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Ball Ground, GA housing market data

Updated September 2026 · Source: FMLS, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group

What it means

Ball Ground is one of Cherokee County's active markets. Our FMLS archive shows 1,669 closed sales here since January 2020.

Over the trailing 12 months, Ball Ground recorded 251 closed sales at a median price of $494,900. Median days on market: 43. That's about 6 weeks from list to contract, so buyers have room to compare and negotiate. The average close-to-list ratio was 95.3%, so the typical seller gave up about 4.7% between list and close. Since 2021, the annual median close price has moved from $370,500 to $460,000. That's up 24%. These figures come from the Terence Richardson Group's own FMLS closed-sales archive, refreshed monthly. It's the same data we price from.

Beyond the numbers

What it's like to live in Ball Ground →

Ball Ground, by the numbers

$494,900
Median close price (trailing 12 mo)
251
Closings (trailing 12 mo)
43
Median days on market
$209
Median price per sq ft
95.3%
Avg close-to-list ratio

Data last updated: September 2026. Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Sample: 251 closed sales.

How is the Ball Ground market moving?

Median close price, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com $410K Oct 2021 Sep 2026 $728K high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Y-axis does not start at zero.

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PeriodValue
Oct 2021$395K
Nov 2021$368K
Dec 2021$365K
Jan 2022$375K
Feb 2022$328K
Mar 2022$416K
Apr 2022$425K
May 2022$437K
Jun 2022$410K
Jul 2022$494K
Aug 2022$430K
Sep 2022$405K
Oct 2022$332K
Nov 2022$389K
Dec 2022$337K
Jan 2023$440K
Feb 2023$393K
Mar 2023$332K
Apr 2023$346K
May 2023$450K
Jun 2023$422K
Jul 2023$400K
Aug 2023$425K
Sep 2023$400K
Oct 2023$725K
Nov 2023$434K
Dec 2023$380K
Jan 2024$426K
Feb 2024$393K
Mar 2024$368K
Apr 2024$400K
May 2024$413K
Jun 2024$455K
Jul 2024$425K
Aug 2024$425K
Sep 2024$460K
Oct 2024$373K
Nov 2024$386K
Dec 2024$405K
Jan 2025$485K
Feb 2025$437K
Mar 2025$472K
Apr 2025$495K
May 2025$418K
Jun 2025$475K
Jul 2025$455K
Aug 2025$468K
Sep 2025$540K
Oct 2025$476K
Nov 2025$630K
Dec 2025$440K
Jan 2026$728K
Feb 2026$488K
Mar 2026$490K
Apr 2026$505K
May 2026$530K
Jun 2026$521K
Jul 2026$469K
Aug 2026$524K
Sep 2026$410K
Closed sales by month, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com 22 Oct 2023 Sep 2026

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026.

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PeriodValue
Oct 202317
Nov 202313
Dec 202313
Jan 202414
Feb 202414
Mar 202414
Apr 202417
May 202416
Jun 202423
Jul 202415
Aug 202427
Sep 202414
Oct 202420
Nov 202414
Dec 202417
Jan 202512
Feb 202515
Mar 202520
Apr 202522
May 202514
Jun 202521
Jul 202525
Aug 202518
Sep 202517
Oct 202522
Nov 202510
Dec 202513
Jan 202611
Feb 202623
Mar 202620
Apr 202626
May 202629
Jun 202626
Jul 202633
Aug 202616
Sep 202622
Median days on market, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com 58d Oct 2023 Sep 2026 112d high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026.

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PeriodValue
Oct 202319d
Nov 202313d
Dec 202314d
Jan 202448d
Feb 202468d
Mar 202434d
Apr 202442d
May 202413d
Jun 202424d
Jul 202411d
Aug 202434d
Sep 202498d
Oct 202437d
Nov 202420d
Dec 202421d
Jan 202594d
Feb 202531d
Mar 2025111d
Apr 202520d
May 202512d
Jun 202541d
Jul 202529d
Aug 202535d
Sep 202516d
Oct 202536d
Nov 202572d
Dec 202523d
Jan 2026112d
Feb 202631d
Mar 202656d
Apr 202644d
May 202630d
Jun 202646d
Jul 202627d
Aug 202636d
Sep 202658d
Months of supply, single-family, Cherokee County (county-level)
TerenceRichardson.com 3.7 Oct 2023 Sep 2026 3.7 high

Source: GAMLS InfoSparks, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Single-family homes. 12-month rolling basis. City-level supply history is not yet published; the county series is shown for context.

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PeriodValue
Oct 20231.8
Nov 20231.8
Dec 20231.8
Jan 20241.8
Feb 20241.9
Mar 20241.9
Apr 20242.0
May 20242.1
Jun 20242.1
Jul 20242.2
Aug 20242.3
Sep 20242.4
Oct 20242.4
Nov 20242.5
Dec 20242.5
Jan 20252.6
Feb 20252.7
Mar 20252.7
Apr 20252.8
May 20252.9
Jun 20252.9
Jul 20253.0
Aug 20253.1
Sep 20253.2
Oct 20253.2
Nov 20253.3
Dec 20253.3
Jan 20263.4
Feb 20263.5
Mar 20263.5
Apr 20263.6
May 20263.6
Jun 20263.6
Jul 20263.6
Aug 20263.6
Sep 20263.7
Close-to-list price ratio, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com 95.5% Oct 2023 Sep 2026 99.8% high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Sale price over original list price. Y-axis does not start at zero.

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PeriodValue
Oct 202395.5%
Nov 202393.5%
Dec 202398.5%
Jan 202495.7%
Feb 202493.6%
Mar 202496.7%
Apr 202497.4%
May 202496.0%
Jun 202498.1%
Jul 202495.9%
Aug 202497.7%
Sep 202496.2%
Oct 202493.7%
Nov 202496.7%
Dec 202495.9%
Jan 202593.2%
Feb 202596.2%
Mar 202596.8%
Apr 202597.6%
May 202597.3%
Jun 202599.8%
Jul 202598.4%
Aug 202595.6%
Sep 202597.0%
Oct 202592.0%
Nov 202593.5%
Dec 202596.0%
Jan 202692.3%
Feb 202697.0%
Mar 202695.2%
Apr 202694.5%
May 202696.4%
Jun 202695.6%
Jul 202696.8%
Aug 202695.4%
Sep 202695.5%
Median price per square foot, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com $195 Oct 2021 Sep 2026 $244 high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Closings reporting usable square footage only. Y-axis does not start at zero.

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PeriodValue
Oct 2021$176
Nov 2021$192
Dec 2021$183
Jan 2022$181
Feb 2022$195
Mar 2022$192
Apr 2022$211
May 2022$189
Jun 2022$207
Jul 2022$195
Aug 2022$214
Sep 2022$190
Oct 2022$203
Nov 2022$188
Dec 2022$189
Jan 2023$215
Feb 2023$196
Mar 2023$186
Apr 2023$174
May 2023$228
Jun 2023$214
Jul 2023$201
Aug 2023$219
Sep 2023$207
Oct 2023$223
Nov 2023$202
Dec 2023$199
Jan 2024$179
Feb 2024$191
Mar 2024$204
Apr 2024$212
May 2024$197
Jun 2024$231
Jul 2024$209
Aug 2024$216
Sep 2024$205
Oct 2024$198
Nov 2024$196
Dec 2024$212
Jan 2025$200
Feb 2025$188
Mar 2025$227
Apr 2025$224
May 2025$206
Jun 2025$234
Jul 2025$217
Aug 2025$225
Sep 2025$244
Oct 2025$207
Nov 2025$198
Dec 2025$190
Jan 2026$220
Feb 2026$217
Mar 2026$209
Apr 2026$204
May 2026$223
Jun 2026$205
Jul 2026$212
Aug 2026$201
Sep 2026$195
Seasonality: median price by calendar month, Ball Ground
TerenceRichardson.com $374K Jan Dec

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Averaged across years since 2020.

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PeriodValue
Jan$431K
Feb$378K
Mar$385K
Apr$402K
May$417K
Jun$424K
Jul$419K
Aug$420K
Sep$420K
Oct$433K
Nov$422K
Dec$374K

TRG proprietary data

How often do listings fail to sell in Ball Ground?

43.7% of Ball Ground listings that left the market in the 12 months through September 2026 failed to sell: 195 withdrawn or expired against 251 closed.

That means about 1 in 3 of those listing attempts ended without a sale, after the prep, the showings, the waiting. Each relisting counts separately, so this measures attempts, not homes. Pricing and the first two weeks have a lot to do with which group a listing lands in, and it's the number listing agents almost never show you.

43.7%failed to sell

Geography: Ball Ground, Metro Atlanta, GA · Period: 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30

Source: FMLS withdrawn and expired records, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Sample: 446 terminated listings (195 failed, 251 closed). A failed listing left the market Withdrawn or Expired without closing. Rate = failed / (failed + closed) among listings terminating in the period. Relisted homes count per attempt.

Neighborhoods and subdivisions in Ball Ground

Every community with 10 or more closed sales in the last 12 months gets its own data page. 4 qualify in Ball Ground.

Mountain Brooke North$516K median · 78 sales since 2020River Rock$635K median · 119 sales since 2020Stratford Hills$555K median · 21 sales since 2020The Preserve at Etowah$518K median · 24 sales since 2020

Questions people ask

Ball Ground questions, answered with data

What is the median home price in Ball Ground?

The median home sale price in Ball Ground is $494,900. That's based on 251 closed sales over the trailing 12 months. Source: FMLS data compiled by the Terence Richardson Group, updated September 2026.

How fast do homes sell in Ball Ground?

Homes in Ball Ground sell in a median of 43 days on market. That's about 6 weeks from list to contract, per trailing-12-month FMLS closed sales compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Sellers have averaged 95.3% of list price at closing. Well-priced homes move faster than the median; overpriced homes are what carry it.

Is Ball Ground a good place to buy a home in 2026?

Ball Ground gives buyers room to work: the median home takes 43 days to sell, so offers get negotiated. Whether it fits you comes down to price band and timeline, and that's a data question. Terence Richardson of the Terence Richardson Group at Compass prices every recommendation from the group's own FMLS closed-sales dataset for Metro Atlanta, updated monthly.

Who is the best Realtor in Ball Ground, GA?

Terence Richardson, founder of the Terence Richardson Group at Compass, works with buyers and sellers across Metro Atlanta, including Ball Ground. He ranks in the top 1% of Greater Atlanta agents, measured from FMLS sales records, with $100M+ in career sales, 17+ years of experience, and a 4.9 average from 62 Google reviews. He prices every recommendation from a proprietary FMLS and GAMLS dataset covering Metro Atlanta. His full track record and methodology are at terencerichardson.com/track-record, and his number is 678-785-5275.

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