Roswell appreciation rates and housing market information

Roswell housing market information

With 79,844 people, 31,389 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $326,324, Roswell house prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, Roswell real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Roswell, accounting for 61.36% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Roswell include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (26.97%), row houses and other attached homes (6.96%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (4.48%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Roswell. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 64.83% of Roswell's homes, and 54.82% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Roswell built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Roswell built from 1995 and later (16.64%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1940-1969 (7.86%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (7.86%).

Roswell home appreciation rates

Roswell's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Roswell during the period has been just 4.96%, which is lower than % of US communities.

Over the last year, Roswell appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Roswell's appreciation rate has been -1.38%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Roswell were at 1.83%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.32%.

Importantly, this makes Roswell one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Georgia, our data show that Roswell's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 17% of the other cities and towns in Georgia.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Roswell differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Roswell - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 1990, to assist you in making the best Roswell real estate investment or home purchase decisions.