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July 28, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Buford, GA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

What homes actually sell for in Buford: a median closing price of $569,500 across 268 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Buford, GA Housing Market 2026: Median Home Price, Last 12 Months

Buford produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last 12 months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 12 months: 268
  • Median sold price, last 12 months: $569,500
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 12 months: $217
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $399,000 and $787,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 268 closed sales in Buford over the last 12 months, with a median closing price of $569,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $399,000 and $787,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 87% of the Buford closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 261 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $184 and $256 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Buford, GA (September 2026)

The median home price in Buford is $569,500, measured across the 268 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last 12 months. The middle half of those sales closed between $399,000 and $787,000.

Where Buford sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Buford
Closed sale prices over the last 12 months. Middle half of sales: $399k to $787k
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$245k to $383k: 42 sales$245k$383k to $521k: 63 sales63sales$521k to $659k: 49 sales$521k$659k to $797k: 33 sales$797k to $936k: 25 sales$797k$936k to $1.07M: 7 sales$1.07M to $1.21M: 11 sales$1.07M$1.21M to $1.35M: 5 salesMedian $570k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Buford over the last 12 months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $399,000 and $787,000. Among the 90 Georgia markets with a published band, Buford's middle-half spread ($399,000 to $787,000) ranks 73rd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 76th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Buford monthly medians for the complete months inside the last 12 months, Oct 2025 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 11 months plotted.
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Oct 2025: $215 per square foot across 25 sales$215OctNov 2025: $230 per square foot across 23 sales$230Dec 2025: $211 per square foot across 22 sales$211DecJan 2026: $186 per square foot across 20 sales$186Feb 2026: $232 per square foot across 16 sales$232FebMar 2026: $213 per square foot across 26 sales$213Apr 2026: $207 per square foot across 20 sales$207AprMay 2026: $213 per square foot across 32 sales$213Jun 2026: $227 per square foot across 22 sales$227JunJul 2026: $215 per square foot across 22 sales$215Aug 2026: $197 per square foot across 11 sales$197Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 28 days, across 168 Buford closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 23 days, across 159 Buford closings Resideline tracked in the last 12 months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 268 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Buford angle

Buford closed sales cluster more than they do in most markets we track. Across 268 closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median closed sale price was $569,500, and the middle half of sales closed between $399,000 and $787,000. A spread that tight means the median is a genuinely informative anchor, and pricing errors are more likely to come from misjudging whether a property is typical than from the band being uninformative. Note that the distance from the median up to the upper quartile is larger than the distance down to the lower quartile, so the upper part of the market does extend.

Buford market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Buford ZIP codes: 30518.

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it depends on a confirmed closing price reaching us, which happens for only a small share of Georgia homes, so the accuracy scoreboard is a national record rather than a Georgia one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Buford address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Buford, GA
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 1311784
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last 12 months
Tracked closings: 268
Median sold price: $569,500
Median sold $/sqft: $217 (261 qualifying)
Property mix: 87% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Buford over the last 12 months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Buford city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 25% of the 268 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $580,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Buford?

The median sold price in Buford over the last 12 months is $569,500, measured across 268 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Buford last month?

Resideline tracked 11 closed sales in Buford in August 2026, out of 268 closings tracked over the last 12 months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Buford?

The middle half of Buford sales over the last 12 months closed between $399,000 and $787,000, with a median of $569,500.

What is the typical price per square foot in Buford?

Among qualifying Buford closings Resideline tracked over the last 12 months, the median sold price per square foot was $217, measured across 261 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Does a tight quartile band make Buford, GA easier to price?

It makes the median more useful, not the work optional. When the middle half of closings sits in a narrow range, a typical property should price near the centre, so the real question is whether the subject is typical. Confirm that with matched closed sales, and treat a value pushed well above the upper quartile as a claim that needs its own comps.

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