The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Atlanta is #3 in the U.S. for single-family housing permits from Jan - Oct of 2016 with 19,804 permits, an increase of 16% over the same period last year. The data includes the Atlanta / Sandy Springs / Marietta MSAs. Houston was #1 with 30,388 permits and Dallas was #2 with 25,441 permits. Among states, Georgia ranks 5th with 30,581 permits, well behind Texas who led the nation with 90,540 permits.
Newport Realty Associates, LLC is a full service residential real estate firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia
I often hear people refer to their agent as “my realtor” or say they are thinking about getting their “realtor’s license”. For the record, all realtors are licensees, but not all licensees are realtors . . .
It’s a really competitive market right now for buyers, so agents are using every resource to give their clients an advantage. One of these is the “love letter” that buyers often provide with an offer . . .
In this crazy market it’s not unusual to hear about a home that sold just a few years ago selling again for considerably more money. So if you’re lucky enough to be in that position, do you have to pay taxes on the gain?
