Sandy Springs home values rank second in the Atlanta metro for price growth, climbing $23,679 in one year. That 3.5% gain outpaced all but Milton, according to a Stacker analysis of Zillow data published by Fulton Neighbor.

The typical Sandy Springs home is valued at $692,396, making it the seventh most expensive city in the metro. Over a five-year span, values rose $141,386, or 25.7%.

Only Milton topped Sandy Springs on the list, with a one-year gain of $26,072 and a typical home value of $946,504. Brookhaven placed third at $744,798, up $23,205. Dunwoody ranked seventh, gaining $17,043 to reach $672,389.

All four north metro cities outpaced the national rate. The typical U.S. home value stood at $369,678 in August, per the Stacker analysis. That 1.3% annual gain trails Sandy Springs' 3.5%.

The ranking arrives as Sandy Springs grapples with an affordability squeeze that city leaders have linked to population loss. Council Member Andrew Chinsky said June 26, during a discussion of the city's Transportation Master Plan, that Sandy Springs' population of roughly 105,000 has declined over the past five years because housing costs are too high.

"I would love to see one of our goals for a transportation plan to enable new housing to be built so that new families can move here and buy into Sandy Springs," Chinsky told the council, as Appen Media reported.

The price pressure shows up across the market. The average sale price of a detached home jumped from the mid-$600,000s in 2020 to about $975,000 in 2025, according to National Association of Realtors (NAR) data cited in a Rough Draft Atlanta report. Few single-family homes are available below $750,000, the NAR data shows. New construction accounts for only 4–5% of for-sale volume.

Sales volume has dropped sharply. Just 546 homes sold in 2024, a 47% decline from the 2021 peak of 1,036, according to Hirsh Real Estate market data.

The city's comprehensive plan process, called "The Next Chapter," is examining housing policy directly. About 80% of Sandy Springs is zoned as "protected neighborhoods" limited to low-density, single-family homes, Ronda Smith, chair of The Next Chapter advisory committee, said at Tuesday, Sept. 15 planning meetings.

Smith said policies in the new plan will determine where a greater range of housing types can be built.

The third of five public meetings on the comprehensive plan is scheduled for Oct. 29 at Sandy Springs City Hall from 6–8 p.m. The full plan is set for city council adoption in June 2027.