David Ellis, Executive Officer with the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association shares with us what Atlanta real estate buyers want and why they should consider buying a new Atlanta home. Here's the list of what homebuyers said they want from a recent survey: Energy savings options are must haves for new home buyers (except solar panels) 80% of survey respondents[...]
As a family owned company, Brock Built knows first hand how to build a great community to be enjoyed by family and friends. In West Highlands and Dupont Commons by Brock Built, you will experience master planned living in rare, suburban style neighborhoods within the city limits. In fact, you may walk into these communities and forget that the city[...]
In June, the USDA announced that it would no longer extend loans to first-time homebuyers. This was a big blow to those looking to buy Atlanta new homes and Atlanta real estate as USDA financing is the only program that allows first time buyers to purchase their new homes with absolutely no money down. However, there is now a unanimous sigh[...]
Atlanta Real Estate News Who says that Atlanta is going to become completely dominated by national builders just like the rest of the top 10 home building markets? With 20 new Atlanta home builders launching building companies in the past year, it seems that the local Atlanta builder is continuing to maintain a strong Atlanta foundation. While national builders such as[...]
This could very well be some of the biggest news the Atlanta real estate market has seen in months - Lennar, one of the nation's biggest home builders, just announced that they are entering the Atlanta market. Todd Jones, a well known Atlanta home building industry veteran, has been named the Division President for the city, and it won't be[...]
As real estate professionals, we can celebrate the fact that the first time home buyer tax credit has indeed fulfilled its intended purpose. The IRS recently reported that 1.4 million people nationwide have taken advantage of the incentive. The tax credit was just what the housing market needed to encourage home shoppers to buy now instead of hesitating as well[...]
For the second year in a row Atlanta is ranked #1 on U-Haul's Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities list. The latest rankings are based on moving statistics compiled from more than one million U-Haul truck transactions occurring between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008. The ranking reflects destinations for movers traveling more than 50 miles and considers every city[...]
Just released from AcreScout, the list of Top 75 Real Estate Blogs nationally. . . and only ONE site in Atlanta made the list! You guessed it, Atlanta's most popular new homes real estate news blog, Atlanta Real Estate Forum. Sites were ranked based on Alexa Rank, visitors, visits, page rank and a number of other factors including Technorati authority. To[...]
April is known for many thing - Easter, rain, Spring Break- but real estate agents and other professionals in the home building industry should also associate April with new homes because April is "New Homes Month." It really makes perfect sense that April is considered "New Homes Month" because it usually during the month of April when many home builders[...]
Don't forget to turn your clock back tonight! The leaves are falling and it is time to Fall Back. It is also a great opportunity to change the batteries in your smoke detectors and test them to make sure they work properly. All of the improvements in HVAC systems and wiring, mean that Atlanta new homes are safer than ever before.[...]