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Cash Sales: Georgia Leads South in Lowest Cash Sales Share

National cash sales continued their descent in May, a new report released today from CoreLogic showed. For 29 months, all-cash buyers have been leaving the market, as marked by continual year-over-year decreases in market share. In May, cash sales

Windsong Properties Opens New Model Home in Phase II at Heron Pond

Windsong Properties has opened a new model home at Heron Pond, an active adult community in Cherokee County. Located on the pond in the community, the new model is the community’s terrace home design, the Durand. Located in Woodstock, Heron Pond

CoreLogic: Georgia and Atlanta Out-Perform Nation in Foreclosures

Yesterday, CoreLogic released its June 2015 National Foreclosure Report, and the big reveal was foreclosures are still dropping – so not much of a surprise. For another month, national foreclosures fell, with inventory dropping 28.9 percent year-over-year from a

More Positive Trends for Atlanta Housing in 2015

Sales, inventory and prices are all positive in Atlanta’s housing market After getting off to a slow start, Atlanta’s housing market in 2015 has been among the most positive in recent memory, and according to a new report from Atlanta

The Providence Group Opens New Model Home in Roswell

The Providence Group of Georgia announced the opening of its model home at The Towns at East Village in Roswell. “Interested homebuyers can now enjoy touring the community’s new model home to see the spacious home designs and upscale

Top 4 Strengths of the Atlanta Economy

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: Atlanta’s Distressed Sales Fall 16%

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

Why Atlanta Renters are Not Buying Homes

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

Atlanta 7th Easiest Homebuying Market in U.S.

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

10 Metro Atlanta School Districts with the Highest Graduation Rates

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

Zapelo, the “Swiss-Army Knife of Real Estate Software,” Launches at Real Estate Connect

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 Plans Adair Manor Development in Johns Creek

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

Atlanta New Construction Up Double Digits in 2015

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

New Brokerage, Brown Meyers Brokers, Launches in Buckhead

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 Opens First Shop in Brookhaven

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 has the Largest Backyards in the U.S.

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

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