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

Recently, we put together a list of charming and affordable suburbs in the Atlanta area. While a neighborhood’s aesthetic appeal and price are important factors to take into consideration when looking for a new place to live, what the

The prevalence of women in the workforce has grown tremendously over the past few decades, and as a result, working moms have gained buying power in the real estate market. However, as a recent study from WalletHub pointed out,

Notable news this week included a report on indebted Millennials’ ability to buy homes as well as local filming locations for “Captain America: Civil War.” Stay informed about the latest in real estate news with our weekly roundup:  

Luxury housing markets across the U.S. have seen declines in 2016, but according to a new analysis from Redfin, no market has slowed more than Sandy Springs. Through Q1 2016, the average sale price for luxury homes in Sandy

Earlier this week, we reported on NeighborhoodScout’s new list of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S. In part two of this two-part series on crime, we’ll be counting down the top 100 “most dangerous” cities in America. The

If agents are the soldiers in the field, then managing brokers are the generals. Maybe that analogy is a little militant for real estate, but it’s not a bad way of illustrating the relationship between the two. Agents expect a lot

In June of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court saved the Fair Housing Act from being gutted, ruling that intention was a non-factor in disparate impact cases. Late last month, a Washington, D.C. district court handed a knife to

From stagnant wages to competition from cash buyers, first-time homebuyers face many challenges in today’s housing market, but perhaps none is greater than the inventory shortage – a fact that is especially true here in Metro Atlanta. According to

Though crime happens in all major cities, the severity and frequency of it vary greatly from metro to metro, as two new reports from real estate analytics provider NeighborhoodScout recently pointed out. In part one of this two-part series on those crime

This year is shaping up to be a very positive one for residential construction in Metro Atlanta, according to the latest numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In March, residential construction spending in Metro Atlanta totaled $549 million, a 25 percent

Atlanta will be one of the top 10 housing markets in the U.S. for international investors, according to a new analysis from Colliers International. The Global Investment Outlook (GIO) report, which Colliers produces each year, surveyed more than 600 investors