Buford City Schools is the best school district in Greater Atlanta, according to educational rankings and review site Niche. Real estate agents should take note. Evaluating on criteria including academics, teacher performance, available resources and the quality of the schools’

Atlanta’s 30363 ZIP code, which includes the city’s Atlantic Station neighborhood, is one of America’s top residential boom towns, according to a new study by realtor.com. The analysis – which looked at job growth, household formations and housing starts

Sales, prices and especially inventory are moving in pronounced directions in Atlanta’s housing market The Metro Atlanta housing market is off to a very strong start in 2016, though the market’s underlying issues persist. That was the big takeaway from the

In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray written by the Association of Mortgage Investors, the group’s executive director, Chris Katopis, calls out TRID as being “well intentioned” but described an atmosphere of “legal uncertainty”

Atlanta experienced the third-largest population growth in the nation in 2015, according to Census estimates. From 2014 to 2015, the Atlanta area’s population grew from 5.615 million to 5.710 million, which was a 1.7-percent increase. The city’s change in population was larger than

Atlanta has one of the busiest luxury housing markets in the country, according to the new Luxury Market Report from Coldwell Banker Previews International. In 2015, Previews reported, sales of homes priced $1 million and above totaled 1,140 in Atlanta. That

Bankrate’s latest Financial Security Index offers up good news There are many studies that look into how Americans spend money, but agents should take note of a new Bankrate Financial Security Index, which measures American consumers’ confidence in the market, their net

Baseball may not enjoy the same status it had in its glory days as the country’s greatest pastime, but in many places it remains as a significant influence on real estate. Well, its stadiums do. A new report from real

Home prices around the country are feeling the Spring season bump. According to a new report from CoreLogic, prices rose 6.8 percent year-over-year in February. At a state level, the gains were universal. “Home prices continue to rise across

In a new report on its 2016 Real Estate Outlook survey, KPMG found that many real estate investors are still confident in the market’s ability to produce returns, though some have found reason to temper that optimism with caution. On

Forget what you thought you knew about the housing market – according to Freddie Mac, 2016’s housing market will see a return to pre-crisis levels. In the year following the recovery surge of 2014, the market slowed – a result

Schools are an integral part of the search process for many a homebuyer, and new research from the National Association of Realtors has reinforced just how non-negotiable the issue is. According to NAR’s 2016 Home Buyer and Seller Generational

Breaking down the many barriers to credit erected in the wake of the mortgage crisis has been a slow process. Credit issues have kept older homeowners from selling and younger renters from buying. But according to Fannie Mae’s Q1 Mortgage Lender Sentiment

This year is shaping up to be a hugely positive one for residential construction in Metro Atlanta, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In February, residential construction spending in Metro Atlanta totaled $648 million, a

The consumer equation is messy – expectations are up, attitudes towards the current market are down, and overall, confidence is on the rise, according to The Conference Board’s March Consumer Confidence Index. Using 1985 as the index’s baseline, where

Construction employment was up across the nation in the early months of 2016, according to the Associated General Contractors of America – a good sign for the industry, which currently suffers from labor and inventory shortages. So, if you