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Avenue Realty Announces Clarke Hill Development in Decatur

Avenue Realty has announced the opening of Clarke Hill, its newest development in Decatur. Named after author Caroline McKinney Clarke, writer of The Story of Decatur, 1823-1899, the development’s homes are priced from $600,000, with the option of four to six bedrooms

The Enclave: John Wieland’s Newest Neighborhood

John Wieland Homes recently opened the Enclave at Stonehaven, its newest development. Enclave’s prices start from $400,000’s, and buyers are protected by the Wieland five-year or 20-year warranty. Interested buyers are able to customize their homes at Wieland’s new

NAHB: Builder Confidence Slips in November

After some very positive months, builder confidence took a step back in November Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 from October to November in the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo

Metro Atlanta’s Top 5 Elementary Schools

Buford Academy in the Buford City School District is the top elementary school in the Metro Atlanta area. That ranking came courtesy of the analytics website Niche, which just released its 2016 rankings of public schools from across the

Engel & Völkers Receives Award for Best Marketing Campaign

Shirley Gary, the managing owner and broker of Engel & Völkers, recently received the 2015 Gold OBIE for “Best Marketing Campaign for an Associate” at the 35th Annual Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association Awards. “We carefully considered and planned our

5 Things You Need to Know About NAR’s Upstream Initiative

NAR and RPR push forward with Upstream initiative The National Association of Realtors and Realtors Property Resource have made an agreement with UpstreamRE LLC to develop a cross-industry platform for real estate data entry, collection and distribution for real

4 Telling Stats for Metro Atlanta’s Housing Market

Metro Atlanta’s housing market in October was solid and steady October was a positive month for Metro Atlanta’s housing market, with sales, prices and inventory all in positive territory, according to the newest report from the Atlanta Board of

The 6 Characteristics of Homebuyers in 2015

What does the typical homebuyer look like in 2015? Earlier this week, we reported on first-time homebuyers, and how they are now at their lowest market share since 1987. That information came courtesy of the 2015 Profile of Home Buyers

Atlanta Named No. 5 Best City for Real Estate Investors

The investor-market dynamic has shifted since the boom and bust years. Returns are no longer astronomical and scooping up discounted foreclosures isn’t as easy as it once was, but the promise of profit has far from dried up, as

The Providence Group of Georgia, LLC wins 18 OBIE Awards

The Providence Group of Georgia, LLC was recognized 18 times for its achievements in the homebuilding and marketing categories at the 35th Annual OBIE Awards. Presented by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, this

Traton Homes Wins 6 OBIEs

Traton Homes won two gold and four silver awards at the 35th Annual OBIE Awards on Nov. 7. Hosted by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, Traton’s OBIE wins were: Gold OBIE for McClure

Black Mortgage Applicants Denied Substantially More in Atlanta

Mortgage markets have improved, but the inequities are still pronounced Black mortgage applicants in Metro Atlanta are denied at more than twice the rate of all applicants, according to new research from Zillow. All Applicants (2013) Black Applicants (2013)

CoreLogic: Georgia’s Biggest Metro Sheds Foreclosures

In September, foreclosure inventory continued its rapid decline, falling 24.3 percent since the same time last year, a new CoreLogic report found. As a testament to the market’s recovery – and a more total economic recovery – since the

6 Important Facts about First-Time Homebuyers

First-time homebuyers continue to lose market share in today’s housing market First-time homebuyer share has dropped to its lowest level in 27 years, with just 32 percent of all existing-home sales going to first-time buyers in 2015. That was one

Haunt Couture

In 1855, the Gustav Mayer House was built by New York Militia commander David Ryers on Staten Island. The 7,700-square-foot, 10-bedroom mansion has had a few owners since then, and fell into disrepair after the infamous real-life subjects of

4 Big Trends in the U.S. Job Market

October was more of the same for the U.S. job market, but was it enough to sway Fed policy? The U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate held firm at 5.0 percent, according to the

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