Very good snap shot of National market including Atlanta Stats Low Supply and High Demand are Largely Responsible, but Technology is also Creating a “New Normal” for the Expected Pace of Home Buying and Selling Ask a friend who’s trying to buy a home what the real estate market is like, and she will surely
ALL REAL ESTATE MARKET STUDIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL
One of the major causes for the recent real estate crash, just like the S&L debacle in the late 80’s, were bad projects/loans made without accurate information showing whether a project could succeed. It is critical as we begin to pull out of the deepest recession in our history that we are strategic and objective
Huge Amount of Finished Lots Remain in Atlanta! (but is that the whole story?)
|The Atlanta region has more finished lots than anywhere else in the U.S. Currently there are about 136,000 finished lots spread out across the Atlanta MSA and at today’s absorption pace, it will take about 18 years before these lots are used up. So why are builders having such a difficult time finding lots to
10 Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2013
Five years and 16 million foreclosures after the 2008 housing crash, most Americans have not lost faith in real estate. In a survey this summer of more than 2,000 adults by home buyer website Trulia, 61 percent of respondents predicted that prices in their local market would rise next year, 58 percent thought prices would
Housing Inventory, Already Low, Dropped Further in January
The number of homes listed for sale, which stood at an 11-year low at the end of last year, fell even further in January, according to a report released Thursday. There were just 1.48 million homes listed for sale at the end of January, down by 5.6% from December and by 16.5% from one year
HALF WAY HOME: HOUSING RECOVERY CROSSES 50% MARK
Jed Kolko Trulias Chief Economists suggests that Trulia’s Housing Barometer leaps up again, with the housing market 51% back to normal in November Each month, Trulia’s Housing Barometer charts how quickly the housing market is moving back to “normal.” We summarize three key housing market indicators: construction starts (Census), existing home sales (NAR), and the