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New Construction Wavers in January, But Long-Term Trends Highly Positive

January may have seemed like a disappointing month of construction, but a deeper look at the trends reveals much to smile about. Overall construction spending in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $971.4 billion, according to the

What Atlanta Counties Have the Highest Rate of New Construction?

Housing starts in the Atlanta region rose 18 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to new analysis from MetroStudy; to a final total of 16,437 starts. Among the main collar counties, though, which ones have seen the most new construction in

Pending Home Sales Hit Highest Mark in 18 Months

Pending home sales shot up in January, suggesting positive numbers down the road. Pending home sales hit their highest level in 18 months in January, according to the latest analysis from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home

What Qualifying Income Does Your Clients Need to Buy in Atlanta?

In the end, buying a home all comes down to dollars and cents, and Atlanta’s qualifying incomes differ in interesting ways with the rest of the U.S. To qualify for a mortgage on a 5 percent down payment, Atlanta homebuyers

CMO-less Century 21 Releases 2015 Strategy

Century has been without a CMO for months, but the company is still moving forward with an eventful 2015 strategy. It has been five months since Century 21’s Chief Marketing Officer Bev Thorne parted ways with the company, and

Atlanta Nation’s Top Market For Generation X Homebuyers

Those Gen-Xers love Atlanta! According to a new analysis by RealtyTrac, Atlanta has the second-highest concentration of Generation X residents in America, with 18.01 percent of the area population comprised of that generation. Aside from the obvious marketing benefits

What Do Single Men, Single Women and Married Couples Value in a Home?

When it comes to a home’s features, does one’s gender/relationship status impact how they prioritize the features? Walk-in closets, new kitchen appliances, nine-foot ceilings, single-level living – all are distinctive features to a home, and research from NAR suggests

Georgia Multiple Listing Service Joins Zillow Partnership Platform

Georgia Multiple Listing Service has joined the Zillow Partnership Platform, which will allow GAMLS’s nearly 27,000 members to send their more than 53,000 residential listings throughout the state directly to Zillow as part of the brokers’ online marketing activities.

Another Sign That First-Time Buyers are Missing in Action

First-time homebuyers are a scarce bunch, these days. Just when it seemed that the news on first-time homebuyers could not get any more distressing, here comes a new report from RealtyTrac to pour salt on the wounds. In short,

3 Important Trends in New Construction Housing

It’s a whole new world out there for new construction, as stunning stat after stunning stat drives home. new-construction-new-home-sales-single-family-median-price-square-footage The Census Bureau’s latest report on new single-family home sales is out, and its findings, at least on the surface,

Fulton County Saves More by Refinancing

SmartAsset evaluated refinancing around Georgia and the country to find that Atlanta homeowners are saving more. In Fulton County, Atlanta homeowners are saving more each year on mortgage refinancing than anywhere else in the state, an analysis from SmartAsset,

Zillow Wins the Battle – Move is Ready for the War

A California judge granted Zillow’s temporary restraining order to keep ListHub data flowing to Trulia. But will they win the case?   The verdict is in – at least for now – and until March 12, a California judge ruled

RE/MAX Legends Agents Named Top Real-Estate Professionals in 2014

RE/MAX of Georgia recently named the top real estate professionals, recognizing the accomplishments of the company’s top producing Sales Associates and Sales Team for 2014. Larissa Benson, REALTOR® and Broker with RE/MAX Legends, helped recognize this year’s top producing Sales

Huge Share of Millennials Return Home After Moving Out

The past few months, we’ve reported on the many thorny issues facing Millennials – that their wages in many industries have plummeted in recent years; that their savings rate is negative; that they have pushed roommate rates up to

Atlanta Posts Strong Price Growth in New Case-Shiller

Atlanta continued to follow the pack in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Home prices in the Atlanta metro area put up solid numbers in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, rising 0.2 percent from November to December and rising 5.1 percent from Dec.

GAR Announces 2015 Outstanding Service Awards

Jim Smith, 2015 President of the Georgia Realtors (GAR), announced the 2015 GAR Awards to individuals for outstanding service during GAR’s 2015 Inaugural & Legislative Conference in Atlanta. Kimberly Harkey of Statham received the Good Neighbor Award for her

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