NEW HOME SALES
Rockdale County shows an impressive percentage increase in new home sales, with 29.7% sales growth over the previous year. Hall and Coweta counties closely followed. Fayette County continues to lead the metro Atlanta area in new home sales price, with a median of $310,041.
County	2005 price	%change	2005 sales	%change
Cherokee	$226,500	7.3%	3,431	12.2%
Clayton	$149,445	2.4%	1,932	2.7%
Cobb	$253,370	6.5%	4,887	4.5%
Coweta	$209,400	23.1%	1,369	9.6%
DeKalb	$179,679	6.0%	3,352	-7.8%
Douglas	$187,728	13.2%	1,666	-8.7%
Fayette	$310,041	1.7%	658	-18.0%
Forsyth	$264,000	6.6%	3,144	10.3%
Fulton	$203,700	2.9%	9,970	33.6%
Gwinnett	$215,397	9.3%	9,288	4.3%
Hall	$209,900	26.9%	1,371	11.7%
Henry	$185,782	6.2%	3,588	9.7%
Newton	$161,500	9.3%	1,661	5.5%
Paulding	$177,375	15.1%	2,778	22.2%
Rockdale	$265,450	29.7%	710	11.3%
Walton	$186,900	13.3%	937	-2.5%
Note: Percent change calculated between calendar years 2004 and 2005.
Source: Smart Numbers; rankings by AJC
EXISTING HOME SALES
Newton County has the greatest growth in existing home sales, although Fulton had the highest absolute sales. Forsyth County edged out Fayette County in existing home sale prices, with a median of $238,000.
County	2005 price	%change	2005 sales	%change
Cherokee	$178,000	6.6%	3,369	14.3%
Clayton	$118,000	3.5%	3,274	7.0%
Cobb	$182,000	4.2%	11,534	8.2%
Coweta	$160,000	7.2%	1,621	12.1%
DeKalb	$165,000	1.9%	10,275	8.7%
Douglas	$133,000	4.8%	1,467	14.4%
Fayette	$234,000	6.4%	1,697	6.3%
Forsyth	$238,000	5.7%	2,905	14.6%
Fulton	$212,900	0.4%	14,603	10.0%
Gwinnett	$169,000	5.0%	13,099	15.7%
Hall	$150,300	7.4%	1,895	14.7%
Henry	$144,742	4.2%	2,763	15.9%
Newton	$127,900	8.9%	1,208	15.6%
Paulding	$135,000	5.4%	1,950	16.5%
Rockdale	$149,900	7.1%	1,158	17.9%
Walton	$138,000	4.8%	866	19.6%
Note: Percent change calculated between calendar years 2004 and 2005.
Source: Smart Numbers; rankings by AJC