Twin Cities Housing Market Update: May 2026

Twin Cities Housing Market Update: May 2026

The Spring Market Found Buyers. It Still Isn’t a Boom. If you have been watching the housing market this year, May finally gave us something the winter and early spring did not: a real pickup in activity. New listings rose. Pending sales jumped. Closed sales held...
Twin Cities Housing Market Update: April 2026

Twin Cities Housing Market Update: April 2026

The Spring Market Got Busier. It Did Not Get Stronger.  If you have been watching the national housing headlines, you have probably seen the same basic story repeated: sales are choppy, affordability is still difficult, and inventory is gradually...
Twin Cities Housing Market Update: March 2026

Twin Cities Housing Market Update: March 2026

The Spring Market Showed Up. The Rebound Still Didn’t. If you have been watching the national housing headlines, you have probably seen the usual mix of optimism and confusion. Existing-home sales picked up nationally. Mortgage rates have improved from last year....
Twin Cities Housing Market Update: February 2026 

Twin Cities Housing Market Update: February 2026 

The Market Didn’t Get Worse. It Just Didn’t Rebound.  If you’ve been watching the national housing headlines, you’ve probably seen the usual mix of optimism and confusion. Rates have improved a bit. Affordability has...
Twin Cities Housing Market Update: January 2026

Twin Cities Housing Market Update: January 2026

The Volume Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About If you’ve been watching the national headlines, you might think the housing market is loosening up. NAR just reported existing-home sales at their strongest pace in nearly three years. Rates have come down a bit. Sentiment...
The Housing Affordability Debate Is A Math Problem

The Housing Affordability Debate Is A Math Problem

A commentary has been making the rounds in our internal conversations: to restore homebuyer affordability to pre-pandemic levels, you’re basically choosing between three unlikely outcomes: rates collapsing, wages skyrocketing, or home prices getting cut by a third....