Forsyth County Land Sales Report 2025: What Development Land Sold For
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Most land pricing in Forsyth County comes from rumor. A neighbor heard a number. A builder mentioned a figure at a rezoning hearing. Somebody’s cousin sold forty acres and the price grew every time the story got retold.
This is the recorded version. We tracked thirty one development land sales in Forsyth County in 2025, totaling $176.5 million across 1,159 acres. Every one is below with the deed data, what the buyer intends to build, and the site plan or aerial that goes with it.
This is not every deed that changed hands in the county. It is the development land: the tracts that builders, developers and commercial users bought to put something on. Home sales, small lot sales and family transfers are not in here.
Luke Crawford and Justin Mizell of Crawford Lands track every land transaction and zoning case in the county. This is what 2025 looked like.
2025 was a zoning year, not a market year
The county continues to focus on limiting growth. As a result 2025 was driven more by regulations and moratoriums than by normal market forces.
In May 2025 the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved a moratorium on the acceptance of applications to rezone properties to any zoning district in Chapter 11 (Residential Districts) or Chapter 20B (Specialty Districts) of the Forsyth County Unified Development Code. On November 6, 2025 the Board extended it through May 5, 2026.
That same month the Board approved a second moratorium, on the acceptance of residential sketch plat and land disturbance permit (LDP) applications for certain residentially zoned properties under the UDC. On November 6, 2025 the Board extended that one through May 5, 2026 as well.
From a market perspective the two created a clear distinction between land with existing entitlements or vested zoning and land that required new approvals. Properties with zoning in place, or with development rights predating the moratorium, generally traded more favorably. Speculative rezoning opportunities were effectively paused.
The 6815 Cross Roads Road entries below are the clearest example in the report. A legacy Res6 zoning from 2006 is worth more today than the same dirt with a good story about what it could be rezoned to.
Updates to the UDC and zoning landscape
In 2025 Forsyth County continued revising its zoning rules and Unified Development Code with the goal of reducing residential density. The changes covered lot sizes, buffers, density calculations and design standards. While described as modernization, the practical effect was a reduction in lot count, which in many cases lowered land values for property owners by limiting how their land could be used.
The county also completed county initiated rezonings that converted older zoning districts into newer residential categories, such as R2R to Res 2. Those changes did not increase density, but they reset properties under more restrictive standards and further reduced development flexibility. Understanding current code requirements has become just as important as understanding the zoning label itself. For more on the districts themselves, see our guide to Forsyth County residential zoning codes and A1 and the agricultural districts.
What the numbers say
| Measure | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Development land sales tracked | 31 |
| Total volume tracked | $176,490,251 |
| Total acreage tracked | 1,159.44 |
| Average price per acre, all transactions | $299,299.56 |
| Average price per residential lot | $98,205.34 |
| Median price per acre, residential land | $106,589 |
| Median price per lot, residential land | $79,471 |
| Median price per acre, commercial land | $475,259 |
| Residential land volume | $102,425,210 |
| Commercial land volume | $14,533,000 |
Forsyth County’s housing market has begun to recover from the slowdown caused by rising interest rates, though it has not returned to its recent peak. Median home sale prices were $610,000 in 2023, $586,000 in 2024 and $597,000 in 2025, a modest rebound reflecting improving confidence while staying below recent highs.
The gap between the residential and commercial medians is the headline, but it is not a like for like comparison. Residential land is priced off density, and the county spent 2025 cutting density, so those per acre numbers spread wide and trend down. Commercial land is priced off the use, and none of those rules touch it. The real split is density against use. If apartments were ever zoned in Forsyth County, that land would price much closer to commercial than to single family.
Read the per lot column, not the per acre column
Four things move these numbers, and price per acre hides all of them.
Where it sits. This is the one most people leave out. South Forsyth and the stronger school districts carry a real premium over north Forsyth and the more rural parts of the county. Two tracts with the same zoning and the same lot count do not bring the same price if one of them feeds a better school.
Sewer or septic. Septic ties lot size to a drain field, so density stays low no matter what the zoning label says. A tract that can tie into county sewer is a different asset from the one next to it that cannot, and that difference alone can be most of the price.
Zoning sets the ceiling. Land zoned A1 and land zoned Res3 on the same road are not the same asset. A comp from a rezoned tract does not apply to unzoned ground next door, and under the current moratorium it may not apply for years.
Yield sets what a builder can pay. Once location, sewer and zoning are settled, a builder backs into price from the number of lots they can sell. Stream buffers, topography and the county’s lot size rules decide that count. Corn Drive and Stoney Point sit five times apart on price per acre: 170 lots on 147 acres against 35 lots on 41 acres, in different parts of the county. Neither seller got it wrong. They sold different products in different places.
Developed lots are not land. Three sales below are finished lots with streets and utilities already in. Their per acre numbers say nothing about raw acreage.
Residential land sales
Fifteen tracts sold to builders and developers. Median price per acre was $106,589 and median price per lot was $79,471.
4648 Bethelview Road
| Sale date | January 14, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 080 265, 080 009 and 080 264 |
| Acres | 40.45 |
| Price | $4,185,336 |
| Price per acre | $103,469 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $83,706.72 per lot |
| Seller | Wayt Family |
| Buyer | Taylor Morrison |
50 single family detached homes.
Settingdown Road
| Sale date | January 21, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 234 380 |
| Acres | 10.32 |
| Price | $1,100,000 |
| Price per acre | $106,589 per acre |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $183,333 per lot |
| Seller | Hubbard Family |
| Buyer | Tipton Home Builders |
Six single family detached homes.
Crystal Cove Trail
| Sale date | February 18, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 301 019 |
| Acres | 33.53 |
| Price | $1,800,000 |
| Price per acre | $53,683 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $58,064 per lot |
| Seller | Crystal Cove Partners, James H Vaughan Jr |
| Buyer | Tellus Land, Joseph Astrauckas and David Patterson |
31 single family lots. Tellus Land is a land procurement company related to David Patterson Homes.
6815 Cross Roads Road
| Sale date | February 19, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 250 003 and 250 008 |
| Acres | 35.33 |
| Price | $3,050,000 |
| Price per acre | $86,328 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $22,761 per lot |
| Seller | Cason Family and Jerry Gresham |
| Buyer | Southvine Homes, Alex and Courtney Tetterton |
A legacy Res6 zoning from 2006. It looks like 87 attached and 47 detached houses. Rumored to be under contract with a large home builder.
Watch this one. It sells again in September, seven months later, for $11,352,000.
4950 Hubert Martin Road
| Sale date | February 26, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 188 013 |
| Acres | 112.80 |
| Price | $7,800,000 |
| Price per acre | $69,148 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $72,222 per lot |
| Seller | Mills Family Partnership |
| Buyer | Toll Brothers |
Broadhollow, a 108 lot single family residential development.
4355 Franklin Goldmine Road and 4470 Canton Hwy
| Sale date | February 26, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 009 031 and 009 057 |
| Acres | 40.44 |
| Price | $15,703,400 |
| Price per acre | $141,033 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $57,034 |
| Seller | Estate of Charles Findlay and Parallise Properties (Bennett Family) |
| Buyer | Southvine Homes, Alex and Courtney Tetterton |
A 100 lot single family residential development.
The largest residential land price of the year.
1560 and 1550 Stoney Point Road
| Sale date | February 28, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 109 004 and 004 |
| Acres | 41.05 |
| Price | $8,775,000 |
| Price per acre | $213,763 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $250,714 per lot |
| Seller | Stone, Campbell and Jones Family |
| Buyer | Southern Gentry Homes |
A 35 lot single family residential development.
The highest price per lot paid for raw land in the county all year.
5022 Heardsville Road
| Sale date | April 7, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 009 043, 044, 036, 045 and 011 |
| Acres | 24.74 |
| Price | $6,600,000 |
| Price per acre | $266,990 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $67,346 per lot |
| Seller | Bagwell Family |
| Buyer | Tellus Holdings, Joseph Astrauckas and David Patterson |
A 98 lot townhome development. Tellus closed on the land, but the zoning condition amendment included Ashton Woods elevations, so the lots are likely headed to Ashton Woods.
Attached product is how a site reaches $266,990 an acre and still pencils at $67,346 a lot.
5298 Post Road
| Sale date | April 11, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 057 008 |
| Acres | 8.76 |
| Price | $2,000,000 |
| Price per acre | $228,310 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $142,857 per lot |
| Seller | Estate of Ozzie Reid |
| Buyer | Epic Homes |
A 14 lot single family residential development.
6330 Corn Drive
| Sale date | June 25, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 165 013 |
| Acres | 147 |
| Price | $6,274,474 |
| Price per acre | $42,683 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $36,908 |
| Seller | Bannister Family |
| Buyer | First Center Inc, David Pearson Communities |
170 lot residential subdivision.
The cheapest acre and the cheapest lot of the year. Scale is what makes both numbers work.
3970 Matt Highway
| Sale date | July 25, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 189 003 |
| Acres | 75.5 |
| Price | $12,400,000 |
| Price per acre | $164,238 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $118,095 per lot |
| Seller | Habib Bokhari |
| Buyer | Century Communities |
105 lot residential subdivision.
5260 Old Atlanta Road
| Sale date | August 7, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 181 004 |
| Acres | 215.36 |
| Price | $22,000,000 |
| Price per acre | $102,155 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $117,647 per lot |
| Seller | SCARF Forsyth, Silver Creek Capital |
| Buyer | Toll Brothers |
187 lot residential subdivision.
The largest single land purchase recorded in the county in 2025.
Old Federal Road
| Sale date | August 28, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 047 001 |
| Acres | 58.88 |
| Price | $4,212,000 |
| Price per acre | $71,535 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $79,471 per lot |
| Seller | Henry Garmon |
| Buyer | Fischer Homes |
53 lot residential subdivision.
4600 Settingdown Road
| Sale date | August 29, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 236 024 and 236 026 |
| Acres | 21.13 and 10.34 |
| Price | $3,344,740 and $1,555,260 |
| Price per acre | $155,700 per acre |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Martin Inez Martin Estate and Bryan Martin |
| Buyer | The Pacific Group |
Assumed to be an extension of The Pacific Group's residential development next door. No plans found.
Market Place Blvd
| Sale date | November 17, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | C38 141 |
| Acres | 3.7 |
| Price | $1,625,000 |
| Price per acre | $289,707 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | BVS Cumming GA, LLC, TPA Group |
| Buyer | Central Forsyth Properties, Mark J Morgan |
Assemblage for future residential development.
Developed lot sales
Three sales were finished lots rather than land. Streets and utilities were already in, so the per acre figures tell you nothing about raw acreage. Read the per lot column.
Rosarian Drive, Rose Creek Subdivision
| Sale date | January 15, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 168 003 |
| Acres | 32.09 |
| Price | $10,000,001 |
| Price per acre | Developed lot sale, not accurate |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $161,290 per developed lot |
| Seller | Matt Highway Land Company, LLC, Tal Harber, Danny Bennett and Danny Reed |
| Buyer | Pulte Homes |
62 developed lots. Pulte is currently building homes on these.
6815 Cross Roads Road
| Sale date | September 4, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 250 003 and 250 008 |
| Acres | 35.33 |
| Price | $11,352,000 |
| Price per acre | $321,313 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $84,716 per lot |
| Seller | Southvine Homes, Alex and Courtney Tetterton |
| Buyer | Stanley Martin Homes |
A legacy Res6 zoning from 2006. It looks like 87 attached and 47 detached houses.
The same 35.33 acres sold in February for $3,050,000. Seven months and a development plan later it brought $11,352,000.
4415 Pisgah Road
| Sale date | September 22, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 050 028 |
| Acres | 51.88 |
| Price | $15,030,000 |
| Price per acre | Developed lot sale, not accurate |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $283,584 per lot |
| Seller | Southern Heritage, Michael Phelps |
| Buyer | Lennar |
53 developed lot residential development.
Commercial land sales
Eight commercial sales, median $475,259 an acre. That is four and a half times the residential median on the same county map.
8152 McGinnis Ferry Road
| Sale date | January 24, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 184 025 |
| Acres | Tract 1: 3.121, Tract 2: 0.502 |
| Price | $1,753,000 |
| Price per acre | $483,853 per acre |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Danny Bennett and Ricky Bryan |
| Buyer | Kyong “Kyle” Park |
Retail and restaurant.
Keith Bridge Road
| Sale date | January 28, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 192 186 |
| Acres | 9.94 |
| Price | $3,980,000 |
| Price per acre | $400,402 per acre |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Tim Perryman, Atlantic Squared |
| Buyer | Tractor and Equipment Company |
TEC dealership. They sell earth moving and heavy equipment.
567 Atlanta Road
| Sale date | February 25, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | C19 016 |
| Acres | 1.42 |
| Price | $1,300,000 |
| Price per acre | $890,410 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Capital Growth Buchalter |
| Buyer | Taco Bell of America |
Relocation of the Taco Bell that was at the northwest corner of Hwy 20 and Hwy 9.
103 Greenfield Drive
| Sale date | April 30, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 152 114 |
| Acres | 3.97 |
| Price | $1,400,000 |
| Price per acre | $352,644 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Highway 9 Land, LLC, Aman Kakkar, M.D. |
| Buyer | Highway 9 MOB 2 Partners, LLC, Scott Beach, M.D. |
Medical office building.
5690 Rowland Street
| Sale date | September 9, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 145 098 |
| Acres | 1.58 |
| Price | $2,300,000 |
| Price per acre | $1,455,696 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | R and V Cumming, LLC |
| Buyer | Capital Growth Buchalter |
Chase Bank. A zoning verification letter was filed with the following verbiage: “Proposed use is a Financial Office/Bank with drive-through service for a future Chase Bank.”
The highest price per acre recorded in the county in 2025.
Jake Drive
| Sale date | September 10, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 145 098 |
| Acres | 3 |
| Price | $1,400,000 |
| Price per acre | $466,666 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | WB Land Group |
| Buyer | CFA Logistics, a trucking company out of Washington |
Truck and trailer storage and service facility.
7835 Knight Road
| Sale date | September 12, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 302 006 |
| Acres | 2.71 |
| Price | $1,200,000 |
| Price per acre | $442,804 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | GPB Properties |
| Buyer | Yogi Real Estate Highway 53 LLC, Yogesh Patel |
Gas station and liquor store.
Windermere Parkway
| Sale date | September 12, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 177 560 |
| Acres | 1.75 |
| Price | $1,200,000 |
| Price per acre | $685,714 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Windermere Parkway, LLC |
| Buyer | Windermere Parkway Realty LLC, Kranthi Kiran Dhamuluri |
No plans filed with the County. The site is zoned CBD, which allows a variety of commercial uses.
Industrial land sales
One industrial trade, and it prices differently from everything else in this report.
5315 Shiloh Road
| Sale date | November 14, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 086 120 |
| Acres | 33.45 |
| Price | $4,000,000 |
| Price per acre | $89,686 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | $14.96 per foot |
| Seller | Coordinated Properties, Filsoof Family |
| Buyer | INDUS Realty Trust |
Industrial. Building A: 180,028 SF rear load. Building B: 87,288 SF rear load.
Priced off the building, not the dirt. Two rear load buildings totaling 267,316 square feet at $14.96 a foot of land cost.
Bought without a plan
Four sales where nothing has been filed. All four buyers are holding ground rather than building on it.
6010 Cross Roads Road
| Sale date | January 17, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 234 034 |
| Acres | 7.4 |
| Price | $1,775,040 |
| Price per acre | $239,870 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Hubbard Family |
| Buyer | Matt Hwy Land Company, LLC |
Unknown. This organization recently completed a large lot sale to Pulte Homes and also bought a medical office building and a retail property earlier in the year, so there is a chance this was a 1031 exchange with future development in mind. The site is zoned A1, and previous attempts to rezone it to CBD and M1 were both unsuccessful.
Buford Hwy
| Sale date | May 9, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 201 150 |
| Acres | 9.16 |
| Price | $1,175,000 |
| Price per acre | $128,275 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Shree Real Estate, Yashesh Shah |
| Buyer | Pakka Realty, LLC, Harish Munjuluri |
The site is a mix of Res6 and CBD. The sketch plat below was submitted and then withdrawn. Looks like an investment group that will hold onto it.
Brookwood Road and 3109 Caney Road
| Sale date | August 15, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 112 008 and 112 004 |
| Acres | 6.83 and 55.66, total 62.49 |
| Price | $1,800,000 and $12,000,000, total $13,800,000 |
| Price per acre | $220,835 per acre |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | SCARF Forsyth, Ralls and Smith Families |
| Buyer | Elysian Square LLC, Madhuri Moparthy and Satish Punati |
Unknown. Land investment.
Sixty two acres on GA 141 across from Brookwood Square, bought with no plan filed.
Buford Highway
| Sale date | August 28, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Parcel number | 202 006 |
| Acres | 20.32 |
| Price | $2,400,000 |
| Price per acre | $118,110 |
| Price per unit/lot/foot | N/A |
| Seller | Dr. David Tong |
| Buyer | Venkateswara Rao Gollu |
Buyer is linked to an address that buys and holds a lot of land in Forsyth County.
Looking ahead
The land sales in this report show that property in Forsyth County is still selling for strong prices, even as zoning rules and regulations continue to change. Well located properties that are priced realistically and align with current county policies are still attracting both regional and national buyers.
The key takeaway for landowners and developers is simple. Moratorium timelines, zoning changes and entitlement status now have a much bigger impact on land value than in the past. Understanding how these factors affect your property is critical.
Who publishes this report
Crawford Lands, LLC is a land brokerage in Cumming, Georgia. Luke Crawford is the owner and qualifying broker, Georgia real estate license #81852. He has sourced more than $600 million in off market land and closed over $100 million across data center, multifamily, industrial and residential projects for institutional developers.
Justin Mizell is Luke’s partner on Crawford Lands Forsyth County. He pulls the deeds, verifies the parcel data and tracks the rezoning calendar behind every entry in this report. Luke and Justin work the county together, and every listing the firm takes in Forsyth runs through both of them.
Crawford Lands acquires land nationally and lists land exclusively in Forsyth County. We do not list houses.
If you would like to discuss any of the transactions in this report, your own property, or how current county policies may impact value, Luke Crawford or Justin Mizell would be happy to speak with you directly. All conversations are confidential, and our guidance is based on real land transactions across Forsyth County.
Frequently asked questions
Does this report cover every land sale in Forsyth County?
No. It covers development land: the tracts that builders, developers and commercial users bought to put something on. Home sales, small residential lot sales and family transfers are not tracked here.
Why does commercial land cost so much more per acre than residential land in Forsyth County?
It is not a like for like comparison. Residential land is priced off density, and the county spent 2025 cutting density, so those per acre numbers spread wide and trend down. Commercial land is priced off the use, and none of those rules touch it. If apartments were ever zoned in Forsyth County, that land would command prices much closer to commercial than to single family.
What is the Forsyth County development moratorium?
In May 2025 the Board of Commissioners approved two moratoriums: one on accepting applications to rezone property to any Chapter 11 residential or Chapter 20B specialty district, and one on accepting residential sketch plat and land disturbance permit applications for certain residentially zoned properties. On November 6, 2025 both were extended through May 5, 2026.
Why is price per acre a bad way to value land?
Because it hides the four things that actually set the price: where the tract sits, whether it has sewer or septic, its zoning, and how many lots it yields. A 147 acre tract that yields 170 lots in one part of the county and a 41 acre tract that yields 35 lots in another show very different prices per acre even when both sellers got market value.
Who publishes the Forsyth County Land Sales Report?
Luke Crawford, owner and qualifying broker of Crawford Lands, LLC, publishes it with Justin Mizell, his partner on Crawford Lands Forsyth County.
Are these sale prices public record?
Yes. Every sale in this report comes from recorded deeds and Forsyth County parcel records. Suspected use is drawn from filed site plans, rezoning exhibits and zoning verification letters, and is labeled as suspected where the plan is not confirmed.
How do I find out what my Forsyth County land is worth?
Contact Crawford Lands. Luke Crawford and Justin Mizell will review the parcel, the zoning, the likely yield under current code and the recent comps in your area.
Sources
Forsyth County, Georgia recorded deeds and parcel records. Forsyth County Unified Development Code, Chapter 11 (Residential Districts) and Chapter 20B (Specialty Districts). Forsyth County Board of Commissioners moratorium actions, May 2025 and November 6, 2025. Filed site plans, rezoning exhibits and zoning verification letters, Forsyth County Department of Planning and Community Development.
Crawford Lands, LLC is a licensed real estate brokerage in the State of Georgia, license #81852. This report is provided for informational purposes and is not an appraisal or an offer to buy or sell real estate. Suspected use reflects filings on record at the time of publication and is not a statement of the buyer’s plans. Contact us.
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