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August 4, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Fayetteville, GA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Fayetteville: a median closing price of $401,250 across 154 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Fayetteville, GA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Fayetteville, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Fayetteville sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 154
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $401,250
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $182
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $309,995 and $490,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 154 closed sales in Fayetteville over the last six months, with a median closing price of $401,250. 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 $309,995 and $490,000. 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. 85% of the Fayetteville 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 152 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $158 and $211 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Fayetteville, GA (August 2026)

The median home price in Fayetteville is $401,250, measured across the 154 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $309,995 and $490,000.

Where Fayetteville sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Fayetteville
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $310k to $490k
$228k to $331k: 40 sales$228k$331k to $434k: 43 sales43sales$434k to $536k: 32 sales$434k$536k to $639k: 16 sales$639k to $742k: 8 sales$639kMedian $401k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Fayetteville over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $309,995 and $490,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Fayetteville monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area. Months with fewer than 10 qualifying closings are drawn as empty slots.
Mar 2026: $174 per square foot across 23 sales$174Mar 2026Apr 2026: $190 per square foot across 40 sales$190Apr 2026May 2026: $180 per square foot across 27 sales$180May 2026Jun 2026: $168 per square foot across 25 sales$168Jun 2026Jul 2026: $188 per square foot across 27 sales$188Jul 2026Aug 2026: month still in progress, fewer than 10 qualifying sales recorded so farAug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 28 days, across 113 Fayetteville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 28 days, across 111 Fayetteville closings Resideline tracked in the last six 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 154 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Fayetteville angle

For a Fayetteville deal, treat the median as the opening move rather than the answer. Resideline tracked 154 closings over the last six months; the median closed sale price was $401,250, with the middle half of sales between $309,995 and $490,000. The comp pool is on the thin side, so build your comp set outward from the closest matches instead of screening the whole city at once.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. 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 and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

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

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Fayetteville, GA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 154
Median sold price: $401,250
Median sold $/sqft: $182 (152 qualifying)
Property mix: 85% houses
https://resideline.com/blog/fayetteville-ga-housing-market

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 Fayetteville over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Fayetteville?

The median sold price in Fayetteville over the last 6 months is $401,250, measured across 154 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Fayetteville last month?

Resideline tracked 28 closed sales in Fayetteville in July 2026, out of 154 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Fayetteville?

The middle half of Fayetteville sales over the last six months closed between $309,995 and $490,000, with a median of $401,250.

What is the typical price per square foot in Fayetteville?

Among qualifying Fayetteville closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $182, measured across 152 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What should an investor watch when pricing in Fayetteville, GA?

Watch where the subject sits relative to the band. For a subject you believe is above average, lean on matched closings rather than the citywide median, and remember the 154 closings we tracked make this a shallower pool than most.

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