Albert Lea, MN metro housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 36% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
• Prices. Home values are up 5.7% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
• Supply. There are 8% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+23% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is moderate (52/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 2.3% below their final list price; 17% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 23% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $55k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,892 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $237/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $111 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
• Outlook. Leaning up: likely −6% to +9% over the next 12 months (71% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.7% to +9.2% (80% range; middle estimate +3.1%), chance of a rise 71%, of a 5%+ drop 11%.

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