Gwinnett County, Georgia Real Estate and Housing Market Trends and Forecasts

As one of the Atlanta area’s fastest-growing counties, Gwinnett County, Georgia is sought after for its close access to all of Atlanta’s arts, sports and restaurants, as well as its great schools, natural spaces, and affordable housing. Gwinnett County has become a popular destination for many families, causing a boom in the real estate market. Purchasing a home right now provides a wonderful financial opportunity for your clients and their families.

If you have clients who are hesitant to buy a home because they've heard talk of a housing bubble in the media or they’re worried home prices may decline, you can use MBS Highway's Real Estate Report Card to show them the strength of the market in Gwinnett County right now.

Let's break this powerful tool down so you can see how you can use MBS Highway's Real Estate Report Card to help your clients move forward with a home purchase and to gain valuable referral relationships.

Strong Historical and Forecasted Appreciation

Let’s begin by analyzing affordability and appreciation. The median home price in Gwinnett County is $224,054. We have strong appreciation with the 10-year historical appreciation rate at 5.80%, while the forecasted 1-year and 5-year cumulative appreciation rates are 5.68% and 20.17% respectively!

While these figures are significant, let’s break down the numbers even further and look at what this really means for your clients. Purchasing that $224,054 home today, given the forecasted appreciation rate of 20.17% over the next 5 years, means that buyer will gain $45,200 in appreciation alone! Showing your clients this gain so clearly using the Real Estate Report Card can help them realize the financial advantage of acting on their home purchase now, which will increase your production and help you build valued referral relationships.

You may have customers that wonder if they can afford a home in this area. You can use the Real Estate Report Card to show them that affordability is very strong in this market, as evidenced by the Affordability Index of 182.31. This means that a family earning the median household income for Gwinnett County of $73,113, which is well above the national average of $55,909, can afford 182.31% of the median home price when putting 20% down.

Of course, not everyone is putting 20% down, but you can see how this information gives homebuyers a good gauge of what they can afford, helping you build your pipeline and build relationships with both new and trusted referral sources.

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Low Inventory Expected to Continue

Honing in on inventory, we can see that there are just five homes available for every 1,000 people in Gwinnett County. Inventory is down 9% year over year and 3% month over month.

What’s more, it's crucial to explain to your clients that low inventory will likely be a factor for the foreseeable future – and it’s probably not going to get easier to purchase a home. Here's why…

Based on our demographics, there are currently around 120,040 people who are between 27-35 years old. This number is important because those in this age range are first-time homebuyers, and our goal is to see what kind of business we can gain from this demographic and how we can help them benefit through homeownership.

Out of these 120,040 people, 11,400 of them will either rent or purchase a home in the next year. And out of these 11,400 household formations, considering that Gwinnett County has a very healthy 64% homeownership rate, around 7,305 will purchase a home.

To meet this demand, builders would have to build 7,305 homes each year, or this amount of homes would have to become available for sale. Yet the actual number of homes being built is just over half this amount, at 4,174!

This inventory and demographic data combined provides such an easy way to express to potential clients why they shouldn't delay their purchase, which again can help you increase production and gain the trust of key referral sources.

The bottom line is we have an inventory shortage, and this is a big reason as to why now is such a good time to purchase a home before it becomes even harder if inventory tightens even more or rates move higher due to rising inflation or other reasons. Plus, there's also the strong forecasted appreciation rates as discussed above and the fact that homes are selling fast.

Strong Job Market A Good Sign for Housing

Despite the dip in employment last year due to the pandemic, as was the case across much of the country, job growth in Gwinnett County is already coming back strong.

The current unemployment rate is at 4.87% in Gwinnett County, which is much lower than the national average of 6.1%. And it’s likely the unemployment rate could decrease further as the economy continues to reopen.

A strong job market is another reason the housing market is expected to remain strong in the Gwinnett County area, as people are more inclined to purchase a home when they feel secure in their job. The opposite is also true.

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