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What Higher Mortgage Rates Mean for Home Sellers

Price snapshot (Aug 2026): median sale price about $552,000, up 10.4% from a year ago
Pace: homes selling in about 48 days
Schools: Buford City Schools, plus Gwinnett and Hall County schools depending on the address
Getting around: about 40 miles to downtown Atlanta via I-985 and I-85

Higher mortgage rates are changing what it takes to sell. Here’s what that means for pricing, prep, and competing with new construction.

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