Ann Terry, broker with Choice One Realty Group, joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss the obstacles new homeowners face and the importance of financial literacy in achieving homeownership. Terry joins hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick to discuss her passion and drive to help homeowners navigate the homebuying process while sharing different approaches to assisting people[...]
As the U.S. economy continues to boom, many economic forecaster expect it to grow by more than 6% this year. This gives investors the opportunity to take advantage or the current real estate boom. Here are six reasons that it is smart to purchase investment properties. Diversification of Wealth Diversification is an extremely important concept for investors. When investors spread their money[...]
Over the past year, the Atlanta housing market has been anything but predictable leading to substantial challenges for both Realtors, buyers and sellers. To discuss the volatile market, Realtors with Harry Norman Buckhead Louise Morgan and Nick LaMonte join co-hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick for the All About Real Estate segment of Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio. The duo[...]
Kelly Allison, Senior Vice President of the Southeast Division for New American Funding joins the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio podcast to discuss customer service and its On-Time Closing Guarantee. She is joined by co-hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick in the studio for this week’s edition of the All About Real Estate segment. New American Funding recently rolled out an[...]
Searching for a new home online? With all the home builder websites, Realtor.com, Zillow and Redfin, are you asking, “Do I need a Realtor to buy a house?” You can literally find what you are looking for online, so why do you need a Realtor? Well, looking at available listings is just the start of the home buying process. First-time[...]
The rise in student loan debt is a constant subject on the news, and it is often listed as one of the main reasons why Millennials are slow to enter the housing market. Statistics from a recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of CNBC Make It show that U.S. adults age 33 to 40 have an average[...]
A notable housing trend resulting from strong home sales in 2020 and 2021, is a preference by American homebuyers for community associations, also known as condominium and homeowners associations (HOA). According to the Foundation for Community Association Research, the number of new condominium and HOAs nationwide is expected to increase by 4,500 this year, and Beacon Management Services sees this[...]
The rise and fall of mortgage interest rates seems to be the hot topic on news stations across the country week in and week out. With so much news, and so many differing opinions on what the changes in the rates mean, it can be hard to discern how they will your home purchase. Over the past few months, there has[...]
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) BuilderBooks most recent addition, What Home Buyers Really Want, 60% of home buyers would prefer to buy new construction homes over existing homes. With every other factor remaining equal, today’s buyers are more interested in buying brand-new than used homes. In the NAHB BuilderBooks, new homes are categorized as both homes built[...]
When is the housing market going to crash? In just one month, this foreboding question skyrocketed in Google searches, seeing more than a 2,450% increase. The current housing market is showing phenomenal momentum and has been on this forward trajectory since before the outbreak of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in 2020. With over a year of phenomenal and record-breaking housing sales,[...]