Marietta just approved a second data center. Here's what the actual research says about nearby home values — not just the neighborhood fear.
September 2026
Cobb County's 2026 property tax bills are due October 15. Here's what the new assessment notices mean for your Marietta home value and your next move.
A single national statistic just quietly crossed a threshold it hasn't touched in more than ten years, and the instinct for a lot of sellers is going to be to panic, either by slashing their asking price before anyone even makes an offer, or by pulling their home off the market entirely and waiting for the storm to pass. Neither reaction actually holds up once you look at what's really behind the...
A story has been making the rounds about a fifty million dollar deal in Manhattan that nearly fell apart over an AI-generated opinion. The buyer asked ChatGPT if fifty million was too much. It said yes. The seller asked ChatGPT if fifty million was too low. It said yes to that too.Everyone got the answer they wanted to hear, which is exactly the problem. As the CEO of Coldwell Banker has put it, these...
Underused rooms, rising upkeep costs, and no more school-district ties are common signs it's time to downsize in Marietta. Here's how to know for sure.
Renting out your Marietta home instead of selling could cost you the capital gains exclusion if you wait past the two-of-five-year window. Here's the math to run first.
Most sellers never hear this stat until it's already their problem: roughly one out of every seven contracted home sales in the U.S. collapses before it ever reaches the closing table. We're not talking about listings that don't sell, we're talking about deals where a buyer was already locked in, paperwork was signed, and a moving date was circled on the calendar.When that happens, it's far more than a...
Ask ten real estate agents whether buyers or sellers have the advantage right now, and most will hand you the same unsatisfying answer: it depends. That's not a dodge. It's the honest read on where things actually stand.Nationally, sellers currently outnumber buyers by more than fifty-one percent, and roughly eighty percent of major U.S. markets are now leaning toward buyers. But a countrywide average...
Mortgage rates just touched their highest point in a year, and if you've been holding out for relief before making a move, there's a specific number driving that outcome that almost never gets mentioned in the headlines. Once you understand how it works, you'll see today's rate environment for what it actually is, and stop waiting on a shift that likely isn't coming anytime soon.There's also fresh data on...
Fresh national data just dropped that changes how sellers should think about pricing right now, and at first glance, it looks like bad news. Home prices are genuinely declining. But once you understand the mechanics behind that decline, it becomes something entirely different: a real opportunity for sellers who read the situation correctly, and a costly blind spot for sellers who don't. None of this is...