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Atlanta housing market statistics
Current, sourced numbers on the Atlanta housing market: a $408,000 median sale price, 33% of purchases made in all cash, 60-day average time on market, and foreclosure filings up 52% year over year. Every figure below is dated and linked to its primary source.
Last verified August 1, 2026. Journalists and researchers: cite freely with attribution to the original sources linked below.
$408,000
June 2026
Median home sale price, Atlanta metro
The median sale price across the Atlanta MSA was $408,000 in June 2026, up 2.0% year over year. The core 11-county metro tracked by the Atlanta REALTORS® Association showed a $418,000 median in March 2026.
60 days
H1 2026
Average days on market, Georgia
Georgia homes averaged 60 days on the market in the first half of 2026, up 7.1% from 56 days a year earlier, based on data compiled from 14 Georgia MLSs. Add a typical 30–45 days of buyer financing for the full listing-to-closing timeline.
8,433
H1 2026
Georgia properties with foreclosure filings, H1 2026
Georgia foreclosure filings rose 52.4% year over year in the first half of 2026 — among the five largest increases in the nation. Georgia also ranked 4th nationally in foreclosure starts (8,164) behind Texas, Florida, and California.
4.0 months
March 2026
Housing supply, metro Atlanta
The 11-county Atlanta metro held 4.0 months of supply in March 2026 (17,723 active listings), up 6.4% year over year — near the balanced-market threshold, giving buyers more leverage than in recent years.
5.70%
February 2026
Average total agent commission
The average total real estate commission was 5.70% of the sale price in early 2026 (2.88% listing side, 2.82% buyer side) — rates have rebounded above pre-NAR-settlement levels.
9.64%
June 2026
Average total cost of a traditional home sale
Selling a home the traditional way costs an average 9.64% of the sale price — roughly $35,900 on an average-priced US home — counting commissions (~5.7%), closing costs, prep, staging, and moving.
6.48M
July 2025
Metro Atlanta population
Metro Atlanta reached 6.482 million residents as of mid-2025, making it the 6th-largest US metro after adding 61,953 residents in a single year — the 3rd-largest gain in the nation.
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