Atlanta continued to follow the pack in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Home prices in the Atlanta metro area put up solid numbers in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, rising 0.2 percent from November to December and rising 5.1 percent from Dec.

Jim Smith, 2015 President of the Georgia Realtors (GAR), announced the 2015 GAR Awards to individuals for outstanding service during GAR’s 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference in Atlanta. Kimberly Harkey of Statham received the Good Neighbor Award for her

The 2015 GAR Awards given to individuals for outstanding service were presented by Jim Smith, 2015 President of the Georgia REALTORS(R) (GAR), during GAR’s 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference in Atlanta in mid-February. The recipients of the four awards are as

Just how dramatic has housing shifted towards rentals, in the last seven years? Forty-nine percent of Atlanta residents now live in rental housing, a tiny increase up from 47 percent in 2006; furthermore, the renter population in Atlanta is up 7 percent in

Real estate in the Atlanta area started 2015 on a rough note, according to new ABR stats. January was not a kind month to the Atlanta-area housing market, if the new analysis from the Atlanta Board of Realtors is

In 2014, just as in the years before, Americas are on the move to the many destinations that our nation has to offers. According to data compiled by Penske Truck Rental, do-it-yourself movers are consistently moving to the warm and

Lennar Atlanta, the fast-growing division of Lennar (NYSE:LEN), welcomed three new home consultants to its staff as the company continues to expand: Alicia Sipsy, Donna Brown and Anne Kriebel Alicia Sipsy, a West Cobb native, has worked with various builder groups throughout

CoreLogic report shows widespread drops in cash sales. Cash sales continued to drop in November, according to a new report from CoreLogic, which found an increasingly significant portion of all-cash buyers leaving the market, particularly investors. Ebbing closer to

Minority groups have a harder time accessing mortgages in the U.S., including here in Atlanta. In the Atlanta metro area, 25.3 percent of African-Americans are denied in their applications for conventional mortgages, according to a new analysis from Zillow; that’s

Foreclosure activity in 2014 ended well, but pockets remain in dire straights. To cap off 2014, the national foreclosure inventory continued deflating, falling a staggering 34 percent year-over-year, according to CoreLogic’s newest foreclosure report. As of December, the nation’s

Atlanta continued to set the world on fire with its rise in asking prices Asking prices in Atlanta began 2015 on a soaring note, according to the Trulia Price Monitor. Prices were up a whopping 16.2 percent year-over-year in January – good for

Atlanta, according to a new study, is gentrifying more than nearly all U.S. cities. Gentrification is a topic of focus for many cities across the U.S., but a new analysis from Governing has found that few cities have been more radically altered by gentrification

One may think that warmer months are better for selling homes, but the data tells another story. What if we were to tell you that it really makes no difference when you list your client’s home, in terms of

We’ve covered multifamily ascendence before, but this is the most telling statistic of all. Earlier this week, we reported on two facets of new construction: first, that overall construction spending in Atlanta grew by hefty amounts in 2014; and second,

Mercedes-Benz recently announced that it is under contract to purchase 12 acres of the 76 acres of prime real estate in Sandy Springs that Ashton Woods Homes currently has under contract. While Ashton Wood Homes has plans for a mixed-use village

Slow home prices in December are likely to roll over into 2015. Early today, February 3, CoreLogic released its Home Price Index for December 2014. While price appreciation was relatively flat from a month prior, CoreLogic researchers found prices