The Metro Atlanta housing market has long stood out for its housing affordability, especially when compared to similarly sized metropolitan areas. Recent studies, though, suggest that Atlanta is becoming a far less affordable place to live, and below, we

Sixteen percent of agents have at least one personal assistant. The median age of new Realtors is 43 years old. And 83 percent are very certain they will remain active as real estate professionals for another two years. Those

Atlanta is one of the best cities in the country for startup companies, according to a joint analysis from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, 1776 and Free Enterprise. And it has room to improve further. “We are at

Single-family homebuilding is showing encouraging strength in 2016, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. Through April, single-family authorizations were at a rate of 736,000, which is 3.3 percent above the revised March rate of 725,000. Monthly new

Today, the National Association of Realtors board of directors approved revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy that will henceforth require all members have the rights to any listing content entered into the MLS. In response to a

The Metro Atlanta housing market began the spring homebuying season in disappointing fashion, according to new numbers from the Atlanta Board of Realtors (ABR). In April, the Atlanta area saw 4,238 home sales, a 9.8 percent decline from March

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Ed Brady, the NAHB’s chairman, explained in the association’s report

Luxury home sales in Metro Atlanta soared in 2015, and according to a new report, agents have zombies and 007 to thank for the surging market. In the newest luxury home sales report from Christie’s International Real Estate, the

Notable news this week included an agent-branded app and Atlanta’s disappearing affordable housing. Catch up on this week’s real estate news with our weekly roundup:   •Housing Initiative Program helps Millennials and young families- The Atlanta Beltline has been a

Millennials may be America’s largest, most vivacious generation yet, but new research suggests that their homebuying prospects have only worsened with time. According to a new analysis from Zillow, more Millennials now live with their parents than at anytime

Overall mortgage activity is down in the Metro Atlanta housing market this year, but that only tells half the story, according to RealtyTrac’s Q1 2016 U.S. Residential Property Loan Origination Report. Through the first quarter, RealtyTrac found, Atlanta lenders oversaw 34,104 originations,

Gwinnett County is consistently among the top-selling counties in the Metro Atlanta area, and for good reason – the dynamic county offers prospective homebuyers many benefits and amenities. Here are three reasons Gwinnett County residents love their area: 1.

We know, we know – private mortgage insurance (PMI for short) is one of the more profoundly unsexy topics in real estate, and offers little of the glitz and glamor of staging, showing and negotiating. But it is a

Every year, REAL Trends, a leading source for industry data and analysis, publishes its 500 lists, which rank the country’s top residential brokerages by transaction sides and total sales volume. This year both Georgia and Atlanta were well represented.

As we discussed in a recent article, making the decision to fire a client is a nuanced process. That is doubly true when you move to execute that decision. Doing the actual firing may seem like the simpler part of the

The National Association of Realtors is no stranger to advertising and unorthodox marketing methods, but the trade group took things one step further last week with perhaps America’s most famous Realtor – Phil Dunphy of ABC’s “Modern Family.” In