Spring arrived. So did the reality check.
Rates touched 6% in February. Buyers exhaled. Then oil spiked toward $120 a barrel. The Middle East conflict does not stay in the Middle East. It shows up in your mortgage rate. The 30-year fixed crossed 6.53% on the first day of spring.
Tariffs are doing something quieter but just as real. Steel. Copper. Aluminum. Cabinet boxes. Every new home costs significantly more to build now. That cost transfers to the buyer. Fewer starts are coming. That tightens supply for years.
Northeast and Midwest never overbuilt. Nothing to give back. Tight inventory. Steady prices.
The West is correcting. California. Colorado. Utah. Pandemic momentum met local income limits.
The South is two stories. Florida is cooling. Texas is soft. Sun Belt inventory is sitting.
Atlanta held.
I have watched this market through 35 years of cycles. Atlanta does not rattle easily. Deep corporate base. Population growth. Neighborhoods inside the perimeter — Buckhead, Garden Hills, Peachtree Heights, Virginia-Highland were never built on speculation. They were built to last.
Scarcity here is not a talking point. It is a fact.
This is the spring for the informed. Not the fearful.
Location. Lifestyle. Legacy.
I live here. I work here. Let me guide you home.
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