Atlanta-based Down Payment Resource announced today the addition of Todd Costigan as vice president of customer relations. Costigan is responsible for account management of the company’s real estate customers, including MLS and Realtor associations. Down Payment Resource (DPR) curates the

This year is shaping up to be a transformative one for new construction in Atlanta. This year is shaping up to be hugely productive for new construction in Atlanta – will it be the long-awaied antidote, though, to the

Where, in the broad Atlanta housing landscape, are home sales the strongest? March was a hugely positive month for Atlanta’s housing market. As we reported, home sales in Metro Atlanta rose 13.8 percent year-over-year and 32.5 percent from February to

How are home prices looking, as the spring market gears up for action? Home prices in the Atlanta area continued their healthy progress in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Per the Case-Shiller’s analysis, home prices in

Relatively speaking, our market is not nearly as fast as one might believe. Atlanta may have a reputation as a progressive, fast-moving city, but that is not the case for the majority of the metro area’s real estate listings, according

We may think we have a firm grasp of our market’s value, but new research suggests that’s not the case. Atlanta homeowners overvalue their listings by 0.49 percent, at least compared to what certified appraisers judge as the value of

March proved a very positive month of real estate for Atlanta, according to new research. March proved a most sensational month of housing activity in the ATL, with home sales rising 13.8 percent year-over-year and a whopping 32.5 percent

Ben Christopher and Denny Jones, two established names in the Metro Atlanta real estate market and co-owners of RE/MAX Greater Atlanta, were awarded the Legacy Award by RE/MAX of Georgia. The awards were presented during the annual RE/MAX of

It takes a very short amount of time to break even on a house nationwide, but such privileges come with significant conditions. It takes just 1.5 years to break-even on a mortgage in Atlanta, meaning the point at which the total

A new CoreLogic study details the fall of cash sale shares across the country. A home is a good investment, but a normalizing market has somewhat thinned out the opportunities to make quick, high yield sales, and as a

Sure, home prices are rising, but is that really a good thing, other economic indicators considering? Home prices have grown faster than wages in 76 percent of U.S. housing markets in the last two years, and Atlanta – where home

Moderate home price gains in February suggest the market may be stabilizing. Home prices continued their strong ascent in February, according to CoreLogic’s newest Home Price Index. Including distressed sales, home prices climbed 5.6 percent from the same time

It’s been common knowledge that Atlanta’s rental market is a relative steal, but is that still the case? For some time now, Atlanta’s rental narrative has been one of remarkable consistency. Compared to other big cities, the narrative has gone, Atlanta’s rents are

Home prices in Atlanta are growing, albeit at a slow rate. Atlanta home prices posted lukewarm numbers in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which looked at data from Dec. 2014 to Jan. 2015. From December to January, Atlanta prices were

The Atlanta Board of REALTORS® premier event of the year, the annual Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club Banquet was held this March at the InterContinental Buckhead. Nearly 900 of Atlanta’s finest in the real estate industry packed the house to celebrate

Housing affordability is a major problem, and new research has added an additional wrinkle to the crisis. Housing affordability (especially in the new home market) may be worsening nationwide, but it has nothing on the affordability squeeze facing renters