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The last two years have brought the importance of our homes to the forefront. It has been our office, school, restaurant, vacation spot, meeting place and more. This renewed focus has led to one of the strongest housing markets that we have ever seen.  Barely a day goes by where the news is not highlighting some housing statistics or the current housing trends.

The FHFA is raising the limit on conforming loans by 18%. 

This is huge news for home buyers and sellers and is in direct response to the healthy growth in home prices over the last year.

In most of the U.S., the 2022 conforming loan limits for one-unit properties will be $647,200, an increase of $98,950 from $548,250 in 2021.

Dorsey Alston is back with our monthly housing numbers. We take an in-depth, month-to-month look at the numbers in the six close-in Atlanta statistical areas of North Fulton, East Cobb, Buckhead, Intown, Sandy Springs and Brookhaven/Dunwoody. 

Across Metro Atlanta, home prices are up on average, while the number of days it takes for a house to sell are down. Transactions are down, and new listings and sales are lagging compared to this time last year. Just to keep things in perspective, last September was the biggest September in the history of Atlanta real estate, both the number of homes that sold and the prices those homes sold for. 

Dorsey Alston, Realtors held its Great Pumpkin Giveaway at its Buckhead office on West Paces Ferry Road last weekend. The more than 700 pumpkins, some weighing hundreds of pounds, were from Hammonds Produce in Forest Park. Dorsey Alston welcomed children of all ages and their parents to the makeshift patch, who walked away with perfect pumpkins, courtesy of Atlanta’s oldest and largest privately-owned real estate company.