Atlanta REALTORS® released its February 2017 Market Brief last week, looking directly at stats for single-family homes in 11 Metro Atlanta counties. Despite a decline in home sales since February 2016, median and average sales prices have risen along with supply.

  To better understand the perspective and experiences of people who were in the market to buy or sell a home in 2016, Redfin recently commissioned SurveyGizmo to ask 3,352 Americans what would influence their buying or selling of a

  Typically, the purchase of a new home would merit jubilation. But not among the more than 2,400 adults recently surveyed by NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Almost half the homeowners surveyed said they’d tackle buying in a different way

  The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its highly anticipated analysis of the new legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare on Monday afternoon, including findings that the law will leave millions more people uninsured compared to the current health

Atlanta REALTORS® released its latest Market Brief report on home sales and prices for single-family residential properties last week. Annual differences were promising, whereas changes between December 2016 and January 2017 reflected losses rather than gains: sale prices suffered comparatively little damage, with changes

In its monthly market report, Redfin dissected dozens of markets across the nation and found that in January, buyers typically faced three challenges: rising prices, low inventory and a fast market. That was certainly true in Atlanta. Prices continue

Last Monday, Feb. 7, the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously on legislation to preserve a collection of industrial and commercial buildings near Georgia Tech on the west side of Atlanta. The vote was to secure these buildings as part

Learn how to handle a low appraisal, and how to prevent this in future sales. It happens to most agents sooner or later. Everything seems to be going along smoothly with your sale, and then you get the bad

The most consequential question facing the housing industry today is: Are we approaching a correction? National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in January that 2016 was the market’s best year since the Great Recession. He thanked

Brookhaven is among Metro Atlanta’s top-selling luxury markets. Just in 2016, it has seen 31 sales of $1 million-plus homes, which places it in the No. 5 spot of the top-10 luxury housing market in Metro Atlanta. Below, we’ve listed three reasons

    We had a strong roster of Agents’ Choice nominees this year, and received thousands of votes from Atlanta-area real estate professionals. Below are the top two finalists from each category, selected by the number of votes received,

Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood is no stranger to acclaim, but the folks at the American Planning Association (APA) may have very well granted the area its finest distinction yet. As part of its annual “Great Places” report, the APA has

The chief dilemma for the contemporary real estate agent is: how do I demonstrate my value? It’s a question that can be answered in a variety of ways (i.e. be an information source, develop neighborhood expertise, etc.) and for

David Wieland is the founder and CEO of Realized, an online crowdfunding platform that simplifies the 1031 exchange process; a process he discussed with us in regards to how it affects real estate agents.  Chicago Agent (CA): First and

Mark Hall, the executive vice president of Atlanta Communities, shares his 13 commandments for residential real estate agents: 1. Always use the terms “the buyer” and “the seller,” never “my buyer,” “my seller” or “my client.” Take no ownership.

Last year, one in five homebuyers purchased a property sight unseen. According to a new survey from Redfin, that number is holding true this year, as well. This may be a trend agents should follow. Crissy Dyer is a