Look for these real estate trends in the new year

Last year brought the concept of “supply and demand” to the forefront of high housing prices, and low interest rates fueled rising prices. But what can we expect for 2022?

Renewing your lease? Here's how to negotiate fair rent

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the cost of rent, both here in Georgia and nationwide. Rental rates across the country have jumped — the average cost for a Georgia apartment has gone up 16% nationwide just since January.

Nightmare home sale leads Minnesota couple to arbitration

It was a problematic home sale: a failed retaining wall, the ground infilled with unopened bags of mulch, wallpaper concealing holes in the walls, the backyard slipping away into the nearby creek and an unpermitted porch structure on the verge of falling away with it.

Priced out of the housing market? Look again

The real estate market over the last year has been described as  "scorching hot" and "on fire."  But now that schools are back in, the new phrase is "cooling off." The US real estate market has been steadily climbing for years, but the pandemic created a rarely seen situation for home buyers. 

Jobs can't secure home for Adairsville family

Amanda Edmonds has been applying for homes for her family for months, but nothing has panned out. Now despite being employed, she and her fiance are sleeping in a tent in the backyard of her parents' house

Is affordable housing dead?

The average home prices in metro Atlanta jumped almost 20 percent since the beginning of the pandemic. 

Housing market squeezing first-time home buyers

Housing stock is low. After the 2008 housing market crash, home building stalled. The build back is creeping along just as millennials, now the largest generation, are all looking for homes.