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Atlanta, GA’s median sale price is $426K as of Aug 2026 — +5.6% year over year. Pecan Street tracks Atlanta with its Three-Opinion home-price methodology (Redfin, FHFA HPI, and Zillow ZHVI), with no market signals flagged right now.

Headline

Median sale price

Aug 2026

$426K

+5.6% year-over-year

How it’s calculated

Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.

Mortgage rate

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.

Monthly payment

Principal & interest

$2,275/mo

$98K/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 Atlanta compares to other U.S. metros

Home-price growth38th of 195 (top 20%)
Asking-vs-sale gap68th of 85
Days on market70th of 194 (top 37%)
Price-to-rent74th of 195 (top 38%)
Price cuts79th of 194 (top 41%)

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≈ 16 +6.7% YoY
74th of 195 (top 38%)
Asking price / sq ft$195 -0.2% 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≈ 39% -4.7 pts YoY
79th of 194 (top 41%)
New housing units permitted2,870

The median asking price $420K runs about 1% below the median sale price $426K.

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. Asking is the median list price of active listings (Realtor.com, this month); sale is the headline median of recent closings (Redfin, a rolling 3-month median) — distinct sources and windows, so the gap is a directional read, not a like-for-like difference. 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 data12 shown of 206
MLS board of recordFirst MLS (FMLS)
Price methodologyThree-Opinion · Redfin · FHFA HPI · Zillow ZHVI
Data as ofAug 2026

Recent signals

No signals flagged for this market right now.

Price reconciliation

red · 4.6pp

Redfin (city)

+5.6%

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.

Market dispatches

Citable market dispatches for Atlanta → Latest dispatch: Sep 21, 2026.

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ZIP-level data

ZIPMedian list priceActive listingsNew listingsPrice reductionsDays on marketHome value
30004$1.2M3209212453$761K
30019$542K3258014464$442K
30024$649K36010016451$603K
30040$630K37510419255$592K
30041$675K43410420857$630K
30052$440K44312818054$389K
30132$400K3296014460$373K
30135$380K3489611658$315K
30180$365K3298010472$312K
30252$430K3378412469$375K
30318$372K41112013666$379K
30518$555K3469616457$457K

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.