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The 10 most valuable school districts in Metro Atlanta

The Decatur City School District carries the highest housing premiums in the Metro Atlanta area, according to a realtor.com analysis. In the district, the median list price of $565,000 is a 241 percent premium above the median for DeKalb County, which is $235,000.

Midtown named one of the 5 best neighborhoods of 2016

Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood is no stranger to acclaim, but the folks at the American Planning Association (APA) may have very well granted the area its finest distinction yet. As part of its annual “Great Places” report, the APA has

NAR: the 5 curb appeal-boosting projects buyers love most

Ninety-eight percent of Realtors believe buyers respond to curb appeal, a National Association of Realtors report found. Improving a home’s curb appeal is a quick and relatively inexpensive way (as far as home-improvement projects go) to boost a home’s

Georgia properties find interest on Chinese listing portal

Georgia listings have made their way to China, and it’s helping drive buyer interest, a new report from Juwai found. Juwai.com is China’s biggest international listing portal, with more than 2.5 million property listings across 89 countries. The website

One simple way to help buyer clients save money in Atlanta

The chief dilemma for the contemporary real estate agent is: how do I demonstrate my value? It’s a question that can be answered in a variety of ways (i.e. be an information source, develop neighborhood expertise, etc.) and for

The 10 biggest challenges for real estate firms in 2016

Last week, we reported on NAR’s “Profile of Real Estate Firms,” an exhaustive look at the composition of today’s realty businesses and a projection of where they are heading. Our first report looked at the state of real estate firms

A threat to recovery? The major trend challenging Atlanta’s housing market

This year has been a very positive one for Metro Atlanta’s real estate market: there have been 38,585 home sales thus far, a 7 percent increase over 2015; median sales price is up 8.52 percent to $242,000; and negative equity inventory has fallen

Metro Atlanta new construction growing strongly in 2016

The Metro Atlanta new construction market is putting up strong numbers in 2016, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In August, Metro Atlanta saw more than $464 million in total residential construction spending, a 15 percent decline from Aug. 2015. Metro Atlanta’s year-to-date construction

Metro Atlanta household income growth among the top 10 in the U.S.

The Metro Atlanta area has seen the third-strongest growth in median household income since 2014, according to new research from the U.S. Census Bureau. With household income up 7.1 percent, Metro Atlanta’s growth is behind only Birmingham (9.3 percent)

The digital marketing strategy agents can’t afford to ignore

For most buyers and sellers, contacting a real estate agent isn’t their first step. Their first move is to go online. Sixty-six percent of Realtors and 70 percent of brokers have a website, the National Association of Realtors’ 2015 Member

The reason why Metro Atlanta is great for first-time buyers

The Metro Atlanta area features one of the most accessible mortgage markets in the country, according to a Credit.com analysis. Utilizing new data from the Urban Institute, Credit.com found that the average loan-to-value in Atlanta is 87 percent, meaning the

Case Shiller: Metro Atlanta home prices best the national averages

Home prices in the Metro Atlanta housing market bested the national averages the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. From June to July, Metro Atlanta prices rose 0.4 percent, while year-over-year, they were up 5.3 percent. Although

How do agents stay safe in 2016? 3 trends from NAR’s new report

September is Realtor safety month – an important month for real estate. As a real estate agent, you are vulnerable to harassment, being robbed at gunpoint, kidnapping and even murder. Your job can be risky – in fact, nearly 40 percent

Cracking the code: the 10 secrets to maximizing client happiness

In one of his more famous speeches, Don Draper, the central character of the “Mad Men” television series, stated that advertising is based on one thing – happiness. And though his focus was on the ad world, Draper could

3 reasons why Marietta is among Atlanta’s strongest housing markets

Marietta is one of the largest suburbs in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the seat of Cobb County, and as such, it is one of the top housing markets in Atlanta. Below, we have detailed the three reasons why Marietta is

Inventory is tightest in these 5 Metro Atlanta counties

Which counties have the worst housing shortage in Metro Atlanta? We looked through the latest stats from GeorgiaMLS to find out. 1. Cobb County – At just 2.94-months supply, Cobb’s housing inventory is half of what it should be, and is down nearly

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