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Missoula Market Reports

The very latest statistics, market trends, and news from the Missoula and Western Montana real estate market

Tips & Advice Articles

Buyer and seller advice, and our top tips on how to find property information in Missoula and Western Montana

Radius Search and Driver Directions – Two new enhancements to our advanced map search tool

radius search

Two brand new enhancements to our advanced map search tool have just been released – Radius Search and Driver Directions

With the radius search, you can choose a center point by typing in address (Ex. 300 Main, Missoula, MT) or a city name.

In the example below, we’ve chosen “University of Montana” as our location

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A clickable map of Missoula neighborhoods and MLS areas

Missoula Neighborhoods Map with MLS Areas

Check out the map we just uploaded – we’ve taken a map of the neighborhoods in the city of Missoula and superimposed labeled MLS areas on it.

The MLS areas are outlined with a heavy, dashed black line and each area is prominently labeled with the “name” of the MLS area. The labels are hyper linked and

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The 2011 Missoula Market Report

Median Home Price - Greater Missoula

Summary

December 2011 home sales in Missoula were up 6.5% over December 2010. This marks 4 consecutive years of increasing December sales. 4th Quarter 2011 home sales were up 18% over the 4th Quarter of 2010 Annual 2011 home sales were down 2% from 2010 In 2011, 879 homes sold in the Greater Missoula area.

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MisSOULa Video

Check out this very cool video animation of Missoula

Foreclosure filings decrease in Bitterroot Valley during 2011

An article in today’s Missoulian details some hopeful numbers about foreclosures in Ravalli County. Some key stats:

In 2011, 187 residents officially lost their home to foreclosure. That is 19 more than in 2010 and twice the number from 2009.

However, in 2011 there were 385 notices of trustee sales, a significant drop from the

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Brennan’s Wave in Downtown Missoula

A nice little of video of kayakers playing in Brennan’s Wave in Downtown Missoula

Bitterroot Valley home sales up, prices decrease

An article in today’s Ravalli Republic reports that sales of homes on less than 20 acres in the Bitterroot Valley were up in 2011 s compared to 2010. 347 homes sold in 2011 as compared to 296 in 2010 – that’s a 17% increase over 2010.

29% of the homes sold in 2011 were government

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Missoula from the office

A very cool photo of Downtown Missoula and Mount Sentinel – looks like it was shot from an office on the East side of Saint Patrick’s hospital

Missoula from the office, a photo by zooTowngoatBoy on Flickr.

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A spectacular slide show of Glacier National Park

Check out this YouTube slide show of photos from in and around Glacier National Park

Bitterrroot Range Panorama

Bitterrroot Valley Panorama, a photo by Planet Missoula on Flickr.

A panorama of the always spectacular Bitterroot Mountain Range

The Missoula Real Estate Market: December 16, 2011

Missoula home sales - monthly

Home Sales

November homes sales were up 30% from 2010 and appear to be on an upward trend

 

 

Home sales for the 12 month period ending November 30, 2011 were down 1.8% from the same period in 2010 and are at their lowest level in over 8 years

 

 

Listing

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Big Sky Country. Big house and lot country too.

A couple of interesting articles from Inman about home and lot size in the USA.

Inman News analyzed the average home and lot size of homes listed for sale on Realtor.com during the month of September 2011.

Montana ranked #2 in lot size with an average lot size of 73,616 sq ft (1.7 Acres). Interestingly,

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2011 Realtor® of the Year

Oh. My. Word. Am I blessed tonight? Am I thankful? Am I still just so stunned, vibrating with gratitude for being voted, by my Realtor Peers as the Missoula Organization of Realtors “Realtor of the Year?” Are you kidding me??? YES on ALL fronts, and then some, and then some more…

Listen, when I say,

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The Missoula community steps up to the plate for Thanksgiving

This is what the Missoula community is all about folks.

On Monday afternoon, the Missoula Food Bank realized they were not going to have enough Turkeys for their annual Thanksgiving meal distribution and they put out a call to the community for more turkeys via their Facebook page, local radio and TV stations, and the local newspaper.

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The Missoula Real Estate Market: November 15, 2011

Missoula home sales - monthly

Home Sales

October homes sales were down 6.4% from 2010 and at their lowest level in over 10 years

 

Home sales for the 12 month period ending October 31, 2011 were down 16% from the same period in 2010 and are at their lowest level in over 8 years

 

Listing Inventory

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The Missoula Photo Pool on Flickr

The Missoula group on Flickr is one of our favorite destinations for photos of Missoula and Western Montana. With hundreds of contributors and thousands of photos, there’s always some pretty cool photos being posted their feed. Enjoy!

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Glacier National Park in all it’s glory

Wow! We just got back from a couple of nights in Glacier National Park and all we can say is Wow! Oh wait, we said that already.

Glacier National Park is simply one of the most amazing places on this planet and mere words just do not do it justice. We’ll let the photos speak

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Missoula photos and maps on Panoramio

Panoramio is always a fun site to browse for geo-tagged photos of Missoula and Western Montana.

Best Real Estate Agent, 2011

BOM 2011 Winner

Mindy Palmer’s eye-catching ads feature the black-clad real estate agent sporting high tops and big black sunglasses. She’s clearly one of the most stylish real estate agents around. She’s also one of the best versed when it comes to what’s going on with the local housing market. On demand, the quirky agent is prepared to

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