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Atlanta Asking Price Growth Among Nation’s Best in July

Asking prices grew all over the nation in July, but they showed particular strength in our metro area. #470620827 / gettyimages.com Asking prices in the Atlanta metropolitan area rose 14.0 percent year-over-year in July, according to the latest Price Monitor from

RE/MAX of Georgia Renews Atlanta Falcons Partnership

On Wednesday, RE/MAX of Georgia, for the second year in a row, announced it has renewed its marketing partnership with the Atlanta Falcons, making the brokerage the team’s official real estate partner for the 2014-2015 NFL season. The partnership,

CoreLogic: Atlanta Home Prices Increased How Much?

CoreLogic released home price increases for June, and most market appear to be well on their way to a full recovery. But not all. Home prices are continuing to rise in Georgia’s hottest real estate market, Atlanta, which bodes

Report Reveals Construction Activity For June

Residential construction is gaining ground in many metropolitan areas in the U.S. Unfortunately, not everyone did so well in June.         McGraw-Hill released its June construction report this week, and the news confirmed more of what’s been taking place in

CoreLogic Targets Atlanta Foreclosures in New Report

Almost seven years after the collapsing of the housing bubble, and CoreLogic says the nation is recovery swiftly – maybe too swiftly, in fact. On Thursday, CoreLogic released its June National Foreclosure report, which showed minimal but steady year-over-year

Atlanta Home Price Increases Remain Strong in Case-Shiller

The good news continued for Atlanta home prices, according to the latest Case-Shiller. Home prices in the Atlanta area continued their ascent through May, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Not only were prices up

More Than a Third of Atlanta Home Sales Still All-Cash

All-cash sales still remain quite prevalent in the U.S. housing market, especially here at home. #463245891 / gettyimages.com A hefty 34 percent of home sales in the Atlanta area were all-cash transactions in April, according to exclusive analysis from CoreLogic, the

ABR: Atlanta Home Sales Stumble in June

After a few months of solid growth, home sales in the Atlanta area took a step back in June. After a few strong months of growth, Atlanta-area home sales stumbled again in June, according to the latest market brief

Will the Future of Atlanta Be Reached on Foot?

Suburban sprawl over the last 50 years has led to an expanse of drivable city space, but a recent study suggests walkable urbanization may be the direction of the future. For the past half-century, suburban sprawl has helped define

Between a (Rental) Rock and a Hard Place

The unaffordable simply becomes more unaffordable in today’s whacky rental landscape. #88689600 / gettyimages.com At the start of July, we reported on the latest rental data from Reis, which found that the nation’s rental market continued to grow more expensive

Holt Builders Revitalizes Stonewater Creek

Holt Builders has recently completed its first phases of refurbishing Stonewater Creek, a Hoschton home development in Gwinnett County. After the most recent economic recession, many home communities failed due to foreclosures and falling property values—Stonewater Creek was one

Large Number of Atlanta Owners Face Housing Cost Burdens

Cost burdens have become commonplace in housing, and they’re especially pronounced in the nation’s largest metro areas. #145868156 / gettyimages.com The housing market has bounced back in a major way the last couple years, but it’s introduced us to

Buyer Traffic in Atlanta Down Substantially From Last Year

Anyone can observe that buyer traffic is down from last year, but a new report tacks a number to that decline – and it’s a big one. #159449352 / gettyimages.com We’re hardly the first publication to point out that buyer

CoreLogic: How Many Foreclosures Has Atlanta Completed?

The nation continues to improve, clearing out thousands of foreclosures each month, but some states and cities are doing better than others. In May, the national foreclosure inventory continued its 31 consecutive months of year-over-year declines, dropping 4.8 percent,

Atlanta Asking Price Increases Among Nation’s Strongest in June

The good news train continued rolling in June with the release of Trulia’s latest Price Monitor. #475618395 / gettyimages.com Asking prices in the Atlanta area rose a hefty 15.7 percent year-over-year in June, according to the latest Price Monitor

Foreign Interest in Atlanta Housing Relatively Low

Though foreign interest in U.S. real estate remains high, it’s much stronger in certain metro areas than here at home. #157066422 / gettyimages.com International homebuyers have been one of the major narratives of the post-bubble housing market here in

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