The median price of a home sold in metro Atlanta in April was just 3.7% higher than the same month a year ago, according to a report from the Atlanta Realtors Association.
That year-to-year increase is smaller than it has been recently, meaning the market is decelerating. In 2018, prices for metro Atlanta homes climbed 7.6%.
Last month, the median price for a house sold in metro Atlanta was $282,000, the association said.
A big factor in the deceleration of prices was the increased number of homes for sale, according to the Realtors. The supply was up a solid 12.8% since April of last year.
That larger inventory represents about 2.9 months of sales, ticking up from 2.7 months in sales in March.
Experts say that a balanced market — in which sellers and buyers have roughly equal negotiating power — the number of listings should represent six or seven months of sales. So the current situation still gives the advantage to sellers.
But the market seems to be slowly balancing out, said DeAnn Golden, president of the association. "This increase in inventory in the early part of the buying season is a good sign for the months ahead."
