Atlanta Home Prices and Sales on the Rise

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Metro Atlanta’s home sales and prices were on the rise this September. Both home prices and home sales experienced significant increases las month, according to the National Association of Realtors and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The most recent monthly report stated that home sales inAtlantaspiked 24.7 percent in September. The jump in sales helped propel … [Read more...]

High Price Buckhead Homes Have Sold Well This Year

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High-priced homes in the Atlanta saw a spike in August, according to a recent article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.  Homes priced over $1 million jumped about 62 percent in August for the Buckhead area alone. From January through August, high-priced Buckhead home sales totaled $486 million, up from $299 million during the same period in 2010.  The … [Read more...]

Private Organizations Step Up for North Atlanta Parks

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  Local parks are an important part to keep home prices up, but unfortunately the parks department is one of the first sacrifices made to budget constraints. Thanks to some collaborative efforts of several non-profits and government agencies, private dollars are helping maintain North Atlanta parks, according to a recent article in the Atlanta Business … [Read more...]

Atlanta’s Education, by the Numbers

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Great educational institutions in Atlanta have made the city one of the better educated places in the country. On Numbers recently took a look at raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank 940 cities in four categories of educational achievement. Out of the 940 U.S. metro areas, Atlanta ranked 349th for adults over 25 who had graduated from high school … [Read more...]