The Social Circle City district in Walton County is the most improved school district in Metro Atlanta, according to a new analysis from Trulia. In a partnership with SchoolDigger.com, Trulia analyzed test scores from the past five years to find which

The Metro Atlanta new construction market continued its strong performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Metro Atlanta saw more than $561 million in total residential construction spending, a pronounced 27 percent decline from July 2015. Year-over-year

What do seniors look for in a neighborhood? It’s a smart question for real estate agents to ask, considering the rapid growth of the country’s 65-and-older population. In 2014, 46.2 million people in the U.S. were at least 65

From plummeting sales to skyrocketing levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Metro Atlanta market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research

Lots of exciting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Top stories this week included a project proposal to bring together Atlanta’s downtown and midtown, Metro Atlanta’s growing new home construction market and more. If you

Average closing costs in Georgia are among the highest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But

Lots of exciting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Top stories this week included a new tiny home community that is coming to East Point, a retrospective of Atlanta before the Beltline, and more. If

New home construction in Metro Atlanta is now at its highest level in eight years, according to the latest report from Metrostudy. For the 12-month period ending in Q2 2016, there were 20,449 single-family starts in Metro Atlanta, a

Fairburn was Metro Atlanta’s top luxury housing market in the second quarter, according to new research from Redfin. Within Fairburn’s luxury market, the average sales price was $445,000 million in Q2, a 55.6 percent increase over Q2 2015; that dwarfed the rest

The Alpharetta luxury housing market is among the top-performing in the nation, according to a new analysis from Redfin. In 2016’s second quarter, the average sales price for luxury housing in Alpharetta was $1.281 million, a 15.8 percent increase

By 2100, 24,000 Georgia homes could be underwater, according to a new study. The paper, authored by professors Robert Deconto, of the University of Massachusetts, and David Pollard, a senior scientist with Pennsylvania State University’s Earth and Environmental Systems

The National Association of Realtors compared nearly 100 metropolitan areas and found the top 10 metros where renters would be able to afford housing with data such as employment growth, household income, and qualifying income levels. Atlanta landed the

How do the housing markets compare among Metro Atlanta’s top-performing schools? And how do those scores look when the schools are separated by the home prices of their respective markets? Courtesy of a detailed analysis from RealtyTrac, we have charted

Home sellers in the Metro Atlanta housing market have seen some of the best returns in the nation, according to the Q2 2016 U.S. Home Sales Report from RealtyTrac. Basing its analysis on publicly recorded sales deeds from more than 900 counties nationwide, RealtyTrac

Lots of interesting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Notable stories this week included news on the Modera Midtown development, the Decatur Tiny House Festival, and more. Catch up on this week’s top news with

Home prices in the Metro Atlanta area hit a new peak in 2016’s second quarter, according to the Q2 2016 U.S. Home Sales Report from RealtyTrac. Basing its analysis on publicly recorded sales deeds from more than 900 counties nationwide, RealtyTrac