Jennifer's News | Atlanta Real Estate

If spring and summer had you losing bidding wars, September looks different. Fewer buyers are out shopping, but the homes that didn't sell over the summer are still sitting — and those sellers are starting to feel it. Is September a Good Time to Buy a House in Atlanta? What the Data Says Per FMLS, Atlanta's own MLS, detached homes had a 4.4-month supply of inventory in July, selling in a median of 38 days at 98.5% of list price. That's still technically seller-favored territory (6 months is the balanced-market line) — this isn't a crash. But price reductions are more common than they were earlier this year, and a home still listed after 30, 60, or 90 days is a seller who's already realizing their number was too high. That's your opening, even in a market that hasn't fully flipped. (If you read my June post on Atlanta's buyer leverage, this is the next chapter of that story.) Spotting a stale listing. Check the days-on-market and price history, not j...

When people call me about moving to Atlanta, the BeltLine comes up almost every time now. Sometimes they know exactly what it is. More often they've just heard the word tossed around and want to know whether they're supposed to care. So let me explain it the way I would over coffee — no brochure language, no hype. It started as a pretty simple idea: take the old, abandoned railroad tracks that circle the middle of the city and turn them into a 22-mile loop of walking and biking trails, parks, and eventually transit. On paper that sounds modest. In person, it's changed how a whole generation of Atlantans wants to live. On a good Saturday, the Eastside Trail is packed — people walking dogs, grabbing a beer on a patio, biking to dinner instead of fighting for parking. It links something like 45 neighborhoods, and it's still being built, with the full loop expected to come together around 2030. If you've been hearing more about it lately, there's a reason. Atlanta...