A junior lender on the W Atlanta-Downtown hotel and condos at Allen Plaza has advertised the posh hotel for foreclosure, but the project's developer said Wednesday he is in talks to restructure the debt and save his interests in the luxury high-rise. Hal Barry, CEO of Barry Real Estate Cos., said he is working with his lenders on a restructuring to ...

Some say the Great Recession is nearly history, but tell that to any metro Atlantan who has lost a home, job or sense of financial security.

Home remodelers Truitt Sims and Steve Wiest are more at peace these days. Brant Sanderlin, bsanderlin@ajc.com Steve Wiest remodels a home in Gresham Park in East Atlanta.

Georgia was unfortunately listed in the top 10 states for foreclosures in February.* The Southern state was ranked sixth in the nation with 12,177 foreclosures, which is 3.9 percent of the national total.

An apartment tower in south Buckhead built by noted Atlanta condo developer Tivoli Properties Inc.

The state Senate approved a major overhaul to Georgia's property tax system Thursday, continuing a multi-year effort to hold down the taxes local governments depend on and homeowners seem to hate.

The death sentences given to a man convicted of murdering two real estate agents in their office in 2003 have been upheld by Georgia's top court.

Que Nice has been cutting hair in his barbershop across Peachtree Street from the Fulton County Government Center for 13 years.

The Georgia Department of Labor reported the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.4 percent in January, topping the previous record high of 10.3 percent reported in December.

An FDIC plan to auction more than $1 billion in assets seized from failed banks next month, including a loan to build a W Hotel in Atlanta, may trigger write-downs that weaken lenders nationwide.