In June, the nation’s housing inventory fell. It’s now at a 4.6-months supply. It’s a trend defining several metropolitan markets throughout the country. A report from John Burns Real Estate Consulting recently explained, at least in part, what may

Nearly half of Americans either have or hope to invest soon in smart home technology, a Coldwell Banker survey found. They probably don’t know that the smart home feature the survey found “most appealing” to homebuyers can be hacked.

From plummeting sales to skyrocketing levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Metro Atlanta market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research

Lots of exciting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Top stories this week included a project proposal to bring together Atlanta’s downtown and midtown, Metro Atlanta’s growing new home construction market and more. If you

Everyone knows the construction industry is facing a labor shortage. Some speculate a worsening of that shortage is imminent. But at least one person – Betsy Scott, director of the think tank Housing Innovation Alliance – believes there is a solution

The presidential election is mere months away, and so far the conversation on the campaign trail seems to be limited to wages, terrorism, crime and bickering. But what about housing? Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, has

Average closing costs in Georgia are among the highest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But

Lots of exciting things happened this week in the world of real estate. Top stories this week included a new tiny home community that is coming to East Point, a retrospective of Atlanta before the Beltline, and more. If

The statistics are hardly encouraging: student debt has more than tripled in the last 10 years; its serious delinquency rate is higher than any other form of debt, including mortgages and credit cards; it now totals $1.37 trillion, and

New home construction in Metro Atlanta is now at its highest level in eight years, according to the latest report from Metrostudy. For the 12-month period ending in Q2 2016, there were 20,449 single-family starts in Metro Atlanta, a

Fairburn was Metro Atlanta’s top luxury housing market in the second quarter, according to new research from Redfin. Within Fairburn’s luxury market, the average sales price was $445,000 million in Q2, a 55.6 percent increase over Q2 2015; that dwarfed the rest

There are four major fears keeping Millennials from buying a home, according to a recent survey from NerdWallet: the fear of committing to a partner; the fear of inevitable home repairs; the fear of not having money for other

Realtor.com and Yelp have partnered to give consumers easier access to neighborhood trend data – and agents could benefit. “Deciding on a potential neighborhood is often the first step in the home buying process,” says Ryan O’Hara, chief executive officer

The Alpharetta luxury housing market is among the top-performing in the nation, according to a new analysis from Redfin. In 2016’s second quarter, the average sales price for luxury housing in Alpharetta was $1.281 million, a 15.8 percent increase

JD Power today named its annual home buyer/seller satisfaction award recipients, and in all four real estate consumer categories – first-time buyers, first-time sellers, repeat buyers, repeat sellers – Century 21 was the top pick; though, the brokerage tied once with

By 2100, 24,000 Georgia homes could be underwater, according to a new study. The paper, authored by professors Robert Deconto, of the University of Massachusetts, and David Pollard, a senior scientist with Pennsylvania State University’s Earth and Environmental Systems