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A Surprising Number of Homeowners Suffer “Buyer’s Remorse”

We don’t like to pair the term “buyer’s remorse” with real estate, but new survey results suggest we should. The term “buyer’s remorse” is often associated with cars and appliances, but a new survey from Redfin suggests that a

Spring Brings Double-Digit Price Increases to Atlanta Market

This year’s stellar home-price gains continued into the spring, according to CoreLogic’s latest analysis. #485935355 / gettyimages.com Home prices in the Atlanta area housing market rose 14.1 percent year-over-year in March, according to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic.

The 4 Biggest Challenges Facing Luxury Homebuyers Today

What are the most troublesome obstacles faced by luxury homebuyers in today’s housing market? Earlier this week, we reported on a fascinating new study by realtor.com, which looked at what features today’s luxury homebuyers desire the most in a home.

3 Intriguing Details About Today’s Mortgage Environment

The mortgage markets may have undergone a radical change since 2008, but some details may still surprise you. Last week, we reported a rather sobering statistic – according to record keeping by Ellie Mae, the average FICO score for

New Construction Numbers Offer Pleasant Springtime Surprises

It’s been a rough year so far for new construction, but March’s report from the Census Bureau offered some pleasant, unexpected surprises. Residential construction spending in March rose 0.8 percent from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $369.8

New Data Shows Homeownership Comes Naturally With Age

Some new statistical work by the NAHB has brought some life to one of the more known truisms about homeownership. It’s one of those details about real estate that everybody knows – younger people tend to rent, while older

The 4 Reasons Why Housing Inventory is So Darn Low

We all know that housing inventory remains at record-low levels; why is that the case, though? The other day, we reported that housing inventory increased 4.7 percent in March to a 5.2-month supply. Though technically an increase, that represents

Atlanta Home Prices Post Double-Digit Hike in Case-Shiller

Home prices offered few surprises in the latest Case-Shiller report. Home prices in the Atlanta area rose 16.1 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Still, prices in the area continued to struggle

How Distressed Homes Went From Prominence to Nonexistence

Distressed home sales were once the most visible characteristic of the housing market, but they’ve taken a much-desired back seat in recent months. Buried in NAR’s latest existing-home sales report was a precious nugget of housing news – in

Pending Home Sales Finally Reverse Course in March

It’s been a rough year for pending home sales, but March finally brought some good news to the beleaguered housing stat. Pending home sales reversed a longstanding trend of declines in March, posting their first increase in nine months, according

Atlanta’s Housing Market is Not Selling as Fast as You Think

We keep hearing about how time on market continues to fall, but what do the averages tell us about how fast our market really is? Earlier this week, we reported that nationwide, time on market has fallen seven days

HouseLogic Wins Best Real Estate Social Media Campaign of the Year

HouseLogic.com, a comprehensive website for homeowners brought to you by the National Association of Realtors, has won the 2014 Internet Advertising Competition for “Best Real Estate Social Media Campaign.” The website developed original inforgraphics that were distributed via Facebook

5 Peculiarities in the New Construction Marketplace

Fresh numbers dropped this week on the nation’s new construction markets, but there remain oddities and curiosities. The Census Bureau this week released fresh numbers on new single-family home sales, and it was a verifiable bloodbath. At a seasonally

Real Estate, Once Again, America’s Favorite Long-Term Investment

As a long-term investment strategy, few consumers were willing to touch real estate during the downturn, but new research suggests that has changed. Back in 2011, few people wanted to touch real estate with a 20-foot pole – what

Price Per Square Foot Rises in Atlanta

March was a very good month for price per square foot in our housing market, according to Movoto. Those signs of a housing recovery just became a bit brighter. According to the latest State of the Real Estate Market

6 Actually Important Findings From NAR’s Existing-Home Sales Report

While everyone fixates on the specific rate of existing-home sales, here were the similarly important findings in the report. By now, you’ve probably seen the headlines stemming from NAR’s latest existing-home sales report, namely that sales declined 0.2 percent

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