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Spring Showers Bring Housing Flowers in Atlanta

Atlanta’s housing market in April proved that March was no fluke April was another universally positive month for housing in Atlanta, with home sales, sales price and even inventory all showing considerable improvement, according to the latest analysis from

CoreLogic: Dogwood City Keeps Foreclosures Under 1%

A new report from CoreLogic shows foreclosures are falling across the nation, mostly The nation’s foreclosure inventory is in decline, falling 25.7 percent year-over-year in March, which represents a continued effort to regain the market normalcy enjoyed in pre-crisis

Chief of State, Not Chief of Housing

A new study uses homeownership rate to rank the best and worst presidents for housing…but it’s a bit more complicated than that. In early May, economist Roger Thomas of ValueWalk.com released an analysis (of sorts) on homeownership rates from

Real Estrange; Sleeping with Your Realtor, Sex Sells, Homemade Explosive Device

Home Buying 101: Don’t Sleep with Your Realtor We’ve all been advised not to “mix business and pleasure,” and Houston-born rapper Slim Thug can attest to the value in that advice. In a New York Times article the rapper

Investor Interest Surges in First Quarter Flipping Report

A new report from RealtyTrac confirms investors are gaining traction in the flipping market. But is there enough inventory to go around? Single-family home flips were up in 2015’s first quarter, according to a RealtyTrac U.S. Home Flipping Report.

Groupon Director of Editorial Content Joins Agent Publishing as Editor-in-Chief/Vice President of Content Strategy

Agent Publishing, the country’s dominant hyper-local B2B real estate media company, has announced John Thomas, 50, has joined the firm as editor-in-chief and vice president of content strategy. Most recently, Thomas was director of editorial content for Chicago-based Groupon

April’s Jobs Report: Unemployment, Construction and Wages

While unemployment continued declining in the new jobs report, slow wage growth points to an overall tighter labor market. The Labor Department released its April jobs report today and the response has been somewhat neutral, as limited gains tell

The 4 Reasons Why Housing Inventory is So Low

We keep hearing how low inventory is in today’s housing market, but why is that the case? The National Association of Realtors’ existing-home sales report for March was an altogether positive take on housing, with sales rising 6.1 percent

3 Shocking Ways That Inequality is Harming Housing

A new Zillow analysis shows in stark terms just how damaging inequality is for housing’s future. Call it “The Great Housing Divide.” Although homeownership – on the strength of record-low mortgage rates – remains incredibly affordable, rising levels of

CoreLogic: Atlanta Tops Nation to Reach Premier Status

March represents another month of home price appreciation, according to CoreLogic. CoreLogic released its March Home Price Index (HPI) today, and the findings reflected a continued strengthening of prices nationwide. Including distressed sales, national home prices rose 5.9 percent in

Real Estrange; Tweeting for Buyers, Overcrowded Open Houses, American Horror Story

Tweeting For Buyers Social media has certainly become a focal point in our lives, but who thought you could successfully sell a house on Twitter? Rich Burghgraef, an account executive with Randolph Sterling, created a Twitter account, Bob the

Industry Veteran Todd Costigan Joins Down Payment Resource

Atlanta-based Down Payment Resource announced today the addition of Todd Costigan as vice president of customer relations. Costigan is responsible for account management of the company’s real estate customers, including MLS and Realtor associations. Down Payment Resource (DPR) curates the

Non-Homeowners Show No Signs of Jumping on Buying Bandwagon

We keep hearing that many consumers are ready to enter the homebuying fray, but new analysis casts doubt on that sentiment. Fewer and fewer Americans are planning on purchasing a home, according to a new survey from Gallup. Gallup’s

Will Atlanta’s Booming New Construction Market Solve Inventory Problems?

This year is shaping up to be a transformative one for new construction in Atlanta. This year is shaping up to be hugely productive for new construction in Atlanta – will it be the long-awaied antidote, though, to the

Americans See Real Estate as Best Long-Term Investment

Housing may have taken a beating during the downturn, but its reputation has recovered marvelously in the public’s eye. Americans consider real estate as their best long-term investment, according to a new survey by Gallup. That’s the second year

Atlanta’s Top-Selling Counties

Where, in the broad Atlanta housing landscape, are home sales the strongest? March was a hugely positive month for Atlanta’s housing market. As we reported, home sales in Metro Atlanta rose 13.8 percent year-over-year and 32.5 percent from February to

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