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FOR-SALE MARKET ANALYSIS <br />For comparison, the median PSF cost for housing in the Twin Cities is $113 PS <br />existing home and $152 PSF for new construction. Existing construction is about 18% less <br />than the Twin Cities median; however new constructionis only about 8% less PSF than the <br />TwinCities median. <br /> <br /> <br />Current Supply of Homes on the Market <br />To more closely examine the current market for available owner-occupied housing in Elk River, <br />we reviewed the current supply of homes on the market (listed for sale). Tables FS-5 through <br />FS-8homesshows currently listed for sale in Elk River. The data was provided by the Regional <br />Multiple Listing Services of Minnesota and is based on active listings in August 2015. MLS <br />listings generally account for the vast majority of all resident <br /> <br />Table FS-5 shows the number of listings by property type (i.e. single-family, <br />townhome/twinhome, or condominium) while Table FS-6 shows listings by home style. The <br />following points are key findings from our assessment of the act-family and <br />multifamily homes listed in Elk River. <br /> <br />About 150 homes were listed for sale in Elk River as of August 2015. Single-family homes <br />accounted for 73% of all active listings. The remaining listing <br />were no condominiums listed. <br /> <br />The median list price in Elk River was $245,960 for single-family homes and $215,725 for <br />multifamily homes). The median sale price is generally a more <br />housing values in a community than the average sale price. Aver <br />easily skewed by a few very high-priced or low-priced home sales in any given year, whereas <br />the median sale price better represents the pricing of a majorit <br />market. <br /> <br />Based on a median list price of $245,960, a household would need an income of about <br />$63,225 in order to afford to make monthly housing payments of about $1,581 (assuming a <br />10% down payment, 4.00% 30-year fixed mortgage). A household with significantly more <br />equity (in an existing home and/or savings) could put more than afford a <br />higher priced home. About 67.8% of Elk Rivers non-senior households have annual <br />incomes at or above $63,225. <br /> <br />About 21% of listings in Elk River are priced under $175,000 and none of those listings are <br />priced under $100,000. Homes priced from $200,000 to $299,999 account for 45% of those <br />listed in August 2015. Higher priced homes ($300,300 to $399,999) consist of 21% of the <br />listings and those $400,000 constitute 7%. <br /> <br />67 <br />MAXFIELD RESEARCH & CONSULTING, LLC <br /> <br />