Smith Douglas, a 40-year-old veteran of the home building industry, is pleased to announce the launch of SDC Realty. The new realty company will exclusively market the new home listings for Smith Douglas and represent communities in Cherokee, Forsyth,

Many factors influence homebuyer preferences when looking at newly built homes, including their ethnicity. When looking at preferences among the buyers of newly built single-family homes, how do those preferences differ when looking at the buyers’ ethnicity? According to

Builder confidence stabilized in March after experiencing its worst month in sometime in February. After a horrid month that saw builder confidence fall to its lowest level in 12 months, the NAHB’s Housing Market Index stabilized in March. The

Millennial homebuyers will be the next great source of housing demand; what traits set them apart from other generations? The National Association of Realtors’ Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends report is among the more detailed homebuyer surveys out there,

Median time on market was way out of whack during the years of the downturn; has it finally turned the corner? Time on market has been among the most oft-watched measures of the housing recovery, and new numbers from

With its final building currently under construction, Jim Chapman Communities will finish the last of its 140 homes in Brookhaven at Sugarloaf in May 2014. These homes will offer award winning floor plans and amenities priced from the $280,000s.

Rockhaven Homes, the premier builder of intown Atlanta homes, has announced its newest communities in the highly sought after city of Dunwoody. Falkirk and Woodall Preserve offer modern 4-5 bedroom brick homes on spacious lots in private communities. Located just

About Sales, Inc’s Stonecrest Homes are off to a successful start this year. In January alone, the builder welcomed a new model home at The Springs in Sterling on the Lake in Flowery Branch and as well hosted a

How did the Atlanta area’s real estate market look in February, based on the latest ABR measurements? The median sales price for single-family homes in the 11-county Atlanta area rose 16.9 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest

Threatening to halt any progress the market made in recent years is the fact that first-time homebuyers are struggling mightily. In fact, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently reported that first-time homebuyers possess the lowest market share the

Property values in Atlanta continued to increase in February, according to the latest numbers. Home values have been rising steadily in many metropolitan housing markets, but did that progress end in February? Take a look at our graph, which

Multifamily housing has been the darling of the post-boom housing market, but can it sustain its levels of success in 2014 and beyond? A couple weeks ago, amidst headline-grabbing reports on home sales and construction, there was a little,

We know, rising home prices are a very good thing, but are there elements of housing that they actually harm? We’ll start off with an affirmative statement – there are many good things that come about from rising home prices.

Our fine metro area continued to make progress through its foreclosure inventory in 2013, according to new analysis. Foreclosure inventory in Atlanta area is down a whopping 38 percent year-over-year through January, according to the latest National Foreclosure Report

The features in a new single-family home change all the time, but what trends will be most common in 2014? Granite countertops? Walk-in closets? Laundry rooms? Yes, yes and yes. There are many possible things that can go into

Confidence remains strong among Atlanta home sellers, with asking prices posting yet more increases in February. Asking prices in the Atlanta housing market increased 12.6 percent year-over-year in February, according to the latest Price Monitor from Trulia. Although prices