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Chapel Hill, Decatur GA

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

Chapel Hill is a Decatur community in DeKalb County. The FMLS archive we maintain shows 137 closed sales here since January 2020. That's enough to read this market on its own numbers, not Decatur averages.

Over the trailing 12 months, Chapel Hill recorded 19 closed sales at a median price of $279,999. Median days on market: 42. That's about 6 weeks from list to contract, so buyers have room to compare and negotiate. Since 2021, the annual median close price has moved from $236,500 to $284,900. That's up 20%. These figures come from the Terence Richardson Group's own FMLS closed-sales archive, refreshed monthly. It's the same data we price from.

As of September 2026, the pace here has been measured. That usually gives buyers room to negotiate. For sellers, week-one pricing discipline is the difference-maker.

Chapel Hill, by the numbers

$279,999
Median close price (trailing 12 mo)
19
Closings (trailing 12 mo)
42
Median days on market
$136
Median price per sq ft
n/a below 20 sales
Avg close-to-list ratio

Data last updated: September 2026. Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Sample: 19 closed sales.

How is the Chapel Hill market moving?

Median close price, Chapel Hill
TerenceRichardson.com $292K Oct 2023 Sep 2026 $292K high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Y-axis does not start at zero. Months with fewer than 5 closings are omitted from the line.

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Closed sales by month, Chapel Hill
TerenceRichardson.com 2 Oct 2023 Sep 2026

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

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PeriodValue
Oct 20231
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Dec 20234
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Median days on market, Chapel Hill
TerenceRichardson.com 40d Oct 2023 Sep 2026 40d high

Source: FMLS closed sales, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Updated September 2026. Months with fewer than 5 closings are omitted from the line.

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Subdivision samples are thin by nature; months with fewer than 5 closings are omitted from lines rather than plotted as misleading points.

TRG proprietary data

How often do listings fail to sell in Chapel Hill?

36.7% of Chapel Hill listings that left the market in the 12 months through September 2026 failed to sell: 11 withdrawn or expired against 19 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.

36.7%failed to sell

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

Source: FMLS withdrawn and expired records, compiled by the Terence Richardson Group. Sample: 30 terminated listings (11 failed, 19 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.

Questions people ask

Chapel Hill questions, answered with data

What is the median home price in Chapel Hill?

The median home sale price in Chapel Hill is $279,999. That's based on 19 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 Chapel Hill?

Homes in Chapel Hill sell in a median of 42 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. Well-priced homes move faster than the median; overpriced homes are what carry it.

Is Chapel Hill a good place to buy a home in 2026?

Chapel Hill gives buyers room to work: the median home takes 42 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.

Thinking about selling in Chapel Hill? Every valuation we prepare is hand-built from FMLS comps, including recent Chapel Hill closings around the $279,999 median. Request yours. Buying? Tell us what you're looking for.

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