The ins and outs of buyer traffic around the holidays It has been long been considered common knowledge that the buying craze of Black Friday does not extend to real estate, thanks to a lack of large savings for homes

Green construction is growing faster than conventional construction. It currently provides 2.3 million jobs and $55 million in residential construction spending, which is expected to grow by $45 million by 2018. The homebuyers driving that growth are becoming increasingly eco-conscious, and the National Association of

Atlanta is still budget-friendly for Millennials Although skyrocketing housing costs and limited space have kept millennials from buying housing in popular metropolitan areas, Atlanta housing is still in the range of affordability for the average millennial. Bloomberg L.P., a

Latest CoreLogic report shows prices falling moving into 2015. However, experts say we’re still poised for a strong year. National home prices climbed yet another rung on the industry ladder in November, according to CoreLogic’s latest home price report.

What obstacles remain in the homebuying process? Consumers have many expectations for the housing market in 2015, but they’re also operating under little allusion as to the obstacles that remain in place between them and their dream home. So

Agents may be looking up when it comes to 2015’s housing market, but how do consumers feel about the impending year? The news cycles have been chock-full of stories on what analysts and trade professionals expect for housing and

Economic sentiment has been pretty low for some time here in America, but does new survey data show that’s changing for the better? After a long purgatory, it seems that Americans are finally re-gaining their confidence in the economy,

What should be on your horizon, as the 2015 housing market begins to take shape? The 2015 housing market is nearly upon us, and to help you prepare in your business, we’ve described below three of the big trends

S&P’s newest Case-Shiller report revels a slow climb towards balance and a strong end to 2014. It was another month of balance for Georgia’s capital, according to the newest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Atlanta home

We all know that our housing market has quite a bit of value behind it, but what’s the big number that it all adds up to? We’ll cut straight to the big number – $370 billion. That’s the cumulative

Negative equity may be down in Atlanta, but that doesn’t mean that it’s no longer a problem. Last week, we reported a much-needed dosage of good news – that after peaking a few years back, negative equity in Atlanta has fallen

The latest new home sales report is out, but what details of that report should you keep in mind for your business? The latest Census Bureau report on new construction dropped this morning, and it concerns the home sale

Hey! Congress did something good! Here’s a great piece of news for the holiday season – in a refreshing act of bipartisanship, the Senate approved a measure 76-16 this week to extend the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act (MFA) through 2015;

November Marks a Month of Decline, But PromiseAs the temperature falls, so have existing-home sales, but numbers still indicate a slow return to normalcy. The market peaked for 2014 in October, according to the National Association of Realtors recently

The Fed’s language on interest rates changed at its last meeting, throwing into question its future policies. It’s the big question on everyone’s mind – when will the Federal Reserve decide to raise interest rates? Indeed, there are few

Atlanta’s housing market is on the up and up, and we’ve got a few signs of the market’s healthy progress. A couple days ago, we reported that Atlanta’s housing market continues to moderate, with home sales activity showing a