Atlanta

The weather is hot in Atlanta, but is the housing market?

Atlanta's unemployment rate still tops the national percentage, but city residents hope the worst is finally behind them.

The housing crash not only touched off a wave of foreclosures, it torpedoed property values and the taxes cities and counties collect off them. But some localities are fighting back in an effort to reverse their budget shortfalls.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s old Atlanta neighborhood, Sweet Auburn, was once one of the more prosperous African-American neighborhoods, but it has since fallen on hard times. Now it is trying to make a comeback.

Republicans are flying home from Tampa. Democrats are flying to Charlotte. Both locations send a lot of connecting flights through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. So what's the mood like there?

Buying into the American Dream? Renting for life? For younger people, home ownership is less cut-and-dry than it was a generation ago.

A proposal to add a penny to Atlanta's sales tax would mean billions raised for transit projects, winning the backing of business leaders but attracting a strange mix of opponents.

The world's busiest airport gets a new $1.4 billion international terminal. But Atlanta airport officials want to avoid mass chaos on opening day.

Jennifer Kuzara is doing her part to spur a recovery, both in her Atlanta suburb and the wider housing market.

Final thoughts on Atlanta's future.