Atlanta Real Estate | Atlanta Housing News for Real Estate

There is no doubt that the Atlanta real estate market is slowing, but the truth of the matter is that sales have not stopped.  There is one difference between us an other agents, With our experience, we are still selling our listings!  There are many agents and Atlanta home owners that call us up everyday for advice on how to sell their homes, and really unless the home is listed by us, it is unfair and unethical for us to tell a home owner the real secrets of how to get the sale done!  This current Atlanta real estate market has a few factors that are affecting sales and slowing them down. 

1. Supply and demand - Too many homes on the market - Not enough qualified buyers.
2. New home over building - Builder Concessions - Builder incentives
3. No corporate relocation into Metro Atlanta
4. Gas and Energy Crisis - Disposable Income - Homes Closer in Are Sought After
5. Lack of consumer confidence
6. Lack of real estate knowledge to guide consumers
7. Atlanta loan fraud - tightened appraisals
8. 100% financing has dissapeared - Fewer Buyers
9. Leveraged Home Prices and overpriced homes due to borrowing against homes future value

Recently we've listed several homes that have been sitting on the Atlanta market for quite a while, and we've gotten contracts on them.  This has stirred interest from other real estate agents that ask us how come our listings are getting contracts, and their listings are not even getting shows?  The reason is simple, we market differently!  Our Atlanta real estate marketing is mostly Internet.  For us that makes a lot of sense!  Potential Atlanta home-buyers can find our homes easily on any search on the Internet or from our Atlanta real estate blog or Atlanta real estate websites.  That is how the Atlanta home buyer will buy a home these days!  They will not pick up the Sunday paper and look for a Atlanta 3 BD 2.5 Bath home!  They want information and a lot of it!  They want pictures, virtual tours, maps, taxes, schematics of home, pictures of yard or neighborhood, but they do not want a black and white ad or a color real estate publication!