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Census Bureau: Residential Construction Jumps 18% in 2013

Last year proved a very positive one for residential new construction, according to the final Census Bureau numbers. Residential construction spending finished out 2013 at a very fine $352.6 billion, according to the final number crunching by the U.S.

Redfin: 8.7% of Atlanta’s Listings Pending in Two Weeks

Has Atlanta’s housing market picked up any steam in the last year, or is it moving sideways? We’ve been reporting with marked regularity on how the nation’s housing market has slowed down, but is that trend consistent here in

NAR: Housing Inventory in Atlanta Rises 27.31%

Housing inventory is something we follow pretty closely, and realtor.com’s latest numbers suggest quite a bit about the current housing market. Oh housing inventory, how we love you. One of the major narratives of the housing recovery, it seems

Residential Construction in Atlanta Hits $264 Million in Dec.

Atlanta put up strong residential construction numbers in December, though the market did take a step back from 2012. Residential construction in the Atlanta area totaled $264 million in December, according to the latest number crunching over at McGraw

CoreLogic: Atlanta Foreclosure Inventory Down 30%

Atlanta’s foreclosure inventory continues to improve, according to the latest research by CoreLogic. Atlanta’s foreclosure marketplace continued to barrel on through the path to recovery at the end of 2013, according to CoreLogic’s latest National Foreclosure Report. In Dec. 2013, just

Pending Home Sales Drop 8.7% in December, is Housing in Trouble?

Last year closed out on a sour note for pending home sales, according to NAR’s final tally. Dec. 2013 was a rough month for pending home sales, with the Pending Home Sales Index dropping 8.7 percent from November to

Atlanta Is No. 1 Moving Destination For Fourth Consecutive Year

New construction is picking-up in Atlanta – and that’s a good thing. The 7.7 percent increase in inventory since Nov. 2012 is still 34.4 percent below its mark in Nov. 2011, as reported by Atlanta Agent in January’s Inside

NAR: Existing-Home Sales Leap 9.1% in 2013

Existing-home sales enjoyed a very healthy 2013, though it’s unlikely the market will repeat that performance in 2014. The housing market capped off a successful year in existing-home sales in December, with sales rising 1.0 percent from November to

3 Reasons Not to Freak Out About the Weak New Home Sales Data

The Census Bureau’s latest report on new home sales was a bit weak, but that does not mean that the sky is falling. We’ll get the bad news out of the way first: the sales of newly built single-family

Atlanta Home Prices Rise 18.5% in November Case-Shiller

November 2013 was a good month for home prices in Atlanta, according to the latest Case-Shiller report. It was a tale of two housing statistics for Atlanta’s market in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.

Compared to Int’l Markets, Real Estate in Atlanta is a Steal

We may complain about high housing costs in the U.S., but internationally speaking, we don’t have a leg to stand on. It’s a common complaint among consumers that their rent/mortgage payments are too high, but if they only knew

The 7 Costs of a Single-Family Home’s Construction

We’ve looked at how newly built homes are priced and how those prices have changed in recent years; now, we look at costs. The last couple weeks, we’ve looked at both how a single-family home is priced and how

What Salary is Needed to Buy a Home in Atlanta?

How affordable is our city’s housing market, when we view the topic from a salary-centric perspective? With nationwide interest rates on the rise and home prices jumping aggressively in certain marketplaces, housing affordability has once again become a hot-button

RealtyTrac: Atlanta Foreclosure Filings Down 30% in December

Atlanta continues to make progress with its foreclosure markets, according to new analysis by RealtyTrac. In December, foreclosure filings in Atlanta were up 13 percent from November but down 30 percent year-over-year, according to the latest numbers from RealtyTrac.

6 Nuances to the Latest New Construction Numbers

The year of 2013 was a promising one for new residential construction, though there remains considerable room for improvement. We’ll start with the good news: housing starts in the U.S. were up 18.3 percent year-over-year in 2013 and building

Morningside-Lenox Park Rated 3rd Hottest Neighborhood in U.S.

The Morningside-Lenox Park received some serious kudos from real estate website Redfin. Online brokerage Redfin rated Atlanta’s Morningside-Lenox Park neighborhood the third hottest in the U.S. for 2014 in a recent study. According to Redfin’s metrics, page views for

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