A recent death threat on an Atlanta agent and her child has left many agents in the area unnerved and extra cautious for their safety. The Realtor was hosting an open house when she received the threatening email and immediately notified police. The East Metro

Home prices were up again in July, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Year-over-year, home prices, including distressed sales, jumped 6.9 percent nationwide, while excluding distressed prices increased 6.7 percent. The price increases reflect an overall strengthening of

Housing is well prepared for higher interest rates, according to a new survey The U.S. housing market is strong enough to stand up to an interest rate hike this year, according to a new Reuters report. The report, which surveyed 22

The Dome Penthouse, Tommy Hilfiger’s New York condo, is currently on the market for $75 million. The Manhattan residence offers 5,655-square-feet of living space, with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms on the 18th and 19th floors of the 5-star Plaza

Residential construction spending in the Atlanta area was up 60 percent year-over-year in July, and so far in 2015 is 45 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those stats came courtesy of the latest Dodge Data & Analytics report, a

Daniel T. Forsman, the president & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties, was chosen by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the 2015 Most Admired CEO for Residential Real Estate. This marks the second year in a row that Forsman has

The 2010s may be on track to change tradition, with cities expanding faster their suburbs for the first time in 40 years, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. According to new research by the Census Bureau,

Signings rebound slightly after June’s decline After a negative June, pending home sales saw a small increase in July, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator

Are you a fan of The Silence of the Lambs? If yes, the house where serial killer James “Buffalo Bill” Gumb starves and skins his victims can be yours for the very low price of $300,000. The three-story Victorian home

Average fixed mortgage rates in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest levels since May of this year amid substantial and ongoing global volatility out of China, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped

The Providence Group of Georgia recently opened its new model home at Highpointe at Vinings in Cobb County. Highpointe at Vinings is a gated community with single-family homes priced from the mid-$500,000s to the $600,000s. The Montgomery model has five bedrooms, four bathrooms

During summer 2015, Beazer Homes collaborated with the Kids In Need Foundation to help raise awareness and resources for teachers and students in need of school supplies. The Kids In Need Foundation provides free school supplies to the resource

One man’s Bigfoot video has sparked interest in a rental cabin in Henderson County, North Carolina. Whether the video truly captures Bigfoot fleeing from a small barking dog or not, the video certainly provided free advertising for Carolina Mornings,

Hispanics and other minorities primed to begin housing boom Minorities are projected to have higher homeownership rates than whites from 2020 to 2030, especially among Hispanics, according to a new Urban Institute study. Although white homeownership growth will be

The latest new home sales stats from the U.S. Census Bureau show many things are at work in the new construction marketplace According to the latest new construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales in July

Nichiha, USA has titled The Providence Group of Georgia “Builder of the Quarter.” Michel Cobb, vice president of sales and marketing for Nichiha, says “homes by the Providence Group are replete with unique features and amenities that set them apart