MEMORANDUM DATE: April 9, 2018 TO: FROM: RE: EDA President Krant, EDA Board Members, and Interim Administrator Meyer Cynthia Smith Strack, Community Development Director Item 5.2 Meeting with Area Realtors and Developers GENERAL INFORMATION 2018 EDA goals include bringing new residential lots to market and meeting with various market sectors to further collaboration, rapport, and understanding. To those ends staff recommended and the EDA scheduled a meeting with area realtors and developers to gain input/insight into the current market, express our interest in their expertise, and learn about bringing additional lots to market. A work session is scheduled for April 18 th from 5 to 6 p.m. Attached for background information please find a report from MN Post regarding difficulties first time home buyers are facing in the current market and the 2017 Minnesota Realtors Association annual report on the Minnesota housing market. Following is a framework for discussion which is intended to be round-table style. Commissioners will each receive a copy of the questions at the work session and are asked to share in prompting discussion by asking said questions and others you feel are appropriate. 1. How would you describe the current real estate market residential first, then commercial in Belle Plaine? Sound, dynamic, short on inventory, etc. 2. At the national and regional level experts report a crippling shortage of inventory... is that true locally? How severe is it? What are contributing factors? 3. What types of housing and what price points for new inventory are needed most? 4. In previous cycles, increased demand and strong prices enticed construction. Why is that not happening this time? Why aren t builders building, developers developing? When do you think it will turn? 5. What densities are needed to cash flow new development? Do those densities match up with market demand in your estimation? 6. The City has refrained from raising fees associated with development for several years. What, in addition, can the City do to raise awareness of key issues or solutions or what resources can the City help develop and communicate to increase inventory? 7. How can the City address the fear of new development at the neighborhood level which in the past has derailed higher density developments? 8. Do we need rentals? What types? 9. Is there an adequate supply of contractors/subs locally? Are building material prices restricting supply? 10. Where specifically should redevelopment/rehabilitation be a priority? What is the correct level of participation by the City in promoting redevelopment/rehabilitation?
11. What trends will drive the real estate and development markets in the future? 12. Big cities are getting more expensive, is that an opportunity for Belle Plaine or a challenge to curtail land consumption? REQUEST This item is for information and discussion.
Why it s extremely difficult to buy a first home in Minnesota right now By Greta Kaul 02/01/18 At the end of 2006, there was about a 7-month supply of home inventory in the Twin Cities. Today, there s about a 1.4-month supply. It s an agonizing problem for a lot of young people. You want to buy a house of your own. You can t find a lot in your price range. You keep throwing rent money more-orless down the drain and wondering if your income will ever support owning your own place. You despair as, in some ways, that prospect seems to grow dimmer all the time, even though you re not living in a coastal city with sky-high home values. It s not just millennials imaginations, and it s not because they spend too much money on avocado toast. The housing market has been hot before, but several factors, including rising home prices, high demand, low inventory, and the rising cost of building new homes have conspired to make now an especially difficult time to get a foot in the door of home ownership. Insufficient funds The first piece of buying a house, of course, is having the money to pay for it the down payment, the mortgage, the taxes and the maintenance. But the cost of houses is rising faster than people s incomes, making affording each of those pieces that much farther out of reach. In 2014, just after the economy came out of the Great Recession, median home list prices in Minneapolis-St. Paul were more than three times greater than median household incomes, according to data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Median home prices have been rising fast, and are now record-high, at $246,000 a year compared to a previous alltime high of $230,000, according to data from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. Median sale price for Twin Cities homes, 2003-2017 The median sale price for Twin Cities homes has been climbing in recent years. These figures are not adjusted for inflation. Wages have begun to see meaningful increases after years of stagnation, but house prices are rising faster: in the Twin Cities today, they re more than four times greater than median household incomes, according to the Minneapolis Fed. Home list prices are also outpacing growth in household income in Fargo-Moorhead and Rochester (and nationwide, for that matter) compared to just a few years ago.
High demand, low inventory Even though incomes are rising, albeit slowly, many people are less willing than they might have been a decade ago to look at more expensive homes, having watched the housing market implode during the financial crisis. That s despite low interest rates for borrowing. If you re most people, your first home, you re probably looking to keep your payments in that $1,200 to $1,600 a month sweet spot analogous to the rent on a two-bedroom apartment, said David Arbit, director of research and economics at the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. People are kind of payment sensitive, especially after everything that happened with the housing downturn. Meanwhile, there are people looking in that lower price range who can afford to offer over asking, said Karli Pikala, a realtor with Verve Realty in Minneapolis who is in the market for a starter home herself. Sellers, on average, are getting a high percentage of their asking price, with some would-be buyers offering above asking prices. Whereas a family of four with an annual household income of $100,000 might have looked at buying a $400,000 to $600,000 home in 2006, today they re going to be much more focused on that $200,000 to $250,000, maybe stretching to that $300,000 house, Arbit said. In this environment, people with limited budgets are at a loss because there s these other people swooping in and they have more flexibility with what they can afford, Pikala said. All that adds up to even more interest in houses in the starter home segment of the market. But there aren t necessarily a lot of them available. There s definitely a lot of demand for houses in the lower price range, Pikala said. There s a ton of competition, which can be really frustrating, of course, for first-time home buyers, because a lot of them really can t afford to go over their (budget). We ve seen high demand for homes before, but the short supply is more acute now, Arbit said. That has ripples beyond the new homeowner set. The lack of homes under $250,000 means more competition in the market, which also affects, say, baby boomers looking to downsize. It means many young professionals who, in past generations, might have bought a house, are renting, putting pressure on the rental stock and making it harder for lower-income people to find places to live. At the end of 2006, there was about a 7-month supply of home inventory in the Twin Cities. Today, there s a less than two month supply, Arbit said. The lack of inventory puts pressure on prices. New homes Compared to today, in the early 2000s, it was relatively cheap to build a house or a development, and relatively easy to get a loan to finance it. Times have changed, with prices for materials rising and banks more hesitant to make loans. Today, developers are sinking more costs into building a housing unit than they were in the past.
It starts with the land, which has increased in cost since the cheap, bank-owned land that flooded the post-recession market was scooped up. Before you put a house in the ground, it used to be, about 20 to 30 years ago, the rule of thumb was the cost of a lot that was about 30 percent of a house, so if you could build an actual house you'd sort of do a multiplier of three to four, said Remi Stone, executive vice president of the Builders Association of Minnesota. Today, the lot might cost $100,000 multiply that by three or four and you ve missed the $250,000 and below market entirely. The rise in new construction costs is also a result of more expensive raw materials: tariffs and demands on lumber mean some construction companies are paying 30 percent more, Stone said, and some of the higher-tech materials that go into houses now drive up prices, too. Labor, too. The construction industry was hit hard by the housing bust and is facing a major workforce shortage, especially acute among workers with five to six years of experience, because fewer made a start in the construction industry during the recession, said Mike Paradise, the president of Bigelow Homes, a residential homebuilder in Rochester, who serves on Gov. Mark Dayton s housing affordability task force. The shortage of workers means contractors have to pay higher wages to attract and retain workers, which adds to the overall cost of a home. There s also the matter of regulations local, state and federal. While some like energy efficiency rules have good intentions and good results, Paradise said, they add to construction costs. In his view, it's important to make sure regulations are needed and costeffective. The rising cost of new construction is driving up the cost of all homes, Paradise said, as existing homes are a substitute for new, and if people who live in starter homes now can t move into a house that s a step up, or a step over from the home they re in, that starter home isn t available for the next family. It s the perfect storm all the factors lining up to create some issues, Paradise said. If we don t change anything, it can get worse. He urges policymakers to look at different types of housing: from townhomes to condos and single-family homes, to figure out how to meet the needs of a population whose preferences and needs are changing. Advice from the experts Between rising home prices, short supply and lots of competition, it s a tough time to be buying a starter home. But all is not lost, experts insist. Kath Hammerseng, an Edina Realty realtor and the president of the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, said it s important for new homebuyers to be open-minded: your first house might not be your dream house maybe not right away, maybe not ever. In this market, a lot of reasonably-priced starter homes are going to need some elbow grease, she said.
Think about what you can create, dream about the potential places have, but try not to need it to be ready, turnkey ready, she said. Look for that orange carpet and purple walls some people can t look past that. And, Pikala said, be patient. The advice I would give to people looking is just to keep your expectations realistic, she said. Just know that houses are (getting) multiple offers, so try not to get your hopes up too much. There s always something else that will come along. Be patient,
X0A0T Annual Report on the Minnesota Housing Market FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
X1A0T 2017 Annual Report on the Minnesota Housing Market FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA There is an ongoing and undeniable national housing shortage. Year-over-year inventory levels have been down in most markets for several years now, and that trend is expected to persist in 2018. Consumers are still purchasing for the first time and relocating to other, presumably more ideal homes. Having the financial ability to make a move clearly seems feasible to many eager buyers amidst a healthy economy, whether life events such as marriage, children, employment change or desirable downsizing is the reason for moving. There are further positive signs on the horizon, as builder confidence has improved and construction job gains are measurably higher. It will still take more effort than a lone year can provide for building activity to reach a needed level for inventory balance, but a step in the right direction is welcome. More sellers should feel ready and willing to list in 2018. Economic indicators such as unemployment rates and consumer confidence are in an improved state, and sellers currently hold the keys in the buyer-seller relationship. This does not mean that sellers can set their price and watch the offers roll in. On the contrary, buyers will be poised to test prevailing price points, particularly in markets where home price increases are outpacing wage growth and in light of the fact that mortgage rates are expected to increase further in 2018. Sales: Pending sales increased 0.4 percent, landing at 86,992 to close out the year. Closed sales had the same percentage change compared to 2016, finishing 2017 up 0.4 percent to reach 87,109. Listings: Year-over-year, the number of homes available for sale was lower by 21.8 percent. There were 14,451 active listings at the end of 2017. New listings decreased by 2.3 percent to finish the year at 110,136. Home supply was once again lower than desired in 2017. Lender-Mediated Properties: The foreclosure market has dwindled from its peak several years ago. In 2017, the percentage of closed sales that were either foreclosure or short sale decreased by 39.0 percent to end the year at 4.2 percent of the market. Prices: Home prices were up compared to last year. The overall median sales price increased 6.9 percent to $223,000 for the year. Prices are expected to rise at a slow rate in 2018. List Price Received: Sellers received 97.2 percent of their original list price received at sale, a year-over-year improvement of 0.9 percent. Since sales prices are expected to increase further in 2018, this should bring original list price received at sale up as well. The historic tax reforms due to make their mark in 2018 will have varying effects across the nation. High-priced coastal markets may feel the changes stronger than the middle of the country. And some potential buyers may see the changes as providing less of an investment benefit for homeowners. Some observers warn that there might be enough lack of incentives to stifle homeownership, which is already near 50- year lows. Policy makers claim that the reforms will help boost economic activity and profitability. Whichever direction we ultimately turn, the next year appears to offer a dalliance with balance intended to intrigue both sides of the transaction toward a common middle ground. For those who have their minds made up to buy a home in 2018, it will likely be a competitive ride. The trend has widely been toward fewer days on market and fewer months of supply, indicating strong demand despite higher prices and low inventory. This could prove tricky for first-time home buyers, especially for those who are impacted by student loan debt, content to rent or among the more than 15 percent of adult children still living at home. In a landscape rife with new variables, residential real estate is certainly poised to offer an interesting and active year ahead. Table of Contents 3 Quick Facts 5 Lender-Mediated Review 6 Bedroom Count Review 7 Price Range Review 8 Area Overviews 11 Area Historical Median Prices Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 2
Quick Facts New Listings Pending Sales 115,071 108,001 112,679 110,136 75,433 72,393 83,442 86,667 86,992 104,665 + 3.2% + 6.5% - 2.1% - 2.3% - 4.0% + 15.3% + 3.9% + 0.4% Top 5 Areas: Change in New Listings from 2016 Top 5 Areas: Change in Pending Sales from 2016 Pipestone County + 341.7% Pipestone County + 316.7% Norman County + 300.0% Norman County + 300.0% Nobles County + 77.6% Polk County + 71.2% Koochiching County + 65.8% Nobles County + 60.9% Wilkin County + 42.9% Koochiching County + 50.0% Bottom 5 Areas: Change in New Listings from 2016 Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Pending Sales from 2016 Lake of the Woods County - 16.3% Watonwan County - 17.0% Traverse County - 22.2% Houston County - 18.4% Yellow Medicine County - 22.7% Pine County - 19.5% Kittson County - 23.8% Clearwater County - 21.9% Watonwan County - 33.8% Red Lake County - 26.3% Closed Sales Inventory of Homes for Sale At the end of the year. 75,995 72,472 82,191 86,801 87,109 23,539 24,094 22,082 18,490 14,451-4.6% + 13.4% + 5.6% + 0.4% + 2.4% - 8.4% - 16.3% - 21.8% Top 5 Areas: Change in Closed Sales from 2016 Top 5 Areas: Change in Homes for Sale from 2016 Norman County + 300.0% Marshall County + 250.0% Pipestone County + 200.0% Red Lake County + 250.0% Polk County + 88.1% Pennington County + 200.0% Nobles County + 58.8% Rock County + 200.0% Lincoln County + 46.4% Stevens County + 185.7% Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Closed Sales from 2016 Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Homes for Sale from 2016 Steele County - 16.7% Mower County - 29.3% Clearwater County - 20.0% Olmsted County - 30.3% Houston County - 23.4% Lincoln County - 31.8% Wilkin County - 27.3% Norman County - 33.3% Red Lake County - 45.0% Mahnomen County - 43.8% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 3
Quick Facts Median Sales Price Average Sales Price $172,425 $180,625 $194,900 $208,600 $223,000 $211,208 $222,824 $232,741 $243,690 $260,929 + 4.8% + 7.9% + 7.0% + 6.9% + 5.5% + 4.5% + 4.7% + 7.1% Top 5 Areas: Change in Median Sales Price from 2016 Top 5 Areas: Change in Avg. Sales Price from 2016 Norman County + 93.3% Norman County + 79.6% Pipestone County + 56.0% Lac Qui Parle County + 39.4% Jackson County + 50.2% Pipestone County + 38.7% Traverse County + 47.9% Kittson County + 31.0% Lac Qui Parle County + 35.9% Jackson County + 29.7% Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Median Sales Price from 2016 Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Avg. Sales Price from 2016 Clay County - 10.3% Traverse County - 7.5% Mahnomen County - 10.9% Koochiching County - 8.0% Swift County - 15.3% Wilkin County - 8.2% Stevens County - 19.8% Stevens County - 12.6% Rock County - 42.4% Rock County - 25.5% Days on Market Until Sale Percent of Original List Price Received 73 74 70 62 55 96.3% 97.2% 95.5% 94.7% 94.5% + 1.4% - 5.4% - 11.4% - 11.3% - 0.2% + 1.1% + 0.8% + 0.9% Top 5 Areas: Change in Days on Market from 2016 Top 5 Areas: Change in Pct. of Orig. Price Received from 2016 Stevens County + 56.0% Red Lake County + 5.2% Watonwan County + 42.1% Big Stone County + 4.8% Kittson County + 41.1% Marshall County + 4.5% Mahnomen County + 26.9% Chippewa County + 4.2% Yellow Medicine County + 18.0% Cottonwood County + 4.0% Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Days on Market from 2016 Bottom 5 Areas: Change in Pct. of Orig. Price Received from 2016 Grant County - 30.6% Traverse County - 2.8% Traverse County - 37.0% Mahnomen County - 3.2% Clay County - 38.3% Pipestone County - 3.3% Murray County - 39.8% Kittson County - 3.5% Norman County - 66.7% Rock County - 3.5% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 4
Lender-Mediated Review 4.2% - 39.0% Top Areas: Lender-Mediated Market Share in 2017 Percent of Closed Sales That Were Lender-Mediated One-Year Change in Lender-Mediated Sales Percent of Sales That Were Lender-Mediated 22.5% 14.2% 9.6% 6.9% 4.2% Pipestone County 13.6% Kanabec County 12.6% Pine County 9.7% Renville County 9.6% Lake County 8.6% Watonwan County 8.5% Sibley County 8.1% Meeker County 8.1% Morrison County 7.9% Mille Lacs County 7.9% Carlton County 7.8% Jackson County 7.7% Cottonwood County 7.5% Lincoln County 7.1% Aitkin County 7.0% Stevens County 6.7% Waseca County 6.7% Isanti County 6.6% Roseau County 6.5% Todd County 6.5% Polk County 6.4% Wadena County 6.2% Rice County 5.8% Saint Louis County 5.8% Benton County 5.7% Chippewa County 5.7% + 23.5% + 17.7% + 11.7% + 12.5% Three-Year Change in Price All Properties Three-Year Change in Price Traditional Properties Three-Year Change in Price Short Sales Three-Year Change in Price Foreclosures Median Sales Price 2014 2015 2016 2017 $192,000 $203,000 $215,000 $226,000 $149,900 $155,000 $161,250 $167,500 $124,355 $120,000 $130,000 $139,900 +5.7% +5.9% +5.1% +3.4% +4.0% +3.9% -3.5% +8.3% +7.6% Traditional Short Sales Foreclosures Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 5
Bedroom Count Review + 1.8% + 0.3% Growth in Closed Sales 2 Bedrooms or Less Closed Sales 20,525 20,889 34,196 34,024 Growth in Closed Sales 4 Bedrooms or More 2016 2017 31,904 32,014 + 1.8% - 0.5% + 0.3% 2 Bedrooms or Less 3 Bedrooms 4 Bedrooms or More The sum of all bedroom information shown may not match all property totals due to some listings not having bedroom information classified in the MLS and bedroom information being unavailable from RASM and WCAR. Top Areas: 4 Bedrooms or More Market Share in 2017 Carver County 50.4% Scott County 48.9% Stevens County 48.9% Olmsted County 47.2% Clay County 46.5% Red Lake County 45.5% Washington County 45.1% Benton County 45.1% Wright County 43.9% Lyon County 43.5% Sherburne County 43.4% Stearns County 42.4% Nicollet County 42.1% Redwood County 42.1% Dakota County 42.0% Anoka County 41.0% Goodhue County 40.2% Blue Earth County 40.1% Dodge County 40.1% Wilkin County 40.0% Yellow Medicine County 38.6% Douglas County 38.6% Chisago County 37.6% Rice County 37.1% Kandiyohi County 36.7% Steele County 36.4% 97.2% 96.9% 97.5% 97.0% Percent of Original List Price Received in 2017 for All Properties Percent of Original List Price Received in 2017 for 2 Bedrooms or Less Percent of Original List Price Received in 2017 for 3 Bedrooms Percent of Original List Price Received in 2017 for 4 Bedrooms or More Percent of Original List Price Received This chart uses a rolling 12-month average for each data point. 98% 2 Bedrooms or Less 3 Bedrooms 4 Bedrooms or More 97% 96% 95% 94% 93% 92% 91% 1-2013 1-2014 1-2015 1-2016 1-2017 Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 6
Price Range Review $150,001 to $200,000 Price Range with Shortest Average Days on Market Until Sale Days on Market Until Sale by Price Range $100,000 and Below 10.0% Price Range with Longest Average Days on Market Until Sale of Closed Sales at Year End were Priced $100,000 and Below Share of Closed Sales $100,000 and Below - 15.5% One-Year Change in Closed Sales Priced $100,000 and Below $100,000 and Below 92 30% $100,001 to $150,000 60 25% $150,001 to $200,000 $200,001 to $300,000 $300,001 to $400,000 44 44 53 20% 15% $400,001 to $500,000 61 10% $500,001 and Above 82 5% 1-2013 1-2014 1-2015 1-2016 1-2017 $200,001 to $300,000 + 19.1% Price Range with the Most Closed Sales Price Range with Strongest One-Year Change in Sales: $500,001 and Above $400,001 to $500,000-17.8% Price Range with the Fewest Closed Sales Price Range with Weakest One-Year Change in Sales: $100,000 and Below Closed Sales by Price Range 2015 2016 2017 26,807 25,155 21,650 18,180 18,739 17,905 10,282 9,293 7,636 14,736 13,249 11,256 9,239 12,313 10,736 4,809 5,450 5,741 3,869 4,235 4,820 $100,000 and Below $100,001 to $150,000 $150,001 to $200,000 $200,001 to $300,000 $300,001 to $400,000 $400,001 to $500,000 $500,001 and Above The total number of closed sales across price ranges is not necessarily the sum of all sales due to some invalid prices in MLS entries. Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 7
Area Overviews Total Closed Sales Change from 2016 Percent Foreclosures Percent Short Sales Percent Traditional Days on Market Until Sale Pct. of Orig. Price Received Entire State 87,109 + 0.4% 1.7% 0.6% 95.8% 55 97.2% 1 Northwest Region 444 + 19.7% 2.0% 0.2% 94.4% 145 92.0% 2 Headwaters Region 1,099 + 3.8% 1.5% 0.4% 96.8% 122 93.3% 3 Arrowhead Region 4,808 + 3.2% 4.2% 0.4% 93.7% 101 92.9% 4 West Central Region 2,575 + 0.7% 1.4% 0.2% 98.1% 84 94.2% 5 North Central Region 3,032 + 3.8% 2.2% 0.4% 94.4% 93 93.6% 6E Southwest Central Region 1,587-3.1% 1.6% 0.2% 95.3% 73 94.9% 6W Upper Minnesota Valley Region 407-3.1% 2.2% 0.0% 97.3% 131 88.9% 7E East Central Region 2,949-3.5% 2.4% 1.1% 92.9% 60 96.6% 7W Central Region 7,296 + 1.8% 1.4% 0.6% 95.2% 51 97.4% 8 Southwest Region 811 + 12.6% 2.7% 0.4% 96.3% 97 91.9% 9 South Central Region 3,081 + 4.2% 1.2% 0.3% 95.6% 97 94.9% 10 Southeast Region 7,280-2.3% 1.0% 0.4% 97.6% 62 96.9% 11 7-County Twin Cities Region 51,622-0.2% 1.5% 0.7% 95.9% 40 98.4% Aitkin County 407 + 15.0% 3.2% 1.0% 92.9% 130 90.6% Anoka County 6,201 + 0.6% 2.3% 0.8% 94.5% 40 99.1% Becker County 521-1.5% 1.5% 0.0% 98.5% 89 94.4% Beltrami County 565 + 7.6% 1.8% 0.4% 96.6% 119 94.1% Benton County 545-1.1% 2.2% 0.7% 94.3% 62 96.2% Big Stone County 73 + 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 98 90.4% Blue Earth County 867-5.3% 0.2% 0.0% 98.4% 103 95.9% Brown County 332 + 20.3% 1.5% 0.0% 94.6% 98 95.4% Carlton County 483 + 0.6% 5.6% 0.2% 92.1% 64 93.5% Carver County 2,107 + 1.2% 0.9% 0.4% 97.3% 43 98.1% Cass County 680 + 7.8% 2.1% 0.4% 95.9% 111 92.9% Chippewa County 121 0.0% 4.1% 0.0% 95.0% 124 90.8% Chisago County 1,017-2.8% 1.5% 0.8% 95.4% 51 98.0% Clay County 73-11.0% 5.5% 0.0% 94.5% 50 94.9% Clearwater County 52-20.0% 3.8% 0.0% 96.2% 146 93.2% Cook County 169 + 21.6% 3.0% 0.6% 96.4% 141 92.2% Cottonwood County 67 + 1.5% 7.5% 0.0% 92.5% 139 89.1% Crow Wing County 1,440 + 3.4% 1.4% 0.4% 95.1% 85 94.2% Dakota County 7,580 + 0.1% 1.4% 0.8% 95.6% 38 98.6% Dodge County 339 + 9.0% 0.9% 0.0% 98.2% 51 97.9% Douglas County 722 + 4.5% 0.6% 0.1% 98.8% 72 95.1% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 8
Area Overviews Total Closed Sales Change from 2016 Percent Foreclosures Percent Short Sales Percent Traditional Days on Market Until Sale Pct. of Orig. Price Received Faribault County 189 + 12.5% 2.6% 0.5% 95.8% 146 88.5% Fillmore County 222 + 1.4% 3.2% 0.5% 96.4% 80 94.4% Freeborn County 442 + 5.2% 1.4% 0.2% 97.3% 83 92.4% Goodhue County 688 + 0.1% 0.9% 0.6% 95.5% 72 96.6% Grant County 96 + 41.2% 0.0% 0.0% 97.9% 93 90.6% Hennepin County 20,679-1.1% 1.4% 0.6% 96.4% 40 98.3% Houston County 95-23.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100 92.8% Hubbard County 384 + 1.9% 0.8% 0.5% 97.4% 108 93.2% Isanti County 809 + 6.0% 2.6% 1.2% 93.4% 52 98.4% Itasca County 630 + 18.9% 1.0% 0.2% 95.7% 153 91.9% Jackson County 23 + 21.1% 8.7% 0.0% 91.3% 100 92.0% Kanabec County 228-13.6% 3.5% 2.6% 88.2% 71 94.6% Kandiyohi County 606 + 7.8% 1.3% 0.2% 98.2% 90 93.5% Kittson County 14 + 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 182 88.5% Koochiching County 81 + 42.1% 2.5% 0.0% 95.1% 162 88.6% Lac Qui Parle County 57-3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 98.2% 123 84.4% Lake County 304 + 2.4% 4.6% 0.3% 92.8% 138 91.3% Lake of the Woods County 72-1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 190 89.5% Le Sueur County 507 + 6.5% 0.8% 0.6% 94.9% 78 95.7% Lincoln County 41 + 46.4% 0.0% 0.0% 95.1% 119 90.9% Lyon County 285 + 4.4% 1.4% 0.7% 97.9% 85 93.5% Mahnomen County 26 + 36.8% 3.8% 0.0% 96.2% 137 87.9% Marshall County 30 + 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 96.7% 141 91.5% Martin County 216 + 3.8% 3.2% 0.5% 95.4% 107 91.9% McLeod County 517-13.1% 1.4% 0.0% 95.0% 53 97.1% Meeker County 311-2.2% 1.3% 0.3% 92.6% 70 94.7% Mille Lacs County 468-1.9% 4.1% 0.4% 92.1% 75 94.7% Morrison County 425 + 0.2% 2.6% 0.0% 92.2% 87 93.8% Mower County 517-9.0% 3.7% 0.6% 95.4% 70 94.4% Murray County 77 + 14.9% 2.6% 0.0% 97.4% 109 90.1% Nicollet County 426-3.4% 0.7% 0.0% 95.3% 95 96.4% Nobles County 108 + 58.8% 2.8% 0.0% 97.2% 50 94.3% Norman County 4 + 300.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 27 87.6% Olmsted County 2,713-2.3% 0.3% 0.2% 99.5% 49 98.8% Otter Tail County 927-2.0% 1.9% 0.1% 98.0% 93 94.0% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 9
Area Overviews Total Closed Sales Change from 2016 Percent Foreclosures Percent Short Sales Percent Traditional Days on Market Until Sale Pct. of Orig. Price Received Pennington County 151-4.4% 2.0% 0.7% 96.7% 138 92.7% Pine County 427-15.4% 1.6% 1.2% 89.7% 77 93.2% Pipestone County 21 + 200.0% 4.8% 0.0% 85.7% 126 85.5% Polk County 111 + 88.1% 5.4% 0.0% 90.1% 135 92.2% Pope County 167 + 6.4% 0.0% 1.2% 97.0% 75 94.0% Ramsey County 7,392-0.5% 1.8% 0.6% 95.1% 38 98.3% Red Lake County 11-45.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 110 95.5% Redwood County 164-4.1% 2.4% 0.6% 96.3% 124 90.8% Renville County 153-5.6% 4.6% 0.7% 90.2% 81 93.8% Rice County 932 + 2.6% 1.0% 0.3% 95.6% 54 97.3% Rock County 25 + 19.0% 4.0% 0.0% 96.0% 44 90.9% Roseau County 123 + 24.2% 0.0% 0.0% 93.5% 168 91.4% Scott County 2,683-2.3% 0.9% 1.1% 96.0% 41 98.3% Sherburne County 1,919 + 5.0% 1.3% 0.6% 95.0% 44 98.2% Sibley County 202 + 20.2% 2.5% 2.0% 89.6% 76 95.1% Saint Louis County 2,734-2.5% 4.9% 0.5% 93.5% 83 93.7% Stearns County 2,141 + 1.1% 1.7% 0.7% 94.6% 60 96.2% Steele County 508-16.7% 0.4% 0.4% 96.5% 59 96.6% Stevens County 45-15.1% 4.4% 0.0% 93.3% 117 90.1% Swift County 68-8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 151 88.5% Todd County 283-5.4% 3.5% 0.7% 92.2% 83 92.3% Traverse County 16-15.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 102 88.4% Wabasha County 298-3.6% 2.0% 0.7% 97.7% 102 94.7% Wadena County 204 + 17.2% 5.9% 0.0% 92.6% 117 92.7% Waseca County 295 + 17.1% 1.0% 0.0% 94.9% 83 95.3% Washington County 4,980 + 2.9% 1.0% 0.7% 96.7% 45 98.0% Watonwan County 47-7.8% 8.5% 0.0% 91.5% 162 86.7% Wilkin County 8-27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 63 90.3% Winona County 526 + 1.7% 1.7% 0.8% 97.7% 71 95.5% Wright County 2,691 + 0.7% 1.1% 0.6% 96.0% 47 98.1% Yellow Medicine County 88-7.4% 4.5% 0.0% 95.5% 157 88.0% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 10
Area Historical Median Prices Change From 2016 Change From 2013 Entire State $172,425 $180,625 $194,900 $208,600 $223,000 + 6.9% + 29.3% 1 Northwest Region $91,000 $91,500 $123,000 $121,500 $125,000 + 2.9% + 37.4% 2 Headwaters Region $135,000 $140,500 $147,000 $150,000 $160,000 + 6.7% + 18.5% 3 Arrowhead Region $131,000 $135,500 $141,000 $145,000 $153,900 + 6.1% + 17.5% 4 West Central Region $150,000 $152,500 $166,000 $173,000 $180,000 + 4.0% + 20.0% 5 North Central Region $145,000 $145,000 $150,100 $162,000 $172,500 + 6.5% + 19.0% 6E Southwest Central Region $120,000 $128,000 $133,500 $135,000 $145,000 + 7.4% + 20.8% 6W Upper Minnesota Valley Region $72,400 $65,000 $73,500 $72,750 $77,075 + 5.9% + 6.5% 7E East Central Region $131,900 $149,900 $160,000 $174,000 $190,000 + 9.2% + 44.0% 7W Central Region $160,000 $170,000 $182,000 $194,900 $211,900 + 8.7% + 32.4% 8 Southwest Region $91,500 $95,000 $100,000 $105,000 $115,000 + 9.5% + 25.7% 9 South Central Region $129,900 $132,500 $141,000 $148,500 $154,000 + 3.7% + 18.6% 10 Southeast Region $142,500 $145,500 $157,850 $168,000 $182,000 + 8.3% + 27.7% 11 7-County Twin Cities Region $199,000 $212,000 $224,900 $236,900 $250,000 + 5.5% + 25.6% Aitkin County $144,000 $148,825 $148,000 $157,450 $161,000 + 2.3% + 11.8% Anoka County $174,900 $187,750 $200,000 $219,900 $232,000 + 5.5% + 32.6% Becker County $169,500 $185,000 $179,900 $192,000 $215,000 + 12.0% + 26.8% Beltrami County $141,450 $141,500 $146,000 $157,000 $164,000 + 4.5% + 15.9% Benton County $138,000 $149,500 $154,000 $165,000 $176,000 + 6.7% + 27.5% Big Stone County $85,000 $76,000 $76,150 $74,000 $90,000 + 21.6% + 5.9% Blue Earth County $158,500 $158,000 $162,500 $181,178 $182,450 + 0.7% + 15.1% Brown County $109,000 $105,500 $116,000 $118,000 $123,750 + 4.9% + 13.5% Carlton County $126,000 $132,000 $143,500 $147,750 $156,000 + 5.6% + 23.8% Carver County $251,820 $258,100 $273,240 $279,950 $312,250 + 11.5% + 24.0% Cass County $166,000 $165,000 $178,000 $188,000 $210,500 + 12.0% + 26.8% Chippewa County $79,000 $72,000 $70,000 $74,250 $82,000 + 10.4% + 3.8% Chisago County $165,000 $183,000 $191,450 $209,950 $229,900 + 9.5% + 39.3% Clay County $144,000 $136,000 $158,600 $208,000 $186,500-10.3% + 29.5% Clearwater County $100,000 $84,750 $93,500 $129,000 $131,750 + 2.1% + 31.8% Cook County $200,000 $215,000 $200,000 $212,500 $235,000 + 10.6% + 17.5% Cottonwood County $60,000 $53,500 $55,000 $73,750 $79,000 + 7.1% + 31.7% Crow Wing County $156,000 $165,000 $167,850 $178,000 $189,500 + 6.5% + 21.5% Dakota County $200,000 $215,000 $227,000 $240,000 $252,350 + 5.1% + 26.2% Dodge County $135,450 $130,000 $154,900 $154,900 $175,500 + 13.3% + 29.6% Douglas County $167,750 $168,500 $187,500 $192,500 $195,000 + 1.3% + 16.2% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 11
Area Historical Median Prices Change From 2016 Change From 2013 Faribault County $56,500 $59,000 $72,000 $69,950 $70,000 + 0.1% + 23.9% Fillmore County $92,000 $98,380 $112,000 $117,900 $128,000 + 8.6% + 39.1% Freeborn County $73,000 $77,000 $79,900 $87,200 $90,000 + 3.2% + 23.3% Goodhue County $147,650 $151,000 $165,500 $174,000 $195,000 + 12.1% + 32.1% Grant County $73,800 $69,950 $90,638 $100,000 $118,000 + 18.0% + 59.9% Hennepin County $209,900 $221,000 $235,000 $246,555 $263,900 + 7.0% + 25.7% Houston County $118,500 $129,700 $134,900 $144,000 $163,813 + 13.8% + 38.2% Hubbard County $149,900 $163,475 $163,000 $150,000 $179,000 + 19.3% + 19.4% Isanti County $128,050 $149,900 $161,533 $176,961 $195,350 + 10.4% + 52.6% Itasca County $140,000 $144,950 $145,000 $145,000 $165,000 + 13.8% + 17.9% Jackson County $37,750 $65,387 $60,000 $79,900 $120,000 + 50.2% + 217.9% Kanabec County $100,000 $101,500 $121,625 $130,000 $144,050 + 10.8% + 44.1% Kandiyohi County $135,000 $135,000 $144,000 $138,900 $150,000 + 8.0% + 11.1% Kittson County $0 $48,500 $69,900 $68,380 $86,750 + 26.9% -- Koochiching County $72,000 $83,625 $65,500 $115,000 $112,000-2.6% + 55.6% Lac Qui Parle County $58,000 $41,000 $68,250 $48,000 $65,250 + 35.9% + 12.5% Lake County $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $125,000 $129,900 + 3.9% + 3.9% Lake of the Woods County $94,000 $112,000 $109,900 $112,000 $125,000 + 11.6% + 33.0% Le Sueur County $140,000 $144,575 $149,700 $162,000 $175,000 + 8.0% + 25.0% Lincoln County $64,200 $75,000 $74,500 $77,250 $77,765 + 0.7% + 21.1% Lyon County $126,000 $128,000 $130,000 $127,750 $135,000 + 5.7% + 7.1% Mahnomen County $53,935 $68,000 $75,000 $73,475 $65,500-10.9% + 21.4% Marshall County $75,000 $75,000 $58,533 $82,500 $108,750 + 31.8% + 45.0% Martin County $89,900 $85,000 $104,000 $94,900 $89,000-6.2% - 1.0% McLeod County $115,000 $131,500 $138,000 $141,250 $158,000 + 11.9% + 37.4% Meeker County $115,000 $121,000 $127,500 $139,000 $145,000 + 4.3% + 26.1% Mille Lacs County $110,000 $124,900 $137,500 $149,555 $160,000 + 7.0% + 45.5% Morrison County $117,250 $129,900 $131,000 $139,250 $150,000 + 7.7% + 27.9% Mower County $87,500 $89,850 $94,000 $99,950 $106,000 + 6.1% + 21.1% Murray County $112,000 $67,000 $159,000 $82,500 $107,000 + 29.7% - 4.5% Nicollet County $155,000 $157,950 $170,000 $178,500 $179,700 + 0.7% + 15.9% Nobles County $126,450 $137,500 $125,000 $129,250 $137,000 + 6.0% + 8.3% Norman County $72,000 $33,450 $60,000 $30,000 $58,000 + 93.3% - 19.4% Olmsted County $166,000 $169,850 $181,330 $197,500 $220,000 + 11.4% + 32.5% Otter Tail County $139,900 $140,000 $154,900 $158,500 $170,000 + 7.3% + 21.5% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 12
Area Historical Median Prices Change From 2016 Change From 2013 Pennington County $97,000 $127,000 $137,900 $143,000 $139,500-2.4% + 43.8% Pine County $103,000 $115,653 $118,450 $142,000 $135,000-4.9% + 31.1% Pipestone County $25,035 $42,400 $55,500 $50,000 $78,000 + 56.0% + 211.6% Polk County $72,000 $82,000 $93,250 $105,000 $122,500 + 16.7% + 70.1% Pope County $114,500 $126,000 $132,000 $135,000 $150,000 + 11.1% + 31.0% Ramsey County $163,000 $176,500 $187,855 $200,000 $216,500 + 8.3% + 32.8% Red Lake County $0 $57,900 $50,000 $92,250 $116,900 + 26.7% -- Redwood County $67,700 $79,000 $68,750 $80,600 $97,500 + 21.0% + 44.0% Renville County $65,500 $73,500 $64,750 $75,000 $77,950 + 3.9% + 19.0% Rice County $157,000 $166,650 $171,000 $192,000 $216,000 + 12.5% + 37.6% Rock County $25,000 $85,000 $184,500 $147,500 $85,000-42.4% + 240.0% Roseau County $96,000 $94,500 $134,500 $114,125 $124,000 + 8.7% + 29.2% Scott County $226,750 $239,900 $245,000 $257,000 $266,950 + 3.9% + 17.7% Sherburne County $162,300 $175,000 $189,900 $209,575 $224,000 + 6.9% + 38.0% Sibley County $87,900 $94,950 $114,900 $126,000 $130,000 + 3.2% + 47.9% Saint Louis County $129,900 $133,000 $139,884 $144,000 $147,600 + 2.5% + 13.6% Stearns County $145,158 $150,000 $156,450 $164,000 $170,000 + 3.7% + 17.1% Steele County $129,450 $130,000 $144,500 $148,900 $158,000 + 6.1% + 22.1% Stevens County $89,750 $76,600 $78,000 $134,000 $107,450-19.8% + 19.7% Swift County $69,000 $63,750 $72,500 $73,000 $61,850-15.3% - 10.4% Todd County $99,000 $96,750 $111,000 $120,000 $118,500-1.3% + 19.7% Traverse County $55,250 $31,750 $59,000 $48,000 $71,000 + 47.9% + 28.5% Wabasha County $141,000 $139,900 $152,500 $154,550 $166,000 + 7.4% + 17.7% Wadena County $83,250 $88,000 $100,000 $108,000 $119,950 + 11.1% + 44.1% Waseca County $106,000 $109,000 $115,750 $120,000 $129,700 + 8.1% + 22.4% Washington County $220,000 $236,000 $242,150 $260,000 $278,500 + 7.1% + 26.6% Watonwan County $58,863 $79,500 $100,000 $83,500 $83,500 0.0% + 41.9% Wilkin County $159,900 $121,000 $82,750 $88,000 $102,000 + 15.9% - 36.2% Winona County $130,000 $132,000 $139,100 $149,900 $147,950-1.3% + 13.8% Wright County $176,000 $185,000 $205,000 $219,000 $236,274 + 7.9% + 34.2% Yellow Medicine County $56,275 $71,750 $82,250 $79,500 $75,000-5.7% + 33.3% Current as of January 7, 2018. All data from the multiple listing services in the state of Minnesota. Report 2018 ShowingTime. 13