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Our first-ever Who’s Who in Atlanta Residential Real Estate was a huge hit with our readers – see which individual profiles generated the most
Our 2015 coverage of the Metro Atlanta housing market ran the gamut, encompassing such topics as the unique cost of renting, the summer homebuying season and Atlanta’s best school districts. Click through to see what stories played the best
Stagnant wages and high rents combine to push homeownership out of reach for thousands of Atlanta residents More than 570,000 renters in the Atlanta housing market struggle with the cost of housing, according to a new report from the Joint Center of Housing
New home sales are shaping up for their best year since 2007 Sales of new single-family homes in November rose 4.3 percent from October and 9.1 percent from Nov. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 490,000, according
Housing is on a precipice of affordability, according to a new study The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has offered some unflinching examinations of the nation’s housing market, particularly in terms of affordability and the growing
Data suggests the young adult homeownership rate is stabilizing After decades of decline, the 25-to-34-year-old homeownership rate has begun to level out, seeing no significant decline in 2014, according to Fannie Mae’s Housing Insights report. That trend, according to
The number of all cash transactions peaked in Jan. 2011, accounting for over 46 percent of total home sales. In September of this year, cash sales represented a much smaller portion of total sales with a 32.5 percent share,
As part of a wider piece of tax legislation, Congress has voted to extended the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Act to 2017. Originally passed in 2007, the act protects underwater homeowners from incurring tax bills on the debt forgiven during
Older consumers will play a big role in Atlanta’s housing market in 2016 Metro Atlanta will see more housing activity from retirees in 2016 than most metropolitan regions, according to a new study by realtor.com. In its study, realtor.com looked at two
PulteGroup has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire certain homebuilding assets of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, from affiliates of Wheelock Street Capital, L.L.C. and the Wieland family. As part of the transaction, PulteGroup expects to
Where does America’s middle class stand financially? New analysis from the Pew Research Center explains The U.S. middle class, which has long defined the country’s economic prosperity, is no longer the majority of Americans. That eye-grabbing finding came courtesy of
It was a month of thanksgiving for the nation’s homebuilders November offered U.S. homebuilders many reasons to give thanks, with permits, starts and completions all in positive territory. According to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau, building
New projections from the country’s Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast big job gains for the construction sector over the next decade and emphasize the growing importance of environmentally conscious building. Over the 10-year period beginning in 2014 and ending
The federal funds rate will rise by 0.25 percent The Federal Reserve announced today that it will raise the federal funds rate, the key interest rate that influences mortgage, auto loans and other forms of financing, by 0.25 percent. Additionally,
Ashton Woods recently announced the hiring of Jason Schwartz as the new general sales manager. Schwartz has been in the real estate industry since 1993. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1993 with a degree in advertising, and
Year-over-year gains in national equity were in the double digits at the end of this year’s third quarter, as a healing economy helped keep home price appreciation positive and consistent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. On Sept.
