Watertown, WI 53098 housing market

What this means

• Valuation. Prices are 58% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
• Prices. Home values are up 7.1% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
• Supply. Listings are 46% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−15% vs. a year ago): still a tight market.
• Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (13/100; U.S.: 54): homes typically sell at or above asking (102.8% of list); 31% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
• Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 37% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $92k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,244 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
• Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $81 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
• Outlook. Leaning up: likely −3% to +13% over the next 12 months (83% chance of a rise).

Next 12 months

Leaning up

Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −2.8% to +13.5% (80% range; middle estimate +6.4%), chance of a rise 83%, of a 5%+ drop 6%.

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