Cottages at Homewood
Homes for Sale in Athens, GA

Cottages at Homewood market snapshot (as of September 20, 2026): the median sale price is about $428K ($211 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 6 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 7% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Georgia MLS closed sales (6 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 30601 (Athens), 102 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $450K ($327/sq ft), up 14.4% year over year, with a median 25 days on market. Right now 19 active and 6 pending listings put supply at about 4.8 months — a healthy market. See the live ZIP 30601 housing market.

Georgia MLS sales records identify 14 homes in Cottages at Homewood that have changed hands since 2023, built between 2004 and 2007 (median 2006), with a median living area of about 2,010 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2.5-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.

Cottages at Homewood is a small, fast-moving pocket of the Athens market in Clarke County, where recent activity shows homes selling close to list price expectations within about a week.

Six closings is not a large data set, but the pattern within it is consistent: a median of 6 days on market is short by almost any measure, and it suggests that well-prepared listings here are not sitting. For a seller, that argues for having the home genuinely ready before it hits the market — inspections handled, disclosures in order — because the buyer pool appears to be reacting quickly once a listing appears.

The per-square-foot figure of $210.91 combined with the $428,500 median price gives a rough sense of typical home size and finish level, but with such a small closings window, one or two outlier sales can move both numbers meaningfully. Buyers should treat any single comp with some caution and lean on a current, in-context pull of what is actually active or pending at the moment they are ready to write an offer.

In a community where the closings sample is thin and the market clock moves in days rather than weeks, having a local read on what is currently active, pending, or about to list matters more than usual. We track this pocket of Athens closely enough to tell a buyer when a new listing is worth moving on quickly, and to help a seller price against a real, current picture rather than a stale average.

Confirm the current HOA dues, exactly what they cover, and any CDD bond or special assessment for a specific address before you offer.