If you are filing for homestead exemption, homeowners may need to provide their Warranty Deed book and page, proof of residence, social security numbers, driver’s license, and car tag info. In most counties, to be eligible for the current year, you must have owned and occupied the property as of January 1st.  If the property […] The post FILING FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN 2024 appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

In order to stop climate change, the world needs to reduce the carbon emissions of our buildings. That isn’t up for debate. Reports have repeatedly shown that buildings, or more accurately, the people who use them, account for around 40 percent of the world’s carbon, making it all but impossible to reach our decarbonization goals […] The post Carbon Footprints and Construction: The Dilemma of Old vs. New Buildings appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

For an individual earning the median income, homeownership is increasingly out of reach To afford a $500,000 home, Realtor.com’s economic data analyst said, a person would typically need to make about $140,000 a year. April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help […] The post How much do you need to earn to afford a $500,000 home? Here is the answer. appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

Once considered a niche asset class, student housing is quickly becoming a darling for commercial real estate investors. Even institutional players have been eyeing dollar signs in the last several months. Last August, Blackstone Properties bet big on student housing when it completed its acquisition of American Campus Communities Inc., the largest publicly traded owner and developer […] The post The Next Surprising Fractional Ownership Trend: Student Housing appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

One of the most common things I hear these days when talking about empty office buildings from people outside of the industry is “they should just turn them into apartments.” It makes sense, why let office buildings sit with so few occupants when many cities are in the middle of a housing shortage? But for […] The post Can Office-to-Residential Conversions Be Done at Scale? appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

Homeowners may need to provide their Warranty Deed book and page, proof of residence, social security numbers, driver’s license and car tag info. In most counties, to be eligible for the current year, you must have owned and occupied the property as of January 1st . If the property is located within city limits, the […] The post FILING FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN 2023 appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

By any definition, 2022 was one wild, white-knuckle roller coaster of a year for real estate. Demand and home prices hit new highs, before abruptly turning in the opposite direction in response to higher mortgage interest rates. With so much churn and fluctuation in markets across the U.S., it’s been a challenge all year to […] The post Here Are the U.S. Cities Where Home Prices Rose—and Fell—the Most in 2022 appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

There has arguably never been a more robust year for industrial real estate. Construction companies completed 121.4M SF of industrial in Q3 2022, the second-highest quarterly total on record. Demand has more than kept up, and vacancy rates trended downward for the seventh straight quarter to a record low of 3.3%. Though macroeconomic instability is […] The post Despite Market Turbulence, Industrial Real Estate Will Continue To Boom appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

Christmas has arrived early for America’s homebuyers! And it’s not just one gift, but two that should make them giddy. Gift No. 1: lower mortgage rates, which have been falling for the past four weeks. “Housing data in the week that followed the Thanksgiving holiday showed that the recent dip in mortgage rates may already be having […] The post Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Favor Buyers—but How Long Will This Christmas Miracle Last? appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more

While the dollar won’t get you as much in the U.S. these days, in most other places in the world, a dollar can buy more than ever. As a result of the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance on interest rates due to continued inflation, overseas markets in turmoil due to the war in Ukraine, and Europe’s […] The post The Strong Dollar is a Double-Edged Sword for Real Estate Investors appeared first on The Meridian Real Estate Group | Georgia Real Estate ..read more