In recent years, Atlanta’s economy has been one of the fastest to rebound from the Great Recession. But what has driven this recovering economy? According to a recent study by PNC Financial Services, there are four large factors that

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Atlanta metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Rapid construction keeps supply and demand in check Atlanta is the U.S.’ seventh easiest metropolitan area to buy in, according to a new index by realtor.com. The EasyToBuy index compared the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. on

The Hechinger Report recently released the data for the graduation rates for nearly every school district in the U.S. The data, which draws from the 2013 graduating class, broke down the numbers past the typical statewide average. We took

Industry’s first “right-sized,” cloud-based, mobile real estate management system is born. Today, America’s real estate brokers and agents use separate technology systems for email, lead generation, calendar scheduling and many other tasks. Zapelo is attempting to disrupt this old-school

Ashton Woods announced that it will open its newest community, Adair Manor, in August. The community is situated off the Bell Road corridor in the heart of Johns Creek. Ashton Woods’ single-family homes at Adair Manor are designed to

Building in the ATL Making Significant Progress Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area was up 30 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is 39 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy of the latest

Brown Meyers Brokers (BMB), a new real estate brokerage headquartered in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood, officially opened its doors this week. Owned and managed by Barbara “Bobbi” Meyers, a top-producing agent and member of ABR’s Million Dollar Club, BMB was

Engel & Völkers announced today the opening of its first Brookhaven shop, the latest expansion of the firm’s presence in the ever-growing Atlanta marketplace. Scott Askew, owner of the new shop, also owns Engel & Völkers Intown Atlanta. Laurie Nickless,

Lawrenceville home have the largest backyards in the U.S., according to a new study by Zillow. With 14,375 square feet per average lot, Lawrenceville’s average backyard is almost the size of one-quarter of a football field. On the opposite end of the

In 2015, the number of construction projects in the greater Atlanta area has grown nearly 15 percent in the second quarter compared to the same time period last year. In the second quarter of 2015, there were nearly 150

Traton Homes recently announced that its newest community, Olde Anderson Estates, is planned to open in Sept. 2015. Olde Anderson Estates will be made up of nine luxury houses priced from the $700,000s. The community will be located on

Home prices were positive for the Atlanta housing market in May’s Case-Shiller Home prices in the Atlanta housing market rose 1.4 percent from April to May, and 5.1 percent from May 2014, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods recently announced the location for it’s newest low maintenance luxury project, 120 West Wieuca. Located near Buckhead and Sandy Springs, each townhouse in 120 West Wieuca features up to 3,800 square feet of space.

What counties in Metro Atlanta saw the most housing activity in June? As Atlanta Agent reported last week, residential sales in Metro Atlanta were very positive in June, rising 17.1 percent from May (the best monthly increase since 2011) and