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Atlanta BeltLine Hires Stacy Patton as Real Estate Director

Atlanta BeltLine has announced the hiring of Stacy Patton as their new real estate director. In this capacity, Patton will be responsible for overseeing all real estate‐related activities for ABI as it pertains to parks, trails, transit right‐of‐way, affordable

Hands-On Approach to Auctions Pays Off in 2014 for John Dixon & Associates

John Dixon & Associates sold more than 1,700 properties in 2014, including commercial buildings with enough floor space to make up 20 football fields. Not to mention 200 homes/condos and 8.5 square miles of land. But the most important

Atlanta Asking Prices Post No. 1 Increase in the Nation in 2014

Asking prices ended the year with a bang, according to new analysis. The Atlanta housing market closed off 2014 in a flourishing way, with asking prices rising 15.9 percent for the year, according to the latest Price Monitor from Trulia. That was

Special Report: Rental Housing in Atlanta Continues Strong Growth

Though Atlanta’s for-sale market is showing signs of a seasonal slowdown, its rental market continues to charge ahead. The rental market in the Atlanta area continued its ascent in 2014’s fourth quarter, completing one of the strongest rental years in recent

The Top 10 Who’s Who Profiles of 2014

This year marked our first-ever ‘Who’s Who in Atlanta Real Estate’ issue – what Who’s Who profiles proved the most popular with our readers? Click through to find

Latest Case-Shiller Reports Balanced Home Prices in the Dogwood City

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

Just How Much is Our Housing Market Worth?

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

Special Report: The Problem of Negative Equity in Atlanta is Far From Over

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 Top 10 Stories of 2014

Of the many story that we published on our website this year, what ones generated the most interest from our readers? Click through to find

3 Very Encouraging Signs for Atlanta’s Housing Market

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

Negative Equity in Atlanta Plummets by 55.2%

The negative equity situation in Atlanta has improved dramatically, according to new research by Zillow. Here is some encouraging news for you to end the week with – here in the Atlanta area, the share of mortgage properties in negative equity

Seasonality Sinks Atlanta Home Sales, While Prices Continue to Soar

The home sales/home prices divide continued in Atlanta’s housing market in November. New numbers are out from the Atlanta Board of Realtors on how the 11-county Atlanta area’s housing market performed in November, and they’ll come as no surprise

Where Does Atlanta Fall on 2014′s Best and Worst Cities for an Active Lifestyle List?

Our nation is notorious for our fast food addiction and couch potato lifestyle. So it might come as a surprising to some that the Physical Activity Council’s 2014 report found that the level of inactivity among Americans aged six

Mortgages in Atlanta Twice as Affordable as Rents in 2014

Everyone knows that mortgages and rents have ran in opposing directions, but the numbers are still jaw-dropping. For some time, we’ve been hearing two independent narratives in housing: one, that mortgage rates and payments were at an all-time low;

Clayton, Newton & Douglas Counties More Affordable Than Historic Averages

A new round of analysis suggests that housing affordability remains strong in all but one county in Atlanta. As if we didn’t already have enough indicators on the housing affordability here in Atlanta, here comes perhaps the most encouraging analysis yet.

Cash Sales in Atlanta Remain Below National Average

New cash sales report says more of the same – we’re staying consistent. In September, cash sales increased slightly despite the autumnal slump, but remain at relatively low levels, according to a new report from CoreLogic. In recent months,

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