GA · Metro #9

Atlanta - GA housing market

The Atlanta metro has a typical home value of $375,898, down 1.5% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 46 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 31% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$375,898
-1.5% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$374,959
+0.5% YoY
Median list price
$400,967
Sale-to-list ratio
98.1%
Selling below ask
Days on market
46d
Listings w/ price cut
30.7%
New listings / mo
7,297
-0.1% YoY
Homes for sale
33,923
+0.9% YoY
Typical rent
$1,843/mo
+2.3% YoY
Income needed to buy
$109,400
Rent vs buy
17.0x
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Atlanta housing market, October 2026

The typical Atlanta home is worth $375,898 as of September 2026, down 0.1% from the prior month, down 0.2% over three months, and down 1.5% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $375,898 to $393,355.

Homes are going pending in about 46 days, slower than the 35 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 33,923 homes for sale, 1% more than a year ago. 30.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 28.0% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,843 a month, up 2.3% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 17.0.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($75,180), the typical Atlanta home costs about $2,552 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $109,400 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$393k$376kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
61d29dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
34.2k26.0kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($375,898) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Atlanta - GA metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 1.5% over the past year. A home worth $381,622 last year is now worth roughly $375,898.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $374,959. Homes are selling at 98.1% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Atlanta - GA sit on the market for roughly 46 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 30.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 7,297 new listings hit the market each month in Atlanta - GA. There are currently 33,923 homes for sale, up 0.9% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Atlanta - GA is $1,843, up 2.3% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 17.0x, toss-up (#95 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $2,082 a month in principal and interest, $239 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.21% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in GA

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Augusta - GA$250,497 +2.9% 36.0d
Savannah - GA$340,186 -2.7% 40.0d
Columbus - GA$209,756 +3.8% 23.0d
Macon - GA$196,903 +3.1% 35.0d
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