Tag: housing
How to make housing affordable in Atlanta
Here’s how inclusionary zoning works, how it doesn’t, and how the system could grow to provide more affordable homes.
Atlanta’s real estate market is slowing, but prices are still sky-high: Here’s the climate for buyers and sellers
After a two-year pandemic boom that saw metro Atlanta homebuyers tripping over themselves to line the pockets of sellers, rising interest rates are finally pumping the brakes on the frenzy—more than a typical end-of-summer slowdown. As the market cools off but rates rise, what does a slower climate mean for you if you’re looking to buy or sell?
Where—and how—Atlantans want to live now
The pandemic changed everything. We've never thought more about how and where we want to live—and how we can make room for everyone. What are the options now in metro Atlanta?
It is really, really hard to buy your first house in Atlanta right now
In the current Atlanta real estate market, the idea of paying list price, taking two weeks for a due diligence period, or even having a night or two to sleep on one of the biggest financial decisions of your life now seems quaint. It's even harder for first-time buyers.
Commentary: Atlanta needs more affordable housing, but the city’s plan is short on dollars and details
Georgia State professor Dan Immergluck on why the city of Atlanta's new Housing Affordability Action Plan falls short of what the city needs to address a growing housing affordability crisis.
Tiny houses are now allowed in Atlanta—sort of
People with tiny house dreams can now make them a reality thanks to the May 1 City Council approval of “accessory dwelling units”—tiny houses in the backyards of existing homes.
5 things to know about the Pad on Harvard, College Park’s first new mid-rise in 40 years
The Pad on Harvard—a mixed-use project hoping to capitalize on ITP migration and recent investment around Atlanta’s airport—is College Park’s first new mid-rise project in four decades.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: @RapedAtSpelman, gun-grabbing toddlers, and the quixotic quest to build a $100 million soul food museum
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
Real Estate 2016: Where to live in Atlanta now
Our guide to navigating Atlanta's real estate landscape. Where to buy in Atlanta now, has intown Atlanta lost affordable housing for good, gentrification in Kirkwood, and more
Editor’s Note: The price of success
My wife and I moved to Decatur in 2009 when we were expecting our first child. We’re lucky we bought when we did; Decatur’s current real estate market is out of our price range. By a long shot.
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