WEDNESDAY CONVERSATION: REGIONAL ECONOMY

Today’s renters are paying higher rates to keep a roof over their heads. Renters in metro Atlanta paid an average $77 more in January than a year earlier. A real estate executive analyzes the local rent-supply market and whether increases will continue to climb or stabilize. Elsewhere, an economist explains his firm’s recent analysis of our region’s home loan data, which showed a lag of black and Hispanic home ownership when compared to whites. The third column deals with the region’s economic downturn.