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CoreLogic: Home Price Gains Slow And It’s a Good Thing

While home prices continued increasing in August, their pace slowed. Here’s why it’s a good thing… While 2013 was a year of continued turmoil for the nation’s housing market, this year is proving to be the industry’s growing period,

CoreLogic: Foreclosure Rates Continue to Fall

CoreLogic report outlines the country’s foreclosure progress, and it looks promising. The national foreclosure inventory continues to dwindle. However, we’re more than five years removed and rates remain well above normal, pre-crisis levels, according CoreLogic’s most recent foreclosure report.

Atlanta’s Rental Market Continues Strong Performance in 2014

Our city’s rental markets have performed quite well in recent years, and 2014 seems to be no exception. The average rent in Atlanta in 2014’s third quarter was $839, a 0.8 percent increase from the second quarter and a 3.6 percent

Average Down Payment in Atlanta Nearly $40,000

How does the down payment in Atlanta compare with other metro areas? According to analysis from LendingTree, the average down payment in Atlanta is 15.2 percent of the mortgage, which comes out to $39,992. How does this compare with

Residential Construction in Atlanta Slightly Positive in 2014

Construction is the residential sphere is keeping pace in Atlanta in 2014 According to the latest numbers from the Census Bureau, residential construction spending in August was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $351.7 billion, down 0.1 percent

Housing Debt Hurting Older Americans

Older Americans are carrying their housing debt later into life, and as a result, they’re struggling financially. A lot of attention has been given to student loan debt lately, particularly in regards to the impact it’s having on young

Atlanta Home Prices Nowhere Near Bubble Territory

The term “bubble” gets thrown around often nowadays, but the data does not support such statements. The great housing bubble of 2001 to 2008 was a mammoth economic event, one that pulled the housing market through a verifiable roller

Agent Publishing’s Anne Hartnett Named To Folio’s Top Women in Media

Anne Hartnett, co-founder of Agent Publishing, has been nominated as one of Folio’s Top Women in Media. Folio is a multi-channel resource for the magazine and online media industry that uses digital media, print and events to help media

Ballooning Prices Help Homeowners Regain Equity

American homeowners are finding that rising home prices are helping them reclaim some of the equity lost during the housing crisis, CoreLogic reports. The value of homes, since the bursting of the housing bubble in 2007, have been struggling

Atlanta-Area Home Sales Drop by Double Digits in August

In terms of both sales and prices, Atlanta’s housing market slowed in August. Home sales in the 11-county Atlanta area fell 14.2 percent from July to August, closing out the month with 4,062 sales, according to fresh analysis from

CoreLogic Reveals June Cash Sales

Cash sales, while still a prevalent portion of total sales, continue inching closer and closer to pre-crisis levels, according to CoreLogic. Cash sales continue ebbing closer and closer to pre-crisis levels, according to CoreLogic’s recent June sales report. Nationally,

Atlanta Asking Price Growth Among Best in Nation in August

Asking prices continued their ascent in August, according to new numbers from Trulia. Asking prices in the Atlanta area rose 13.3 percent year-over-year in August, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. That gave Atlanta the seventh-strongest

Housing Inventory Not in Favor of First-Time Homebuyers

Though overall housing inventory is showing signs of recovery, it’s not progressing in a way that helps first-time homebuyers. According to the National Association of Realtors, 2014 has been a very good year for housing inventory. After falling precariously

How Much is $1 Million, Really?

$1 million is a hefty chunk of change, but new data shows that it goes much farther in some metro areas than in others. How much is $1 million, in the grand scheme of things? According to some very interesting

CoreLogic Report Examines Growing Home Prices

Home prices continue rising, CoreLogic finds, but the geographic drivers of the increases may be shifting. Home prices continued to show signs of improvement in July, according to the latest Home Price Index report from CoreLogic. Nationwide, home prices, including

Negative Equity Heavily Concentrated in Lower Price Points

Negative equity persists in today’s housing market, but its impacts are not equally felt in every price point. Earlier this week, we reported on new findings by Zillow that a whopping 42.6 percent of Generation X mortgage holders are

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