Georgia Business

February 10, 2025

Millionaire Mastermind Academy Expands National Impact, Empowering Over 8,000 Minority Women Entrepreneurs

ATLANTA, Ga. — Millionaire Mastermind Academy (MMA), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization, has released its 2023-2024 Annual Impact Report, underscoring its proprietary entrepreneur curriculum and the power of strategic national partnerships in creating pathways to financial independence for minority women entrepreneurs. MMA has supported over 8,000 entrepreneurs, empowering them with the education, mentorship, and resources needed to build and scale successful businesses….

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February 4, 2025

Down Payment Resource CEO Rob Chrane honored as 2025 RISMedia Newsmaker

ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry authority on homebuyer assistance program data and solutions, today announced that its Founder and CEO Rob Chrane has been named a RISMedia 2025 Real Estate Newsmaker. RISMedia Newsmakers are individuals whose efforts are positively impacting the consumers and communities they serve. This is the second year in a row Chrane has been named to the Newsmakers list….

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Down Payment Resource named to HousingWire’s 2025 Mortgage Tech100 for supporting lender adoption of down payment assistance

ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, has been named to HousingWire’s 2025 Mortgage Tech100 list, which recognizes “the companies and solutions that are revolutionizing the mortgage process – from origination to closing, and servicing to secondary markets.”…

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January 21, 2025

172 new homebuyer assistance programs and 75 new program providers emerged in 2024 to tackle homeownership affordability

ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry authority on homebuyer assistance program data and solutions, today released its Q4 2024 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report. The report saw the number of homebuyer assistance programs increase by 172 and the number of entities offering them increase by 75 year-over-year (YoY), bringing the total number of available programs to 2,466….

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December 27, 2024

Alliance Group Celebrates Eighth Annual Living Benefits Awareness Month This January

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Alliance Group is proud to announce the eighth annual Living Benefits Awareness Month (LBAM), kicking off this January with the theme, Get the Most Out of Life. The month-long campaign aims to educate consumers about the transformative value of Living Benefits life insurance, which ensures policyholders get more value from their life insurance premiums by offering powerful, free features that traditional policies lack….

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November 19, 2024

Strategic Benefits Advisors recognized among Atlanta’s top employee benefits and compensation companies for sixth year

ATLANTA, Ga. — Strategic Benefits Advisors, Inc. (SBA) has been honored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s top employee benefits and compensation companies of 2024. This is the sixth consecutive year SBA has made the Chronicle’s annual list, which highlights metro Atlanta’s largest employers of benefits consultants. The accolade underscores SBA’s steady growth and success in delivering expert consulting and benefits delivery services to public and private-sector employers across North America….

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November 11, 2024

Down Payment Resource highlights 49 homebuyer assistance programs offering up to $117,000 in funds for Veterans and service members

ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry’s leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, is highlighting homebuyer assistance programs to support Veterans, service members and their surviving spouses in conjunction with Veterans Day and Military Family Appreciation Month, both observed in November. While service members are eligible for any of the 2,400-plus U.S. homebuyer assistance programs, DPR found there are 49 programs offering up to $117,000 in assistance specifically developed to help our military community members build, buy or make accessibility-related home renovations….

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November 8, 2024

Real Estate Staging Association® Announces RESA Connect 2025 in Atlanta: A Day of Education and Influencer Celebration Featuring Local Talent

ATLANTA, Ga. — The Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®), the leading authority in professional real estate staging, is excited to announce RESA Connect 2025, taking place at the Americas Mart in Atlanta on January 14, 2025. This special one-day event offers a full day of high-impact educational sessions open to all ticket holders, followed by an exclusive evening celebration honoring the 2024 Home Staging Industry Awards winners, the Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging, and select industry influencers….

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October 25, 2024

FormFree announces enhancements to customer acquisition marketplace, FormFree Exchange

ATHENS, Ga. — FormFree®, a leader in financial technology since 2007, today announced several enhancements to its customer acquisition marketplace, FormFree Exchange (FFX). Topping the list of enhancements is the auto-matching capability, connecting borrowers and lenders in seconds….

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October 21, 2024

Down Payment Resource finds 2,444 down payment assistance programs nationwide in its Q3 2024 data analysis

ATLANTA, Ga. — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry authority on homebuyer assistance program data and solutions, today released its Q3 2024 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report. The Q3 report saw the number of national homebuyer assistance programs increase by 29 to 2,444….

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