Throughout the first four months of 2015, home sales in the U.S. were the best they’ve been in eight years. Helped by a one-half percentage drop in fixed mortgage rates, home sales from January to April this year surpassed

U.S. mortgage rates were increasing at steady clip in 2015 until global economic events intervened The economic turmoil in Greece and China could possibly benefit U.S. homebuyers. That cause and effect was the chief finding in Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage

2015 shaping up to be a big year for new construction in Atlanta Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area in 2015 is 32 percent ahead of where it was last year. That was the big stat from the latest Dodge Data & Analytics

How has Atlanta’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Atlanta’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, and new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Georgia’s housing market Distressed sales throughout Georgia comprised 14.3 percent of all home sales in May, a marked drop from the 19.1 percent market share of a year ago,

Progress has been made on negative equity front, but troubling trends persist In the Atlanta housing market, 23.2 percent of mortgage holders remain underwater, and a majority will not reach positive equity for some time. That was the sobering finding of

Foreclosure activity in the ATL shot up by a double-digit amount in May, according to new RealtyTrac numbers. Foreclosure activity in Metro Atlanta was up 27 percent year-over-year in May, according to the latest 2015 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from

What counties in the Metro Atlanta housing market saw the most sales activity last month? Earlier this week, Atlanta Agent reported that home sales in Metro Atlanta were soft in May, rising just 1 percent from April to May and

Many wonder why renters are not buying homes at a higher rate, but when one analyzes the numbers, it makes perfect sense. First, there was the notable study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which found that only 14.7 percent

In the last 10 years, the market share for multifamily construction has grown by an extraordinary amount In April, the most recent month for which we have data, multifamily construction soared 35.5 percent across the country from March. That was

Atlanta’s strong luxury housing market is showing now signs of slowing down Sales prices for Atlanta’s luxury housing market are leading the charge this year, according to a new Redfin analysis of the nation’s luxury markets. Redfin’s study analyzed the top 5 percent of

This year proving to be especially positive for Atlanta new construction Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area totaled $386 million in April, a 15 percent decline from the $456 million of April 2014, according to the latest report from Dodge Data &

Atlanta’s housing market is humming along, but what counties are performing best? Earlier this week, we reported that home sales in Metro Atlanta rose 8.6 percent year-over-year in April, finishing out the month with 4,339 sales; it was the

Significant challenges remain on the homebuilding front, according to new NAHB research “Booming” is a word that has been associated with Atlanta’s housing market the last couple years, and no other adjective is more appropriate for the market’s new construction sector,

A new Zillow analysis shows in stark terms just how damaging inequality is for housing’s future. Call it “The Great Housing Divide.” Although homeownership – on the strength of record-low mortgage rates – remains incredibly affordable, rising levels of

We keep hearing that many consumers are ready to enter the homebuying fray, but new analysis casts doubt on that sentiment. Fewer and fewer Americans are planning on purchasing a home, according to a new survey from Gallup. Gallup’s