Last week’s blog post chronicled the Atlanta housing market, focusing on sales numbers through the first half of 2025. We analyzed key housing statistics at a county-wide level. This week, we’ll continue our focus on the housing market, but through a different lens. We’ll be looking at single-family homes listed for sale-not yet closed-and using data from Parcl Labs to get a more granular look.
Last week’s post included an interactive, self-morphing graphic and a static map of 2025 sales aggregated in H3 hexagons. This week, we’re sharing another H3 hexagon map, but this one is interactive and aggregates several key listing statistics that you can toggle between.
Use the interactive legend to dynamically filter the map and explore different metrics for single-family listings currently on the market. You can view the location of all listings, listings owned by institutional (i.e., large-scale) investors, the median list price per square foot, and the median construction vintage of the housing stock listed for sale.
A Look at Metro Atlanta’s Single-Family Home Listings
The listing data shown above were collected from the Parcl Labs API on August 18th, 2025, and have been filtered to only include single-family homes. As was the case with recent sales, the bulk of the housing activity is taking place in Fulton (5,028 total listings) and DeKalb (3,377) Counties. The hexagons with missing data on the map above feature no current listings from Parcl Labs.
When we consider listings owned by large-scale, institutional investors, DeKalb County clearly stands out from the rest. The highest concentration of active listings owned by these investors is located in the southeastern portion of the county, particularly near Redan. So, which investors own the most housing stock on the market? FirstKey Homes (413 listings), Opendoor (155), and Amherst (84) lead the way. In total, Parcl Labs identifies 13 unique institutional investors active in the local listing market.
Price and Vintage
The most expensive housing on the market currently can be found in central Fulton County and around the margins of the 11-county metro area as shown in the green map above. However, note that hexagons on the metro’s periphery have fewer listings. This means a few higher-priced homes can have a disproportionate impact on the aggregated median list price per square foot compared to hexagons closer to the core, which have more listings. With a regional median list price per square foot of just shy of $190, much of central and northern Fulton County-as well as peripheral Forsyth and Cherokee Counties-lies well above this figure.
Finally, we can get a sense of the scale and scope of newer housing currently on the market by selecting the final listing metric in the map above, which is “Construction Vintage.” The 11-county metro area features an overall median vintage of 1994. This means half of the homes currently listed were built in or prior to 1994, while half was built in or after 1994. The map shows that older housing, as depicted in lighter shades of pink and purple, is listed closer to the urban core. Pockets of Henry, Fayette, Douglas, Cherokee, and Forsyth, however, feature much larger concentrations of newer homes.
Key Takeaways
Listing data reveal many of the same market forces at work as closed sales, but they also provide a real-time snapshot of current dynamics. The geographic distribution of listed housing stock varies widely across the metro area. Southeast DeKalb County is a hotspot for institutional investor activity, while Fulton and DeKalb counties boast the most overall listings. Newer, often larger, homes for sale are clustered at the metro’s edges, but there is still a premium on homes located closer to the urban core. As is true for closed sales, the age-old mantra of real estate holds true for listings: location is truly everything!
Photo credit: https://www.loyalhomes.ca/blog/pros-and-cons-of-putting-up-a-for-sale-sign/.