Atlanta's housing market cools to a crawl: What buyers and sellers need to know this summer

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

If you’ve been watching Atlanta’s real-estate market this spring, you’ve probably noticed the change: fewer open-house stampedes, more price reductions, and a general sense that the feverish pace of the pandemic era has given way to something far more cautious.

Industry data confirm the vibes. Metro Atlanta’s housing market is now widely described as balanced — a polite way of saying it has cooled considerably from the seller-dominated sprint of 2021 through early 2024.

Centennial Yards opens The Mitchell, its first residential tower downtown, marking the start of a $5 billion reshaping of The Gulch

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0400

The first residential tower at Centennial Yards has opened for tenants, more than a decade after the project’s origin as a parking-lot deal between the city and the Atlanta Falcons and years after the development nearly collapsed under its own weight.

The opening of The Mitchell — a single 19-story tower designed by Atlanta firm Goode Van Slyke Architects — marks the most visible sign yet that the long-stalled $5 billion, 50-acre redevelopment of The Gulch is finally moving.

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Atlanta's housing market cools to a crawl: What buyers and sellers need to know this summer

Centennial Yards opens The Mitchell, its first residential tower downtown, marking the start of a $5 billion reshaping of The Gulch