Aug 2026
$354K
+3.5% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Athens, GA
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Athens, GA’s median sale price is $354K as of Aug 2026 — +3.5% year over year. Pecan Street tracks Athens with its Three-Opinion home-price methodology (Redfin, FHFA HPI, and Zillow ZHVI), with no market signals flagged right now.
Headline
Sep 18, 2026
7.04%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,890/mo
$81K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Athens compares to other U.S. metros
| Price cuts | ↓166th of 194 |
|---|---|
| Days on market | ↑39th of 194 (top 21%) |
| Price-to-rent | ↑60th of 195 (top 31%) |
| Home-price growth | ↑63rd of 195 (top 33%) |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 17 -2.9% YoY ↑60th of 195 (top 31%) |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $216 +1.2% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 28% -4.5 pts YoY ↓166th of 194 |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 122 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Jul 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 11 shown of 17 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | — |
| Price methodology | Three-Opinion · Redfin · FHFA HPI · Zillow ZHVI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
amber · 2.5ppRedfin (city) +3.5% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +1.0% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30601 | $425K↑ | 78↑ | 36↑ | 24 | 48↓ | $310K↑ |
| 30605 | $330K↑ | 182↑ | 36↓ | 48↑ | 74↑ | $325K↑ |
| 30606 | $487K↑ | 243↑ | 48↑ | 64↓ | 72↑ | $374K↑ |
| 30621 | $785K↓ | 40↑ | 0↑ | 8↓ | 78↑ | $614K↑ |
| 30622 | $586K↑ | 62↑ | 8↓ | 12↓ | 73↑ | $493K↑ |
| 30628 | $400K↓ | 35↑ | 12↓ | 12↑ | 30↑ | $333K↑ |
| 30629 | $355K↓ | 25↑ | 8↑ | 12↑ | 50↑ | $311K↑ |
| 30633 | $380K↑ | 31↓ | 12↑ | 16↑ | 77↓ | $326K↑ |
| 30646 | $375K↓ | 36↑ | 4↑ | 4↑ | 59↓ | $340K↑ |
| 30677 | $634K↑ | 104↓ | 20↑ | 24↓ | 63↓ | $519K↑ |
| 30683 | $359K↓ | 39↑ | 12↑ | 24↑ | 57↑ | $334K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.