Home prices continued their ascent in February, according to the latest index from CoreLogic. Home prices in the Atlanta area increased 16.7 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic. That yearly total was

It’s taken some time, but it appears that we’re finally making headway through the nation’s nasty mortgage markets. Delinquent mortgages and foreclosures were undoubtedly the most public face of the housing crisis, but new research suggests that significant progress

$1 million is a great deal of money…or is it? How much does $1 million really buy you in today’s real estate markets? How much housing does $1 million really buy you? That was the question behind a recent

Housing inventory has been a most blue of topics for our local market, but have things finally turned around? We keep hearing reports that the nation’s housing inventory has turned the corner, but how true is that in our

Could we see a resurrection of the popular Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, via Congressional action? When the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expired at the start of 2014, it ended one of the most popular Great Recession-era government programs. A

The housing market continued to slow in February, according to NAR’s latest report. Pending home sales fell for the eight straight month in February, according to the latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales

We keep hearing about the nation’s residential construction market, but what about our local market? The nation’s residential construction market has been receiving (justly, we should add) quite a bit of attention from analysts and housing professionals alike, and

Everyone is reporting on February’s new home sales numbers, but what broader trends do the numbers reveal? You’ve surely seen the headlines by now: the sales of newly built single-family homes in February fell 3.3 percent from January, and

It was a grand month for home prices in the Atlanta area, according to the latest Case-Shiller. January was a most contradictory month for home prices in the Atlanta area, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

Existing-home sales continue to level out in February, according to the latest analysis by NAR. Existing-home sales continue to soften in February, falling 0.4 percent from January to February and 7.1 percent from Feb. 2013, according to the latest

What are the most important trends and details about Generation X, as it pertains to the housing market? For our second story on NAR’s Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report, we’re looking at the one generation that is rated

Economic inequality is surging just about everywhere; how could that impact the local housing market? Income inequality has become a major news item in recent months, and for good reason – by almost every economic measure, inequality has increased

They’re called the “Post” generation and “Generation Z,” but they mean big things for the country in the coming decades. Here at Atlanta Agent, we report often on the Millennial Generation, and for good reason: at 80 million strong, Millennials

The nation’s construction sector continued to bump along in February, with all measures putting out lukewarm numbers. Another month, another around of lackluster construction numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the Bureau’s latest report, housing starts were

Many factors influence homebuyer preferences when looking at newly built homes, including their ethnicity. When looking at preferences among the buyers of newly built single-family homes, how do those preferences differ when looking at the buyers’ ethnicity? According to

Builder confidence stabilized in March after experiencing its worst month in sometime in February. After a horrid month that saw builder confidence fall to its lowest level in 12 months, the NAHB’s Housing Market Index stabilized in March. The