The real estate industry has a new reality, and it’s a reality many in the state have struggled with for years.
Georgia has become the biggest real estate market in the nation, with prices climbing nearly 400 percent since 2007, according to a new report.
That’s led to a surge in home sales in the past two years, and the number of active listings in Georgia has grown by more than 5,000 percent.
The state has seen a surge of new listings in recent years, from $1.1 billion in 2012 to $2.2 billion in 2016, according, the Real Estate Institute of Georgia.
Georgia’s housing market has been one of the nation’s most competitive.
According to the National Association of Realtors, home sales increased by 6.3 percent in Georgia between 2014 and 2016, and sales of condos, townhomes and condos have all increased over the same period.
In 2017, the number a person bought in Georgia for $2 million or more grew by more in a single year than in the prior year.
In some areas, like the Atlanta area, it’s seen a jump of over 50 percent.
But for many, Georgia’s growth has been fueled by the fact that the state’s real estate has gotten so expensive.
Georgia is a relatively cheap state to buy and sell real estate, with home values averaging $150,000 a year, according a report from the Georgia Department of Housing and Community Development.
The average property in the Atlanta metro area is now valued at $821,000, according Realtor.com.
That compares to a median house price of $2,890,000 in the metro area.
Real estate developers have been paying off for years, especially in the last two years.
A lot of their money has gone to help pay for the state legislature’s expensive pension bill, and in 2016 alone, Georgia realtors paid $14.3 million to state lawmakers for services that included helping them raise and improve property values, according the Georgia Real Estate Council.
Realtoring houses is a popular option for homeowners in Georgia because they can do it quickly and with minimal effort.
A Georgia realtor who works for a large Georgia real-estate firm told Axios that they work around the clock.
“We have people who work the entire time of the year,” the realtor said.
“It’s very stressful, but you can be in your office and be working and have no worries.”
But even the best-paying real estate deals in Georgia have not always gone to the highest-income buyers.
In 2016, for example, realtor.com found that the average home in Georgia sold for $4,400 less than it did in 2017.
The report said that it’s difficult for a buyer to be guaranteed a deal because many of the deals have higher taxes and fees than they are worth.
But in some cases, the homes are sold on the spot.
“You are looking at a very, very low-priced home and you know it is going to be a house that is going down the road, but it’s going to go for a price point that’s much higher than what you’re paying,” the Georgia realty council said.
And for some sellers, it can be as little as $300.
“I have a client that is getting a $400,000 home that they paid $300,000 to get,” the Atlanta realtor told Axi.
“And he is buying a house in a very expensive neighborhood and I’m getting a house for less than that,” the broker said.
In other states, realtor.us has found that a buyer who gets a home with a mortgage can expect to pay a tax bill of up to $4.2 million, according.
The mortgage company can claim the tax credit for the sale of a home, but if the home is sold on their terms, the company can also claim that the buyer should pay taxes on the sale.
And in many cases, a mortgage lender can deduct the mortgage interest payments, which can be even higher.
“The average homeowner in Georgia who has a mortgage is paying $3,500 a month on a mortgage, but that is the price tag,” the Real estate Council said.
That means if a buyer sells a home and then pays the mortgage with the proceeds, that would bring the total amount owed to $6,300.
That would put the buyer in a net loss.
“If the buyer gets paid back, the mortgage is not being paid back,” the report said.
But many buyers are happy to pay the tax bill and take advantage of the state government’s tax credit programs, especially when they have a home loan that pays interest.
“In my experience, most people are willing to pay for that, because it’s an asset that they can keep, and I think they will do that,” a broker told AxI.
“A lot of people are just willing to put their money into the