The latest Case-Shiller Indices offered numerable insights into the nation’s housing market Home price growth continues in the Atlanta housing market, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. The latest numbers, which track home prices

Home prices have been on a tear for the past couple years, and new homebuyers trying to enter the market have noticed it becoming pricier to not just buy a house, but even put a down payment on a

After years of heavy reliance on FICO scores, some lenders are now saying FICO’s view is too narrow, focusing too much on past behavior and not enough on consumers’ present circumstances. Alternative scoring systems have become a viable option,

In December, existing-home sales re-found their footing, making up for the misstep in November. What did we learn? TRID was the cause of November’s slip, but it’s not a problem anymore. “Closing time metrics are showing minor effects of TRID,”

Compared to a few years ago, the lending market is doing quite well. In fact, some institutions believe the progress of recovery is such that the market will be fully recovered by the end of this year. Now if

New research finds that millionaire ranks grew strongly in 2015 There were nearly 108,000 millionaire households in the Metro Atlanta area through the middle of 2015, up 6.1 percent from the same period in 2014. Millionaire households now account for 5.2 percent of all

What will the new construction marketplace look like in 2016? The Census Bureau released its latest report on new construction this morning, and as usual, the agency’s analysis had far-reaching implications on where the new construction markets are heading in

Builder’s are confident, and that bodes well for housing in the New Year Builders are starting out 2016 on confident footing, and that spells promising things for the year’s housing market. That was the central finding in the National Association

Higher interest rates may not be that big of a threat to housing’s future, after all With interest rates seeing their first increase since 2008, there is concern that the hike will harm the housing market either through harming

More underemployed college graduates work in the office sector than service One of the common beliefs about the current job market is the underemployed college graduate being forced to work as a barista, or another form of unskilled labor for

Atlanta’s housing market ended 2015 on a high note The Metro Atlanta housing market closed out 2015 in a very positive fashion, with home sales rising by both yearly and monthly measurements. According to the Atlanta Board of Realtors (ABR),

Why has homebuying among single female consumers declined in recent years? During the mid and late stages of the housing boom, one of the more commonly reported success stories was that of the single female homebuyer. As tracked by

In November, all-cash sales came back after an extended decline After a long period of steady decline, all-cash sales in Atlanta’s housing market returned with a vengeance in Nov. 2015, rising 16 percent from where they were a year ago, according to new analysis from RealtyTrac.

Taylor Morrison set to become the No. 6 homebuilder in Atlanta Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, has bought Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods LLC for $85 million, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Acadia is the

The 2015 job market finished out the year on a high note The economy added 292,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Metro Atlanta’s new construction markets are positioned for growth By 2017, Forsyth County will be Metro Atlanta’s top new construction market for single-family homes, according to a new analysis of the area’s construction trends. Based on projections by the Georgia State University