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Atlantans score big with Super Bowl Airbnb rentals

As one of the country’s leading convention cities, Atlanta usually has enough hotel rooms at various price points to handle whatever group comes our way. And then there’s the Super Bowl. More than one million folks are headed here

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This week in Atlanta real estate: More Gwinnett County development, Zillow Offers hub and more

  Several developers in Gwinnett County have applied to the county’s department of planning and development to build new multifamily projects.  Hathaway Development proposed building 305 apartment units that will include 148 one-bedroom units, 127 two-bedroom and 30 three-bedroom apartments on 23.9 acres

Real Estate in Brief: Overseas investment, shifting strategies and more

There are signs that Chinese investors have begun significantly curtailing their exposure to U.S. real estate, partially in response to fraying relations between the two nations. According to data from Real Capital Analytics reported by the Wall Street Journal

Fed poised to pause on rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sent the strongest signals yet that the central bank would hold off on raising the key federal funds rate, implying that consumer interest rates like those on home loans may not rise much higher

White House presses for changes at Fannie and Freddie

The White House has made a strong push in recent months for reform at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-sponsored enterprises that work to stabilize the U.S. mortgage market. However, the administration’s plans for how exactly it would

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This Week in Atlanta Real Estate: New construction, affordable home approval and more

Financing for several affordable housing projects was approved by Mayor Keisha Bottoms and the Invest Board of Directors that will bring rental units to one of the city’s commercial corridors as well as for-sale properties in the Vine City

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Real Estate in Brief: Hope for homebuilders, FHFA shakeups and more

While the broader U.S. financial market has struggled to recover from a sudden drop in stock prices near the end of 2018, shares of major homebuilders have made big gains. The Wall Street Journal reported that since the start

Price cuts improve affordability for new construction buyers

The residential property market continues to look better for prospective buyers as the trend of falling prices extends into the new construction segment. In the fourth quarter of 2018, according to data from Zillow, more than a quarter of

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Why home remodelers are thinking like real estate brokers in 2019

Homebuilders today are finding their business prospects increasingly pressured by higher costs for materials and skilled labor. Those costs — and financial strain — inevitably trickle down to real estate developers, homebuyers themselves and even the real estate agents

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December home sales show market headwinds subsiding

The most recent existing home sales report from the National Association of Realtors found sales volumes decline on both a monthly and annual basis in the final weeks of 2018. December home closings touched their lowest annual rate since

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Median home sales price increasing at more than twice the national rate

The effects of low inventory caused housing prices to go up over the last year in the Atlanta market while at the same time, there were fewer home sales, according to December housing figures released by RE/MAX Georgia. In

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Prices, inventory continue to rise in Atlanta

Housing sales were down across metro Atlanta in December 2018 over the same period in 2017, according to information compiled by the First Multiple Listing Service. Last month tallied 3,656 residential sales, a decrease of 21.3 percent from December

What agents and their clients should know about moving scams

Agents have a responsibility to do right by their clients in every way possible, but in the complex, lengthy process of buying and selling a home, not everything may be within an agent’s full control. Criminals and con artists

Home listing growth accelerates to near 4-year high

At a key moment for the U.S. housing market, Redfin found more evidence that homebuyers are entering 2019 in perhaps the strongest position in years. The number of homes for sale in the nation’s largest markets grew 4.8 percent

Real Estate in Brief: Opportunity Zone delays, single-family rents and more

New federal tax breaks available to real estate investors and developers under the Opportunity Zone program have already attracted billions of dollars from funds set up to utilize them. But the program’s complex, unfamiliar rules has also generated questions,

Successful mixed-use development requires building communities too

The key to attracting tenants to a mixed-use project is creating connections, according to experts on two panel discussions that focused on commercial construction and development in Atlanta Wednesday. The panel discussions, sponsored by Bisnow, included professionals from the

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