Reading, MN 56131 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 97
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Home Value
$240,943
+8.2% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
97
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
8.3 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
144 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
17%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
91.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
26%
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
36%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$117
Dec 2025
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 8.2% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. Listings are 12% below the 2017-19 norm and falling (−29% vs. a year ago), still somewhat tight.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is high (97/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 8.7% below their final list price; 17% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 26% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $64k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $1,809 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $117 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. No clear direction: likely −8% to +8% over the next 12 months (60% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
No clear direction
A rise is somewhat more likely than a fall, but not by enough to call. Likely change: −7.9% to +8.4% (80% range; middle estimate +1.4%), chance of a rise 60%, of a 5%+ drop 17%.
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