Baxter Street
Homes for Sale in Athens, GA
All 205 homes for sale in Athens, GA · median $400,000 · 152 homes for sale in 30606
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Over the 12 months ending 2026-09-20, 3 recorded sales closed at a median of $267,150, $257 per square foot, a median 32 days on market, sellers accepting 90% of original asking (-19% versus the prior year). Homes listed or recently sold were built 1935–2021. At the median price and Clarke County's 2025 rate of 31.05 mills, annual property tax runs about $3,320.
| Location | Athens, Clarke County, GA · ZIP 30606 |
|---|---|
| Amenities listed by sellers | None |
| Sale prices, last 12 months | $267,150 median across 3 closed sales · $257 per sq ft · -19.0% vs the prior 12 months |
| Days on market (closed sales) | 32 median |
| For sale right now | 0 active, 0 pending |
Data as of September 20, 2026. Listing data © 2026 Georgia MLS (GAMLS). Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. Market figures describe homes, not residents. Cite as: Momentum Realty, “Baxter Street key facts,” movewithmomentum.com/neighborhoods/baxter-street, data as of September 20, 2026.
Baxter Street's numbers point to a corridor priced on location and lot rather than on shared amenities — there is no clubhouse or pool package baked into these figures, so the median price of $267,150 and a per-square-foot read of $256.88 are coming straight from the structures and their setting inside Athens and Clarke County. That combination suggests a market where condition and square footage do most of the work in setting value, more than any community feature would.
A median of 32 days on market is a moderate pace — not a snap-up situation, but not a stall either. For a seller, that means pricing at or near market from the start still matters; homes here are not selling on momentum alone. For a buyer, it means there is room to look carefully, but not so much room that a well-priced listing will sit unnoticed.
Baxter Street right now
🔴 Off the recent peak. The trailing-12-month median ($267K) is down 19.0% from the prior 12 months ($330K). With about 2 sales a year, a single closing can swing this number, so read the level and the decade, not one year's move.Momentum Research, record-level Georgia MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending September 20. Confidence: Low (3 and 3 sales in the two windows).
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· Updated September 22, 2026 · Live data: Georgia MLS, refreshed twice daily · MLS facts carry their source; interpretation lines are Momentum Research · Data sources & freshness
Nearby homes for sale
No active listings inside Baxter StreetHomes for Sale in Athens, GA right now. These are the 6 closest homes on the market, by straight-line distance from the community's center; some may sit just outside its boundary.
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The 60-Second Overview
Baxter Street market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $267K ($257 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 32 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is down 19% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Georgia MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).
In ZIP 30606 (Athens), 250 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $426K ($205/sq ft), up 8.2% year over year, with a median 50 days on market. Right now 78 active and 12 pending listings put supply at about 5.6 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 30606 housing market.
Georgia MLS sales records identify 7 homes in Baxter Street that have changed hands since 2024, built between 1935 and 2024 (median 1951), with a median living area of about 1,040 sq ft and a typical 2-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Georgia MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community. Georgia has no statewide parcel roll comparable to Florida’s DOR file, so ownership and homestead shares are not shown.
Baxter Street is a Clarke County corridor in Athens where value is set property by property rather than by a shared amenity package, with recent activity reflecting a market that moves at a workable, unhurried pace.
The setting & the homes.
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Who Baxter Street is best for.
Best for
- Buying based on a home's own condition, layout, and recent updates rather than a shared amenity list.
- Selling a well-maintained property and wanting a pricing approach grounded in per-square-foot data rather than guesswork.
- Comfortable with a moderate market pace that allows time to compare a listing against recent local closings.
Probably not for
- Looking for a community built around shared amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, or organized common spaces.
- Needing a large closings history to validate pricing before making a decision.
- Expecting a fast-turnover market rather than the area's current moderate days-on-market pace.
Housing distress & ownership in Baxter Street, Athens
Who owns here, how much is not owner-occupied, and how much for-sale inventory is under distress.
Source: Momentum Realty Research. Ownership & parcels from the FL DOR 2025 tax roll; distress from MLS active-listing status/remarks; price from MLS closed sales. Listing data © 2026 Georgia MLS (GAMLS). Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Baxter Street on the map.
Every active, pending, and recently sold home, plotted. Toggle the layers and tap a home for the details.
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The Baxter Street buying strategy.
If we were buying in Baxter Street today, this is the order of operations we would run for our clients.
Underwrite the condition first. Price the roof, HVAC, and systems honestly before judging any list price; condition swings value here more than square footage alone.
Match the home to real comps. Recent sales of similar condition and lot, not the asking price, tell you what a home is worth.
Move deliberately, not desperately. Neither side has a decisive edge, so a well-prepared, fairly-priced offer wins without overpaying.
Line up financing and inspection early. A pre-approval and an inspection plan let you act fast and negotiate from evidence.
Keep an agent in your corner. The listing agent works for the seller; we represent you and prepare a hand-built valuation before any offer in Baxter Street.
Pricing Set by the Home, Not the Package
With no community amenities identified in current MLS listings, Baxter Street's pricing story is a straightforward one: it runs through the home itself. At a median per-square-foot figure of $256.88, buyers should expect the spread between properties to come down to condition, updates, and layout rather than access to shared features. That makes a walk-through and a clear-eyed look at recent work — roof, systems, finishes — more central to value here than in communities where a pool or gate carries part of the price.
The median dom of 32 days is the other half of the read. It is fast enough that overpricing still gets corrected by the market, but slow enough that a buyer has time to compare a listing against recent closings before committing. Three closings in the most recent window is a small sample, so any one sale can move the median — worth keeping in mind when using these figures to anchor an offer or a list price.
The location and the amenities are priced into every listing in Baxter Street. The deal is won or lost on condition, the comps, and the renovation math.
Why work with Momentum here
In a corridor priced on the home rather than the package, we spend our time on comparables and condition — not brochure amenities — so an offer or a list price reflects what similar Baxter Street properties have actually closed at, not what a broader Athens narrative suggests it should be.
Baxter Street in 15 seconds.
HOA, CDD & Fees
- HOA status not on record. Verify any dues before you offer
- Any club/amenity membership is billed separately
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Data sources & freshness
| Live listings | Georgia MLS, refreshed twice daily (last: September 21, 2026) |
| Community market stats | Georgia MLS closed sales, 12-month windows ending September 20, 2026 |
| Under-contract shares | Georgia MLS records, as of 2026-09-20 |
| Historical depth | Closed-sale records back to 2023 (8 transactions analyzed) |
Verify the primary sources yourself: Georgia DOR · U.S. Census · FEMA flood maps.
Momentum Research figures are our own analysis of Georgia MLS records; MLS data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Methodology: how Momentum market scores are computed. Market metrics describe homes for sale and recent sales, not residents.
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