The Minnesota Realtors put out their annual housing report again this year in early February. Following are a few key metrics from the 2025 housing report that may be of interest to both buyers and
MN REALTORS® Q1 Market Update - In a nutshell!
Dated: May 9 2023
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Friends, I hope you will take a minute to read the following four paragraphs and review the data from the MN Realtors. I think it offers a very clear understanding of the current market. Please call me if I can answer any questions for you.
From the MN Realtors…
"As 2023 got underway, both homebuyers and sellers were still adjusting to higher mortgage rates—the 6.27% rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is significantly higher than the 3.62% rate of January 2022. That jump in interest rates, along with ongoing high inflation and our chronic inventory shortage, continues to define Minnesota’s normalizing real estate market.
Though inflation is still squeezing potential home buyers in our state, the 5% rate that closed Q1 is a steady improvement from the 6.4% mark we saw to begin the year. Calming inflation often leads to lower mortgage rates eventually, according to expert economists. If inflation and interest rates continue to stabilize or fall in the coming months, we could see affordability improve.
As we’d expect, median sales prices rose month over month in Q1, a normal trend as we move from the winter to the spring market here in Minnesota. That said, the pace of growth in the median sales price is not what it’s been in recent years, yet another sign that the pandemic housing market boom has seen its peak come and go.
The inventory shortage looks a little better at the close of Q1 this year—1.5 months supply vs. just one month’s supply in March 2022. But that is still woefully short of the 4–6 months supply needed for a balanced market. So long as housing inventory remains low, we are unlikely to see significant price declines here in Minnesota."
Inflation statistics: U.S. Inflation Calculator
Inflation statistics: U.S. Inflation Calculator
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