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The Atlanta housing market continued to play out the same equation in December: A shortage of homes listed for sale pit potential buyers against each other. The result was another month following the year's pattern of higher prices and fewer homes sold. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC File Photo)

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Metro Atlanta housing market ends year with higher prices, fewer sales
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Morning glory vine has beautiful flowers, but the plant is tough to eradicate from a garden if you let it drop seed. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The art gallery entrance foyer has a floating staircase placed between two walls. Text by Jeffrey Bruce Baker/Nancy Tao

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Spanish moss hanging from tree branches is unlikely to house chiggers. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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A spading fork and a layer of enriched mulch give woody plants some extra "zip." (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The art gallery entrance foyer has a floating staircase placed between two walls. Text by Jeffrey Bruce Baker/Nancy Tao

Credit: Brad Mitchell for Jeffrey Bruce Baker Designs

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These two steam locomotives are being overhauled at the Pegram Shops in Atlanta in this photo from the 1940s. The photo is par of the railroad archive at the Atlanta History Center. Photo Kenneth Rogers

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This is where the development called “Hargrove” will get built with the initial homeowners expected to begin closing in December. Despite appearances Decatur’s arborist says the developer is adhering to the city’s tree ordinance by saving a handful of trees (to the right and left in this photo) and planning to replant a 45 percent canopy. Bill Banks for the AJC

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The owners’ suite on main is very private and includes a large sitting area, wet bar, two dressing rooms and French doors leading to a covered patio with 24-foot ceilings. Four large bedroom suites are located on the second level with a living room, playroom and balcony with a piano overlooking the foyer. The third floor is home to an amazing electric train display. Text by Elizabeth Manderson and Julie Pedersen/Photo by Ilya Zobanov, Gold Lens Media.

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Silver and white covers the Christmas tree in Gail Burns-Grant’s family room. Her sister, who also made the wreath on the front door, decorated the tree for her with a nod to simplicity and snow, which Burns-Grant said she enjoys bringing into her home even though actual snow is scarce at her Georgia home. She also loves antiques and traditional style, so when she had trouble finding a vintage phonograph she purchased a wood-paneled reproduction from JCPenny that now sits in the family room. Text by Shannon Dominy/Photo by Reynolds Rogers

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White dots on a magnolia leaf reveal the presence of sap-sucking false oleander scale insects. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The beautiful flowers on a holiday cactus will quickly drop if the plant is placed near a furnace vent. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Parkland Communities is finishing up two out of four townhome sections within its Sweetwater Springs build-to-rent community off Duluth Highway. More than 200 people are on a waiting list for one of the units. (Tyler Wilkins / tyler.wilkins@ajc.com)

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Confederate rose flowers are beautiful as they change color during the day. They are said to have been presented to returning Civil War soldiers. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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The Atlanta housing market continued to play out the same equation in December: A shortage of homes listed for sale pit potential buyers against each other. The result was another month following the year's pattern of higher prices and fewer homes sold. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC File Photo)

Credit: Alyssa Pointer

Metro Atlanta housing market ends year with higher prices, fewer sales
21h ago
How to paint a room like a pro

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Appliances are the second most common feature that homeowners splurge on during kitchen renovations. Courtesy of HOUZZ

Credit: Courtesy of Houzz

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Morning glory vine has beautiful flowers, but the plant is tough to eradicate from a garden if you let it drop seed. (Walter Reeves for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Credit: Walter Reeves

Morning glory is tough to eradicate
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