Industry veteran brings two decades of experience with national builders to local company Artisan Built Communities is pleased to announce Stephen Haines as President. With more than 20 years in the home building industry, Haines has worked with the who’s who of home builders including Centex Homes, PulteGroup, Meritage Homes, John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods, KB Home and Beazer Homes. In this[...]
David Weekley Homes was recently awarded six OBIE Awards from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (HBA), including five gold and one silver award within three price categories. “We take great pride in our commitment to Building Dreams, Enhancing Lives by providing an exceptional home buying experience, which includes everything from our sales centers and model homes to the innovation of[...]
In what should be major news, Ameris Bancorp (Nasdaq: ABCB) ("Ameris"), the parent company of Ameris Bank, and Fidelity Southern Corporation (Nasdaq: LION) ("Fidelity"), the parent company of Fidelity Bank, jointly announced a merger agreement on December 18, 2018. Ironically this has been pretty quiet news and hasn't made the AJC or ABC, so we thought we'd cover it here on everyone's[...]
Stephen Haines recently joined Mark Spain Real Estate (MSRE) as the Regional VP of Expansion Operations. In this new position, he is responsible for growing Mark Spain Real Estate's expansion efforts outside of Atlanta in the Carolinas, Nashville, and more! Congratulations to both Stephen and Mark! Haines comments, "After 20 successful years in homebuilding, I’m excited to be tackling this new[...]
ATTOM Data Solutions recently conducted analysis of 2017's hottest home buyer names, and while nationwide home sales decreased by four percent in 2017 compared to 2016, home sales among certain surnames were both heating up and cooling down in 2017. Barnes was the most active last name in the Atlanta market! Did any of our readers notice that? Home sales to[...]
SmartAsset recently conducted a study to find out in which cities rents are increasing the most and the fastest. Based on 2013 median household incomes, 2016 median household incomes, 2013 average rent and 2016 average rent, SmartAsset determined the top 25 cities with the biggest increases in rent. In order of least rent increase to greatest rent increase, the top 25[...]
Millennial pink. It's all over social media, in magazines and in stores. It was even the focus of a Target holiday advertising campaign. But is this pink that apparently has the millennial generation obsessed just for clothing and accessories, or is it possible that the shade can be used to attract millennial home buyers, who are changing the expectations of first-time[...]
Since the landfall of Hurricane Harvey, thousands of individuals and organizations are rushing to contribute to flood relief efforts in the Houston area. Similar devastation is likely to occur with the arrival of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, Florida, parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. With the rise of natural disasters comes the increase in fraudulent or mismanaged charities promising[...]
Four US cities with some of the largest housing markets are now considered overvalued, showing signs of a housing bubble and presenting a challenge for affordability in the coming years, says CoreLogic. Home prices rose nationally by 6.7 percent in June, and with the increase, home prices in Denver, Houston, Miami and Metro Washington D.C. are now considered overvalued and overreach[...]
Executive Vice President of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association David Ellis joins Atlanta Real Estate Forum Radio show co-hosts Carol Morgan and Todd Schnick on this week’s All About Real Estate segment. The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association works as a sustaining resource to those in the Atlanta-area housing and construction industry through educational programs, networking and advertising opportunities and[...]