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Atlanta New Construction Begins 2015 on Somber Note

The new year is always a precarious time for the new construction marketplace. Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area was just above $333 million in January, a 6 percent decline from Jan. 2014, according to new numbers from Dodge Data &

Lisa Robinson and Millie Smith Co-List Multi Million Dollar Private Estate

Lisa Robinson, one of Atlanta’s most successful brokers and luxury real estate experts, and Millie Smith, one of the city’s most influential philanthropists, have partnered to exclusively represent a $6,950,000 grand private estate located on Riverview Road in Atlanta.

Atlanta Home Prices Post Robust Increases in CoreLogic Price Index

The latest price index from CoreLogic covered home prices through January. Home prices in the Atlanta area rose 7.4 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic. That’s good for the fourth-strongest increase of the metro

What Atlanta Counties Have the Highest Rate of New Construction?

Housing starts in the Atlanta region rose 18 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to new analysis from MetroStudy; to a final total of 16,437 starts. Among the main collar counties, though, which ones have seen the most new construction in

What Qualifying Income Does Your Clients Need to Buy in Atlanta?

In the end, buying a home all comes down to dollars and cents, and Atlanta’s qualifying incomes differ in interesting ways with the rest of the U.S. To qualify for a mortgage on a 5 percent down payment, Atlanta homebuyers

Atlanta Nation’s Top Market For Generation X Homebuyers

Those Gen-Xers love Atlanta! According to a new analysis by RealtyTrac, Atlanta has the second-highest concentration of Generation X residents in America, with 18.01 percent of the area population comprised of that generation. Aside from the obvious marketing benefits

Georgia Multiple Listing Service Joins Zillow Partnership Platform

Georgia Multiple Listing Service has joined the Zillow Partnership Platform, which will allow GAMLS’s nearly 27,000 members to send their more than 53,000 residential listings throughout the state directly to Zillow as part of the brokers’ online marketing activities.

Fulton County Saves More by Refinancing

SmartAsset evaluated refinancing around Georgia and the country to find that Atlanta homeowners are saving more. In Fulton County, Atlanta homeowners are saving more each year on mortgage refinancing than anywhere else in the state, an analysis from SmartAsset,

RE/MAX Legends Agents Named Top Real-Estate Professionals in 2014

RE/MAX of Georgia recently named the top real estate professionals, recognizing the accomplishments of the company’s top producing Sales Associates and Sales Team for 2014. Larissa Benson, REALTOR® and Broker with RE/MAX Legends, helped recognize this year’s top producing Sales

Atlanta Posts Strong Price Growth in New Case-Shiller

Atlanta continued to follow the pack in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Home prices in the Atlanta metro area put up solid numbers in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, rising 0.2 percent from November to December and rising 5.1 percent from Dec.

GAR Announces 2015 Outstanding Service Awards

Jim Smith, 2015 President of the Georgia Realtors (GAR), announced the 2015 GAR Awards to individuals for outstanding service during GAR’s 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference in Atlanta. Kimberly Harkey of Statham received the Good Neighbor Award for her

2015 GAR Awards Announced at 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference

The 2015 GAR Awards given to individuals for outstanding service were presented by Jim Smith, 2015 President of the Georgia REALTORS(R) (GAR), during GAR’s 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference in Atlanta in mid-February. The recipients of the four awards are as

Near-Majority of Atlanta Residents Now Live in Rental Housing

Just how dramatic has housing shifted towards rentals, in the last seven years? Forty-nine percent of Atlanta residents now live in rental housing, a tiny increase up from 47 percent in 2006; furthermore, the renter population in Atlanta is up 7 percent in

January is the Cruelest Month For Home Sales in Atlanta

Real estate in the Atlanta area started 2015 on a rough note, according to new ABR stats. January was not a kind month to the Atlanta-area housing market, if the new analysis from the Atlanta Board of Realtors is

Atlanta Lands No. 1 Spot on 2014 Top Moving Destinations List

In 2014, just as in the years before, Americas are on the move to the many destinations that our nation has to offers. According to data compiled by Penske Truck Rental, do-it-yourself movers are consistently moving to the warm and

Lennar Atlanta Adds Three New Home Consultants

Lennar Atlanta, the fast-growing division of Lennar (NYSE:LEN), welcomed three new home consultants to its staff as the company continues to expand: Alicia Sipsy, Donna Brown and Anne Kriebel Alicia Sipsy, a West Cobb native, has worked with various builder groups throughout

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