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Making Moves: Guaranteed Rate names new branch manager, Tony Dent Joins RE/MAX Premiere and more

Guaranteed Rate hires Dena Humphries to lead new office in Paulding County Guaranteed Rate will be opening a new branch in Hiram, to be led by 27-year mortgage industry veteran Dena Humphries. The Chicago-based lender operates in all 50

Local apartment construction picks up after a hot decade

New national data on apartment construction shows activity slowing down in general, but features several cities with exceptional building activity.

Making Moves: Dorsey Alston recruits, tech firms grab real estate CEOs and more

  Austin Landers joins Dorsey Alston Realtors Austin Landers has joined Dorsey Alston Realtors. Austin got his start in real estate as an intern for a brokerage team in 2013. An Atlanta Realtors Association Top Producers Club members, Landers

Atlanta’s housing market remained strong in July

Atlanta’s residential market continued to be active last month. Data from an Atlanta Realtors market brief show home sales throughout the area were unchanged from last year’s 5,938, though despite seeing no change from last July, there was a

Redfin: Atlanta is a top city for gaining new residents

Atlanta is one of the top metros in the country for gaining more new residents than it loses, as shown by a July 30 migration report by Redfin. The net inflow of Redfin users headed to Atlanta was 6,113 during

19 new homes coming to Druid Hills

  Elegant Homes LLC of Atlanta has planned to develop 19 single-family attached and detached homes in the historic Druid Hills neighborhood on three acres on Briarwood Drive, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.  Plans have been filed with Dekalb

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Report: Atlanta is among the country’s fastest-gentrifying cities

Central Atlanta has the largest share of gentrifying neighborhoods after Washington D.C., Portland and Seattle, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.  The topic of gentrification brings with it abundant concerns from citizens about

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Atlanta incomes have slipped behind home values but it could be far worse

  It’s often said by economists that housing costs have risen faster than wages in recent decades, but just how wide is the gulf between income growth and gains in property values? We now have a better sense of

Two Forsyth County RE/MAX offices merge

  Two RE/MAX offices based in Cumming have announced that they have merged. RE/MAX Traditions will now operate as part of RE/MAX Regency’s luxury-branded office at Vickery Village, and will serve Cumming and Forsyth County, according to a press

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At midyear, Atlanta’s inventory gains fall short of need

  As 2019 breezes past, the June 2019 report from the Atlanta Realtors Association confirms that at midyear, the Atlanta real estate market is steadily shifting into a neutral territory between a market favoring buyers and one that favors

Atlanta ranks among top cities for first-time homebuyers

Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the Atlanta metro area third on this year’s list of best large cities for first-time homebuyers.  The City of Atlanta ranks No. 25 overall and No. 3 among large cities out of 300

Brock Built Homes purchases 40 acres for West Highlands new phase

Last month, Brock Built Homes paid approximately $5 million for more than 40 acres on the west side of the city. Located near Proctor Creek, the sprawling CSX Corp. train terminal and the planned Westside Reservoir Park, the acquisition

Peachtree Corners may get 153 new townhomes

A new, 153-unit townhome project is coming to one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods, Mechanicsville. The project is proposed for an assemblage of 20 acres along Jones Mill Road at Florida Avenue, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On July 16,

Taking a look at mayor Bottoms’ affordable housing plan

Just last week, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she was putting one of her central campaign promises into action. The document is a citywide affordable housing plan that invests $1 billion in public and private funds to

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Where Atlanta’s world-class traffic congestion ranks nationally

Traffic: It’s everybody’s worst nightmare, especially for those who have a daily commute in or around the metro Atlanta area. A recent story in Business Insider ranked Atlanta as No. 6 on a list of the top 50 worst

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This week in Atlanta real estate: a rare condo stack, $100 million mixed-use project and more

Luxury condo tower near the Beltline features 10 full-floor residences Ten exclusive 3,400 square foot full-floor residences are planned to rise just steps from the Eastside BeltLine and Old Fourth Ward Park. Originally outlined as a 21-story luxury condo

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