current housing market. Oh housing inventory, how we love you. One of the major narratives of the housing recovery, it seems

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