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Designed to be the focal point of the new Sandy Springs City center, the new luxury mid-rise apartment community, One City Walk is to break ground with it’s construction in June of this year. Designed and funded by the
Jim Chapman Communities announce eight new homes at it’s award winning active adult community, Brookhaven at Lanier Ridge. Priced from the $290,000s to $320,000s, each of the homes have exterior brick and stone walls with inviting front porches. With
Current president of the Georgia Realtors, Linda Carol Porterfield, has announced the 2014 GAR Awards recipients that achieved outstanding service in the industry. Founder of the Real Estate Agents in Need, a program to help fellow realtors that have
Home prices continued their double-digit performance in January, according to the latest CoreLogic numbers. Home prices in the Atlanta-area housing market rose 15.9 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Home Price Index (HPI) from CoreLogic. That exceeded
Housing inventory in Atlanta continued to improve in February. Housing inventory in the Atlanta housing market increased 8.10 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest State of the Market report from Movoto. Indeed, relative to other major housing markets, Atlanta’s
We all know that new construction has made steady progress the last couple years, but what’s its share of home sales? As we reported last week, new home sales remain historically low. Though they did hit their highest mark
The latest numbers from McGraw Hill Construction gave us insights to the nation’s new construction markets. New residential construction activity in Atlanta increased 17 percent in January, with total construction spending rising from $265 million to $310 million, according
A new study predicts great things for Atlanta’s housing market in the coming years. Home prices in the Atlanta residential real estate market are expected to rise by 21 percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the latest report
We all know that rising mortgage rates and price increases have taken a bite out of affordability, but how does renting compare with owning in 2014? The homeownership/renting debate is an everlasting one, but in the post-boom housing market,
The Atlanta housing market has made considerable strides in the last year, according to CoreLogic’s latest MarketPulse. Home foreclosures in the Atlanta housing market are down 60.2 percent from their peak, according to the latest MarketPulse report from CoreLogic,
Home prices in Atlanta continued to show improvement in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller indices. Atlanta home prices rose an impressive 18.1 percent year-over-year in December, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Though prices
New construction had a very good year in the Atlanta region in 2013, with the sector experiencing across the board increases. In the 22-county Atlanta region, housing starts increased 67 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to a report
The metro Atlanta housing market suffered some setbacks in January, with unusual weather being the prime suspect. Metro Atlanta garnered national coverage for its freakish January snowstorms, and according to the latest report from the Atlanta Board of Realtors
Has price per square foot continued its 2013 ascent in the New Year? Many things occurred in the housing market in 2013, but perhaps the most notable was the marked ascent in home prices and the price per square
Housing affordability has fallen nationwide in the last year; what of here in Atlanta? Housing affordability in the Atlanta housing market fell a whopping 26.8 percent in 2013, according to newly released data by the National Association of Realtors; that was
Atlanta’s housing inventory continued to improve with the New Year. Atlanta’s housing inventory has continued its steps in the right direction in 2014, according to the latest State of the Market report from Movoto. Per the report, Atlanta’s housing
