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Weichert Realtors – The Collective adds to its relocation services

Weichert Realtors – The Collective has brought on Lindsey Sanders, naming her senior sales associate and global relocation director. Sanders has more than 15 years of experience in real estate and previously worked at Beacham & Company, Realtors in Atlanta.

Americans believe the housing market has cooled

Heading into the winter months, many Americans are seeing the housing market cool off. According to ValueInsured’s Q4 2018 Modern Homebuyer Survey, 75 percent of Americans believe their local housing market is cooling off. Additionally, 67 percent of those

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Atlanta ranks No. 2 in list of U.S. cities with largest homes

Atlanta ranked No. 2 in a list of U.S. cities with the largest home sizes, according to a study conducted by LendingTree. The database evaluated the median home size and value for single-family homes, finding the cost per square foot

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This Week in Real Estate: Atlanta named one of the hottest housing markets, new luxury condos, and more

To identify the hottest housing markets in the U.S., Redfin examined metro areas with at least 500,000 people and their current inventory, the number of homes going under contract within two weeks, and the number of homes selling over

Married couples, single females continue to dominate the housing market

Married couples continue to make up the majority of buyers, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. Married couples accounted for 63 percent of all buyers this past year, while single females

Coldwell Banker enters the iBuyer fray in Atlanta

Atlanta’s residential market has added a new player in the iBuyer business. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage joined Offerpad, Opendoor and Knock in Atlanta last week with a program to give sellers a quick-cash option for their homes. The brokerage

Real Estate in Brief: Amazon HQ2 split, baby boomers are retiring with more debt and less savings and more

Amazon announced that Long Island, New York and Washington D.C., Virginia will be the new locations of its second headquarters, ending the year long public contest. The company’s raffle attracted 238 candidates only to end in a surprise twist: the division of

Atlanta home sales continue fall decline as prices outpace 2017

Metro Atlanta home sales continued their decline while prices rose to further outpace last year, according to the October Atlanta Realtors report. In October, 4,448 homes were sold, a 2.9 percent decrease from last year and a 5.3 percent

Technology plays crucial role in customer mortgage satisfaction

Customers favor digital origination channels during the mortgage process and are more satisfied with mortgage companies that integrate technology, according to J.D. Power’s 2018 U.S. Primary Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study. Last year, mortgage customer satisfaction declined with respondents indicating

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National Association of Realtors scores permit for headquarters renovation

The National Association of Realtors was cleared to add two new floors to their 12-story headquarters on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. The plan was first announced earlier this summer and NAR received its first construction permit earlier this month. The

Real Estate in Brief: Tiny homes in big demand, technology makes for better customer service and more

Americans are discovering the big benefits of smaller living as CNN Business reported the growing demand for tiny homes. A recent National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) survey found that over half of Americans would consider living in home

Post-9/11 veterans struggle with housing affordability

With more than 20 million U.S. military veterans in the United States today, it’s important to recognize the specific challenges that they face when they reenter the job and housing markets as they return home. A new study from

This Week in Real Estate: Atlanta neighborhood themes, Walker & Dunlop’s newest acquisition and more

As one of the largest cities in the United States, Atlanta is home to a huge number of businesses. Apartmentguide.com used data from 35,000 business listings to characterize the different neighborhoods of Atlanta — identifying the areas more popular

iBuyers attempt to bring more efficiency to selling homes in Atlanta

Carvana disrupted how automobiles are bought and sold, Uber changed the way we get around, and Airbnb brought a new twist to where and how we stay when traveling. It was only a matter of time before technology entrepreneurs

Real Estate in Brief: Moms are moving to more affordable markets, rent hits new highs and more

A new Zillow analysis found that women with a newborn searched for homes in a market where houses cost $11,500 less than their previous market, undetermined of whether they moved with a partner or family member. For some, this transfer between markets

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Real estate community welcomes new Congress after 2018 midterms

With the midterm elections resulting in a split Congress, many national housing and finance organizations expressed cautious optimism for the future — though several key issues remain in question as 2018 draws to an end. The Center for Responsible

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