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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
Atlanta’s housing market continued to grow in confidence in January. Asking prices in the Atlanta housing market increased 14.7 percent year-over-year in January, according to the latest Price Monitor from real estate website Trulia. Though asking prices were flat quarter to
Atlanta’s housing market showed some definite positivity in 2013, according to CoreLogic. Home prices in the Atlanta marketplace rose 15.0 percent in 2013, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index. That was the third strongest yearly increase of all the
December was a fine month to observe just how far Atlanta’s real estate market has traversed. The median sales price for home sales in the 11-county area in Dec. 2013 was $196,000, a 21.0 percent increase from Dec. 2012
Has Atlanta’s housing market picked up any steam in the last year, or is it moving sideways? We’ve been reporting with marked regularity on how the nation’s housing market has slowed down, but is that trend consistent here in
Housing inventory is something we follow pretty closely, and realtor.com’s latest numbers suggest quite a bit about the current housing market. Oh housing inventory, how we love you. One of the major narratives of the housing recovery, it seems
