THE SEARCH LEDGER · ATLANTA, GEORGIA · REAL ESTATE
Every month Atlanta types 160,930 real estate searches into Google. This is the public record of what those searches are, what they cost, and who currently answers them.
Relative search interest by month, indexed 0–100. The pink outline marks the peak. Interest runs highest in AUG and lowest in DEC.
SRC: Google Trends relative interest for the Real Estate category in Atlanta — a 0–100 index, not a search count. One curve per category is the granularity available; it is not split per keyword.
The 20 highest-volume of 207 tracked keywords, priced at what advertisers actually bid. The dearest click here is “realtor near me” at $14.41.
| # | KEYWORD | VOL/MO | CPC | DIFFICULTY | INTENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apartments near me | 90,500 | $3.87 | 41 | transactional |
| 2 | apartments atlanta | 18,100 | $3.85 | 22 | commercial |
| 3 | homes for sale near me | 9,900 | $0.91 | 63 | transactional |
| 4 | atlanta homes for sale | 5,400 | $1.63 | 18 | transactional |
| 5 | realtor com atlanta | 4,400 | $0.65 | 17 | commercial |
| 6 | condos for sale in atlanta | 2,900 | $2.73 | informational | |
| 7 | decatur atlanta homes for sale | 2,900 | $3.00 | 9 | transactional |
| 8 | duluth atlanta homes for sale | 2,900 | $2.13 | transactional | |
| 9 | dunwoody atlanta homes for sale | 1,900 | $2.50 | 0 | transactional |
| 10 | realtor near me | 1,900 | $14.41 | 65 | transactional |
| 11 | buckhead homes for sale | 1,600 | $1.13 | 0 | transactional |
| 12 | condo in atlanta | 1,300 | $2.95 | informational | |
| 13 | realtor atlanta | 1,000 | $8.41 | 26 | commercial |
| 14 | atlanta townhomes for sale | 1,000 | $3.24 | informational | |
| 15 | realtors of atlanta | 880 | $12.46 | 26 | commercial |
| 16 | atlanta housing market | 720 | $4.25 | branded | |
| 17 | condos for sale in buckhead | 720 | $2.52 | informational | |
| 18 | virginia highlands homes for sale | 590 | $0.46 | transactional | |
| 19 | atlanta real estate brokers | 390 | $11.49 | informational | |
| 20 | atlanta realtor center | 390 | $0.02 | commercial |
SRC: DataForSEO, Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. Volume and CPC are Google Ads twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week. Difficulty is DataForSEO’s 0–100 score; blank where it has not been scored.
Live position tracking for the tracked keyword in this vertical — who Google puts in the map pack, and who holds page one.
SRC: DataForSEO, Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. LOCAL marks an organic domain that matches a business tracked in this metro; an unmarked domain is simply not one of them, which includes directories and firms we do not track.
The 12 most-reviewed businesses we track in this vertical, with the profile signals that put them where they are.
| RANK | BUSINESS | RATING | REVIEWS | CATEGORY | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Justin Landis Group Real Estate | 4.9 ★ | 1,271 | Real estate agent | YES |
| #2 | Berkeley Park Apartments | 4.8 ★ | 1,075 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #3 | The Lookout O4W | 4.1 ★ | 819 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #4 | The Mix Apartments | 3.8 ★ | 734 | Student housing center | YES |
| #5 | 131 Ponce Apartments | 4.3 ★ | 641 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #6 | Altitude Apartments | 4.2 ★ | 635 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #7 | Leyland Pointe Apartments | 4.1 ★ | 551 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #8 | EmpowerHome Team Atlanta | 4.9 ★ | 544 | Real estate agent | YES |
| #9 | Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals | Atlanta Apartments | 4.5 ★ | 532 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #10 | Smart City Apartment Locator Atlanta | 4.9 ★ | 522 | Apartment rental agency | YES |
| #11 | Cortland Old Fourth Ward | 4.1 ★ | 471 | Apartment complex | YES |
| #12 | Skyline ATL Apartments | 4 ★ | 448 | Apartment complex | YES |
SRC: Google Maps listings, DataForSEO, Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. Ranked by review count, which is a proxy for how established a listing is — not a ranking claim.
Branded demand is the clearest read on who has built recall here — searches for a business by name, the volume nobody has to bid for.
SRC: DataForSEO, Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. Brand searches identified from the tracked keyword set.
People Also Ask questions collected verbatim from Atlanta real estate results — the literal wording Google is already surfacing.
What is the cheapest rent for an apartment?
What is the cheapest apartment for rent in the Atlanta area?
What credit score is needed for an apartment?
What is the cheapest thing to rent to live in?
SRC: Google People Also Ask, DataForSEO, Atlanta metro, Sep 8, 2026. Questions are reproduced as collected; we do not answer them here.
Everything above is the market. If you want to be in it, start with where you stand today.
Every other vertical we track in this metro, with its monthly search demand.
REAL ESTATE IN OTHER METROS
HOW THIS PAGE IS MADE
Every figure is collected, not estimated. Keyword volume and cost-per-click come from Google Ads via DataForSEO and are twelve-month averages, so neither moves week to week — a weekly delta on either would measure the averaging window, not the market. Map-pack and organic positions are a live SERP read taken Sep 8, 2026. Sections with no data are omitted rather than filled.
Atlanta, Georgia · Real Estate · 207 keywords · collected Sep 8, 2026