Homes & Houses For Sale By Owner In Athens, Georgia (342)

Learn More About Athens, Georgia

Currently there are 287 homes for sale and 55 vacant land for sale

About Athens, Georgia:

Athens is a midsize city in Clark County Georgia, located in the north eastern part of the state. With a population of just over 193,000, Athens is the sixth largest city in Georgia. Athens is widely known throughout the state as being a college town, home of the University of Georgia, the state’s flagship public university and home of the Georgia BullDogs.

 

Athens has a humid subtropical cold climate which features hot humid summers and moderately cold winters. It has an average high of approximately 54° in January and over 91° in July.

 

Athens has some amazing and unique neighborhoods, each with their own distinct personality and flavor. Boulevard for example is located north of Prince Avenue less than a mile from downtown however stepping into it is like stepping back in time. The area features rustic warehouse exteriors and cool local restaurants such as Heirloom Cafe, Pulaski, and Heights BBQ.  Cobbham, on the other hand, is a more traditional city suburb characterized by substantial well-built build houses, schools, and tree-lined streets.

 

The cultural crown jewel of Athens Georgia is the Georgia Museum of Art, the official state museum of art since 1982. The museum offers something for people of all ages as well as free admission to the public for all exhibitions.

 

Another popular draw is the State Botanical Garden of Georgia which covers 313 acres and operated by the University of Georgia. The garden contains 11 different botanical and horticultural collections including a delilah garden, a heritage garden, and international garden, and a native azalea collection, just to name a few.

 

Being a major American college town, it should come as no surprise that Athens is known throughout the region for it’s amazing music scene. People flock to world-famous venues like the 40 W club and the Georgia theatre to take in the hottest up-and-coming musical acts

 

Schools in Athens are administered by the Clark County School District and features 14 elementary schools, for middle schools, and three high schools. Amongst the top schools in Athens are: Chase Street Elementary School, Barrow Elementary School, Clark Middle School, and South Jackson Elementary School.

 

It’s possible Athens Georgia could be one of America’s more underrated cities. It’s a classic great little city that you’ve probably never heard of. In 2016, it was named one of the Top 17 Most Affordable Cities by mint.com. In 2015 it was ranked as one of the best college football towns as well as one of Forbes 25 best places to retire.

There are many For Sale By Owner listing platforms in the U.S. but ByOwner.com stands out among the pack. This site is a comprehensive, one-stop service for those who want to market their own houses online. Not only does ByOwner expand the sample size of prospective buyers, it does so at only a small portion of the cost imposed by a traditional real estate broker. In fact, you can avoid the usual six percent Realtor's commission -- which can add up to a big chunk of the proceeds -- when you go with our Athens, Georgia Flat Fee listing.

How is that even possible? It works because we broaden the audience for your home to people that would be otherwise uninformed.

ByOwner not only lists your property with the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for any given city, we also engage the most utilized search engines and the more popular real estate gateway sites, including Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com, MSN, AOL, Bing, Yahoo, and Google. Meanwhile, once the house is added to the MLS, the FSBO listing appears alongside homes listed on broker sites, specifically ReMax, C-21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Redfin, Movoto, Keller Williams. This is standard practice among brokerages since sites like this generally display all MLS listings.

As a general rule, sellers who use ByOwner conserve over $15,000 when all is said and done. We give For Sale By Owners the apparatus and noticeability they need while, simultaneously, greatly diminishing the cost of the sales transaction. As of now (04/16/2024), our Athens collection of market data shows 342 properties. We have 287 single-family homes for sale by their owners.

If you are thinking of selling your Athens home fast, try our flat fee listing service, Our list fees start at $499, and may save you $15,000 in real estate commissions. Click here to start saving.

Disclaimer: Listing broker has attempted to offer accurate data, but buyers/lessees are advised to confirm all information IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers' personal, non-commercial use that it may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing, and that data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS. The MLS may, at its discretion, require use of other disclaimers as necessary to protect Participants and/or the MLS from liability.
This data up-to-date as of [04/16/2024]