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At midyear, Atlanta’s inventory gains fall short of need

  As 2019 breezes past, the June 2019 report from the Atlanta Realtors Association confirms that at midyear, the Atlanta real estate market is steadily shifting into a neutral territory between a market favoring buyers and one that favors

Lone Wolf and Real Estate Webmasters join up; HomeLight announces digital mortgage acquisition

Transaction management and CRM companies join forces Lone Wolf and Real Estate Webmasters announced this week that they will be teaming up to expand what they offer agents and brokers. Lone Wolf, which works with 700,000 real estate professionals

Where Democratic presidential candidates stand on housing issues

Of the dozens of candidates currently in the running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2020, several frontrunners have made housing and real estate central pieces of their platforms. Here’s where the current frontrunners in the Democratic

Homeowners and appraisers agree more on value

July marked the second consecutive month of tightening margins between owners’ estimates of home values and the professional opinions of appraisers, according to Quicken Loans’ National Home Price Perception Index. Appraised values were only 0.71 percent lower nationwide than

Atlanta ranks among top cities for first-time homebuyers

Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the Atlanta metro area third on this year’s list of best large cities for first-time homebuyers.  The City of Atlanta ranks No. 25 overall and No. 3 among large cities out of 300

Realogy sues Compass over alleged illegal business practices

On the same day, Compass settled a lawsuit against one titan of the real estate industry while finding itself at the center of a new, explosive complaint from another competitor. In a summons filed in the Supreme Court of

Brock Built Homes purchases 40 acres for West Highlands new phase

Last month, Brock Built Homes paid approximately $5 million for more than 40 acres on the west side of the city. Located near Proctor Creek, the sprawling CSX Corp. train terminal and the planned Westside Reservoir Park, the acquisition

Most consumers would wait up to 3 months before cutting the price on their home

Home prices across the U.S. have been rising faster than inflation and average wages for several consecutive years, although in some cases, that trend is beginning to slow or even reverse. That may be due to homeowners getting more

Peachtree Corners may get 153 new townhomes

A new, 153-unit townhome project is coming to one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods, Mechanicsville. The project is proposed for an assemblage of 20 acres along Jones Mill Road at Florida Avenue, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On July 16,

Mortgage delinquencies hit historic lows

Loan delinquency rates hit their lowest level in 20 years this past April, according to a new report from real estate data firm CoreLogic, showing that American homeowners continue to thrive about a decade after the housing market’s near-collapse. The report

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Midyear job gains encouraging, particularly for construction

While casual observers might have been expecting dismal numbers in the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labors Statistics following expectedly soft figures in May’s report, Friday’s jobs report was actually pretty encouraging. The total nonfarm job count

How a big fee hike turned into a break for vets

This Fourth of July, the mortgage industry has good news for veterans in high-cost real estate markets. Thanks to the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, veterans who secure loans through

Taking a look at mayor Bottoms’ affordable housing plan

Just last week, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she was putting one of her central campaign promises into action. The document is a citywide affordable housing plan that invests $1 billion in public and private funds to

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Where Atlanta’s world-class traffic congestion ranks nationally

Traffic: It’s everybody’s worst nightmare, especially for those who have a daily commute in or around the metro Atlanta area. A recent story in Business Insider ranked Atlanta as No. 6 on a list of the top 50 worst

Zillow home value estimate adds new AI capabilities

Zillow’s trademark “Zestimate” feature, which lets homeowners and prospective buyers see the estimated value of almost any residence, has been upgraded to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities that the company says will improve accuracy. According to a

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This week in Atlanta real estate: a rare condo stack, $100 million mixed-use project and more

Luxury condo tower near the Beltline features 10 full-floor residences Ten exclusive 3,400 square foot full-floor residences are planned to rise just steps from the Eastside BeltLine and Old Fourth Ward Park. Originally outlined as a 21-story luxury condo

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