10/15/2026
Atlanta didn't flip. It split.
This one compares February with September 2026, the same year. Median days on market usually rise from spring into fall, so some of what you see at the top is the season. Against last September, ZIPs at $650k and up went from 57.3 to 59.6 days, about 2 days slower, not 11, and the share of listings with a price cut there is lower than a year ago (25.1% to 22.9%).
What holds on both reads: the two ends moved in opposite directions. In ZIPs with a median under $300k, median days on market went from 68.4 in February to 64.3 in September, about 4 fewer days, and there are 13.3% fewer homes for sale than last September. In ZIPs at $650k and up, it went from 48.3 to 59.6, about 11 more days, and there are 9.6% more homes for sale than last September.
Where I say "selling" in the video, the measure is median days on market for listings. These are listings, not closed sales.
So the advice you keep hearing is right for somebody. Which end you are shopping decides whether it is right for you. The year-over-year read gets its own post.
Comment your ZIP and I will tell you which side it is on.
AI avatar and voice of Alvin Slate.
Data: Realtor.com® Economic Research, realtor.com/research/data. Listings, not closed sales. February to September 2026 and September 2025, not seasonally adjusted, read October 7, 2026.
Calculated by Alvin Slate from Realtor.com® Economic Research data, https://www.realtor.com/research/data/ (CC BY-NC 4.0). 153 metro Atlanta ZIPs grouped by their September 2026 median asking price.
Alvin Slate, REALTOR®, eXp Realty · (888) 959-9461 · Equal Housing Opportunity