Valdosta, GA Market Update March 2025

[J. Mitchell Bernier]

No Doom and Gloom Here!

If you have been watching the news lately, especially the financial markets, there have been a lot of sad faces on there. Especially on Wall Street, there is a lot of doom and gloom around tariffs, inflation risks, and slowing economic growth in the US. This could be the start of a rolling over on the stock market with the DOW, S&P, and Nasdaq all pulling back over the past month. However, if you’re a real estate investor in Valdosta, No DOOM AND GLOOM HERE!! Let’s dive into the numbers.

Median list price of homes for sale continues its march higher to another record high of $267,000. This is only up slightly from last month, but the trend is what matters. And that trend is showing no signs of turning in the other direction. This trend is being reinforced by price per sqft hitting another record high and days on market decreasing again for another straight month.

Another sign of good things to come are inventory levels have decreased again and quite dramatically from last month. With the spring home buying season fast approaching, if these levels stay low, this will just push prices even higher in 2025. Higher prices will lead to higher rents as well. Which are starting to bounce back after being around $1500 at the start of the year, they have come back slightly to around $1,400. I would project that over the next 9-12 months it will be choppy, but by the end rent median rates will be back above $1,500 in Valdosta.

All in all, the data continues to show that Valdosta is an excellent market and is on the trend higher, and we are starting to see other media outlets take notice.

In January, Prop.text.com did their own report of their top 10 markets for 2025. They used a variety of data sources and focused on three main categories: Overvalued vs Undervalued, Population growth, and job growth. And look who came in as number 1, Valdosta came in at number 1 as the best market of 2025. The full list is listed below.

1. Valdosta, GA
2. Shelby, NC
3. Harrisonburg, VA
4. Charlottesville, VA
5. Chamberburg, PA
6. California, MD
7. El Paso, TX
8. Grand Forks, ND
9. Jonesboro, AR
10. Las Cruces, NM