Taylor Morrison Home Corporation is once again the most trusted homebuilder in America, according to Lifestory Research’s 2017 Home Builder Study. Polling the opinions of more than 31,000 active home shoppers, Lifestory Research’s survey, now in its fifth year,

The Metro Atlanta metro area offers housing investors the fifth-highest yields in the nation, according to a new study from HomeUnion. Basing its research on single-family rental yields, HomeUnion predicts that Metro Atlanta’s yields will be 7.6 percent, which spots

A number of housing markets in Atlanta are facing astounding levels of evictions, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The numbers are striking: in Fulton County, more than 22 percent of renting households received

On the surface, things look pretty swell for the Metro Atlanta housing market: home sales are up 8.7 percent; median sales price has risen 6.82 percent; time on market is down 3 percent; and both foreclosure inventory and serious delinquencies are

Deals to sell homes failed at a much higher rate in 2016 than in 2015, and that was particularly true here in Metro Atlanta. That was the finding of a striking new report from Trulia, which computed the number

The December housing market was a mixed bag for the Metro Atlanta housing market, according to a new report from RE/MAX of Georgia. For the month, close transactions in the area declined 1 percent year-over-year to 3,908, while median

Two of the 100 safest suburbs in the nation are located in Metro Atlanta, according to new rankings from NeighborhoodScout. Basing its analysis on the rate of property and violent crime per 1,000 residents, NeighborhoodScout found that Johns Creek and Milton were

It makes more financial sense to buy than rent in the vast majority of Metro Atlanta’s housing markets, according to new research from ATTOM Data Solutions. In its analysis, which incorporated 2017 rent data from HUD, wage data from the Bureau of

Smart home technologies are one of the most pervasive trends in real estate today, and a recent survey from Coldwell Banker and Vivint Smart Home found that among the currently available varieties, voice automation is the most popular. Understanding

Atlanta’s housing stock is the No. 15 most valuable in the entire country, according to a year-end analysis from Zillow. Altogether in 2016, Atlanta’s residential properties tallied a worth of just over $413 billion, topping other major markets like

As we mentioned in the last entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series (which covered Generation X, and before that Millennials) the question of “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing in 2017, and for

For years, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but a new analysis of Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents, and at

The Metro Atlanta new construction market continues to put up some of the most impressive numbers in the nation, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In November, Metro Atlanta saw more than $402 million in total residential construction spending,

As we mentioned in the first entry in our “A Guide to the 2017 Buyer” series – which covered Millennials – the question “What does this year’s buyer look like?” is particularly pressing this year. It’s pressing because we start

At the turn of every new year, a question that always picks at any real estate professional’s mind is “What does this year’s buyer look like?” The question is particularly important in 2017 because we’re starting it off by inaugurating

Which counties have the worst housing shortage in Metro Atlanta? See our chart below, which utilizes the latest stats from GeorgiaMLS to find out: County Nov. 2016 Inventory (Months Supply) Cobb 2.49 Gwinnett 2.54 Fayette 2.64 DeKalb 2.9 Cherokee 2.9 Paulding 3.11