The city’s relative affordability in today’s high interest-rate environment helped put it on the list. 

Redfin attributes the drop to the record high mortgage rates, recession concerns, record low inventory, extreme winter weather and the holiday slowdown. 

The median sales price of homes sold was $370,000, up 2.8% from December 2021 but down 1.1% from November, according to the latest Georgia MLS Housing Market Snapshot. 

A record share of sellers are giving buyers concessions including money for repairs and mortgage-rate buydowns.

Geographically, the largest home-price increases took place in the Southeast, led by Florida (18%), South Carolina (13.9%) and Georgia (13.6%), CoreLogic reported, citing its November Home Price Insights report.    

Homes linger on market longer as buyers take their time.

Regionally, the pending-sales index fell 7.9% month over month in the Northeast, 6.6% in the Midwest, 2.3% in the South and 0.9% in the West. 

At the same time, the median sales price of a new house slid to $471,200 from $484,700 in October and $430,300 a year earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported. 

The month-over-month decline in sales came as prices rose for the 129th consecutive month, the National Association of REALTORS® said. 

New-home permits fell 11.2% month over month, while housing completions jumped 10.8% in what one observer said could have “worrisome” long-term consequences for the nation’s housing supply. 

Current real estate market conditions have not discouraged buyers from their plans of homeownership, according to a new survey from RE/MAX.

The 30-year fixed-rate inched to 6.42%, which is still close to the lowest rate in a month, the group said. 

Homes are lingering on the market longer, up 15% from last year during the four weeks ended Dec. 4, marking the largest uptick in home supply since 2015.

A report from Realtor.com shows that many areas that experienced substantial growth during the pandemic are now posting some of the country’s steepest price reductions.

A report from Redfin shows that 29% of single-family homes for sale in the U.S. were new constructions in the third quarter of 2022.

By unit, home sales fell 14.3% month over month and 40.2% year over year to 4,187 properties in November, while the median sales price of homes sold was $370,000, down 2.6% from October but up 4.2% from November 2021, Georgia MLS reported.