Is the Next Baby Boom Coming?

Until recently, it was believed that another wave of baby boomers seemed highly unlikely. The recession sent birth rates in the U.S. plummeting. Having declined all throughout the 90s, the number of women entering childbearing years is at an all-time high and continuing to rise. These...

Are New Homes Getting Smaller? Not In Atlanta!

We recently came across an article called Metrostudy Analysis: Are New Homes Getting Smaller? The article, posted in National Housing Market cites that there has been a lot of press over the last few years about a shift from the “traditional” single-family house to a more...

Buyers Prefer Neighborhoods with New Homes

April was new homes month. New homes benefits are typically thought of in terms of the house itself, but the bigger picture reveals that buyers also prefer new home neighborhoods. How is new construction classified? The American Housing Survey (AHS) defines it as homes that are...

The Perils of the Debt Ceiling

There’s been a lot of talk in the media about the risk of a “double-dip” recession and about raising the debt ceiling. What does it all mean to you? Let’s first talk about what a debt ceiling is. Congress limits the total amount of debt that the...