We’ve covered multifamily ascendence before, but this is the most telling statistic of all. Earlier this week, we reported on two facets of new construction: first, that overall construction spending in Atlanta grew by hefty amounts in 2014; and second,

What is the marital status of the typical first-time homebuyer? What are the demographics? And finally, how have those stats changed in recent years, and what does America’s ever-diversifying landscape suggest? To find out, see our infographic below, which

Last week, we reported that lending standards have see-sawed up and down the spectrum the last few years, but does that trend change at all when we look at the separate lending standards for refinancing and purchasing loans? Once

We reported last week that in 2014, the median sales price for a newly built single-family home set a new record, closing out the year at $283,600. That’s not only 5.5 percent above 2013, but also a whopping 28.3 percent

2014 was a very good year for new construction in Atlanta, according to the latest stats. Total residential construction spending in the Atlanta area was $5.086 billion in 2014, an 18 percent increase from 2013, according to new numbers from

Construction on the whole was positive in 2014, but that was mostly due to the surging multifamily sector. Private construction may have been up 4.5 percent in 2014, but it was the multifamily housing market that drove that activity,

Hundreds of thousands of potential homebuyers will be boomeranging back to the housing market over the next seven years. The Atlanta area is poised to see more than 280,000 potential homebuyers enter the housing market fray over the next seven

Existing-home sales may have bounced back to life in Dec 2014 (and carried median sales price to its highest mark since 2007), but that was hardly the most encouraging piece of news in NAR’s latest housing report. No, that

We’re all waiting for Atlanta’s housing inventory situation to improve…but that has yet to happen. The inventory situation in Atlanta continued to worsen in 2014, according to new numbers from realtor.com. Per realtor.com’s analysis, inventory in Atlanta dropped by 7.7 percent from

New home sales may have disappointed in 2014, but median sales price was an entirely different matter. December may have capped off a lackluster year of sales for newly built single-family homes, but when it came to the median

Everyone knows that lending standards today are relatively restrictive by historic standards, but are they loosening up at all as housing and the economy improve? To find out, we took an exclusive look at CoreLogic’s Housing Credit Index (HCI),

Here is an undeniably positive development in the housing recovery. Distressed home sales – such as the one in our photo above – were the most visible result of the housing downturn, a true sign of the unfortunate times.

Foreign home sales have been a big deal in the U.S., but could the strengthening economic climate change that? Foreign real estate has been a big deal in the U.S. during the housing recovery, and the numbers speak for themselves

Few housing markets will perform better than Atlanta in 2015, according to new analysis. The year of 2015 will be a good one for real estate in the Atlanta area, according to the latest Market Report from research firm

We’ve come a long ways since the market crash, but new research suggest we’ve still a ways to go. Asking prices may be up in Atlanta by 15.9 percent, but the market remains undervalued to market fundamentals, according to a

Are we finally seeing the triumphant return of first-time homebuyers? We’ve reported in considerable detail that first-time homebuyers currently make up a historically low portion of the nation’s homebuying pool, but could that trend finally be on its way