Atlanta Housing Market Update: October 2020

As expected the overall volume of real estate transactions decreased. However due to a continued drop in inventory and low interest rates, prices continued to appreciate throughout Atlanta. Below is the market update for October 2020 from the Atlanta REALTORS® Association.

Atlanta REALTORS® Market Brief

October 2020 Edition

The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA), the largest association of its kind in Georgia, released its October 2020 Market Brief on residential housing statistics in metro-Atlanta. The Market Brief, compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single family residential properties. Covers 11 counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding and Rockdale.

October Highlights

Demand: October residential sales were at 6,051, a decrease of 3.3% from the previous year.

Price: Average and median sales prices continue to gain traction and outpace 2019’s figures, with positive gains. The median sales price in October was $315,000, an increase of 19.8% from last October. The average sales price was $375,500, up 16.8% from the previous year.

Supply: Atlanta area housing inventory totaled 12,291 units in October, a decrease of 36.9% from October 2019. New listings totaled 8,122, down 9.5% from October 2019 and down 4.7% from the previous month. The month’s supply over a 12-month period decreased to 2.0 months.

Demand: May residential sales were at 4,085, a decrease of 36.8% from the previous year.

A Word from 2020 Atlanta REALTORS® President Jennifer Pino:

“The Metro Atlanta market continues to see strong activity as a result of extremely low interest rates and changing buyer needs", reported Jennifer Pino, President of the Atlanta REALTORS® Association. "As a result of high demand and the ongoing issue of low inventory, the average sales price for the area has increased by 16.8% to over $375,000.”

"As we move into the winter months, interest rates do not appear to be changing and we expect that inventory will remain at these low levels. With demand projected to remain strong, these factors should continue to put upward pressure on the average sales prices over the next few months."

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The data in this report was compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). For more details of this month's report, please click here.