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Yesterday, we were informed that we have been recognized with the Berkshire Hathaway Chairman’s Circle award for 2015. This recognition is given to agents who rank in the top 2% of agents in the entire Berkshire Hathaway network across the nation. We are truly blessed and incredibly thankful.

Sold Properties (57)

AddressTypeSold DateRepresented
1272 River St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home12/30/2015Seller
2800 O'Shaughnesy St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home12/28/2015Seller
5806 Prospect Dr
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home12/28/2015Buyer
2007 27th Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home12/27/2015Buyer
2231 Vista Dr
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home12/23/2015Seller
Lot 15 Ashton Lp
Lolo, MT
Single-family Home12/11/2015Buyer
2407 Agnes Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home11/12/2015Buyer
153 Ridgeway Dr
Lolo, MT
Single-family Home11/9/2015Seller
2616 Old Quarry Rd
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home10/30/2015Buyer
407 5th St
Stevensville, MT
Single-family Home10/23/2015Seller
407 Nora St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home10/15/2015Buyer
302 Saint Mary Dr
Stevensville, MT
Single-family Home10/7/2015Seller
909 Rodgers
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/30/2015Buyer
1311 S 5th St W
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/30/2015Buyer
2101 Dearborn Ave, #40
Missoula, MT
Condominium9/29/2015Buyer
1090 Runyon Dr
Alberton, MT
Single-family Home9/28/2015Seller
3930 Fox Farm Rd
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/28/2015Seller
919 Eaton St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/21/2015Seller
2130 Gilbert Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/16/2015Buyer
38850 C St
Ravalli, MT
Single-family Home9/9/2015Seller
700 Woodworth Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home9/1/2015Seller
6 Rosebud Ln
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/31/2015Seller
726 Woodford St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/31/2015Seller
1790 Cyprus Ct
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/31/2015Seller
5814 Prospect Dr
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/28/2015Seller
3429 Rodeo Rd
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/27/2015Buyer
14050 Turah Rd
Clinton, MT
Single-family Home8/17/2015Buyer
1313 Sherwood St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/14/2015Seller
810 Hart St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home8/10/2015Buyer
600 South Ave W
Missoula, MT
Commercial8/7/2015Seller
2211 Melissa Ct
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home7/30/2015Buyer
420 Moiese Ln
Stevensville, MT
Commercial + Residential7/27/2015Buyer
2629 Mary Jane Blvd
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home7/23/2015Buyer
15000 Neil Dr
Lolo, MT
Single-family Home7/17/2015Seller
4561 Taggert Ln
Bonner, MT
Single-family Home7/2/2015Seller
2110 Wylie Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home7/2/2015Seller
11177 Cherokee Ln
Lolo, MT
Single-family Home6/23/2015Buyer
1320 Defoe St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home6/19/2015Seller
317 S 6th St E
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home6/8/2015Buyer
1961 S 13th St W
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home5/29/2015Buyer
310 Pine St
Stevensville, MT
Single-family Home5/22/2015Seller
2222 Westfield Ct
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home5/15/2015Seller
617 N 2nd St W
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home5/8/2015Buyer
2728 Hills Dr
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/24/2015Buyer
2727 O'Shaughnessy St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/23/2015Seller
816 Hilda Ave
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/23/2015Seller
4786 Hereford Ln
Stevensville, MT
Single-family Home4/17/2015Buyer
503a Lafray Ln
Missoula, MT
Townhome4/16/2015Buyer
2739 Sheffield Dr
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/10/2015Seller
5001 Jordan Ct
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/10/2015Seller
1270 Thibodeau Ln
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home4/6/2015Seller
17430 Roman Creek Rd
Frenchtown, MT
Single-family Home3/31/2015Seller
2203 Melissa Ct
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home3/27/2015Buyer
4276 Hermione Ln
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home2/27/2015Buyer
2721 Crystal Ct, #3
Missoula, MT
Condominium2/27/2015Buyer
538 Rollins St
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home1/23/2015Seller
11664 Melody Ln
Missoula, MT
Single-family Home1/14/2015Buyer

Best of Missoula logo, 2015Buying a house in Missoula can be a pretty wretched experience if you don’t know what you’re doing. While you’re busy at work or picking up the kid from guitar lessons, that dream home can be on and off the market before you have time to make an offer. Anne Jablonski’s there to handle the heavy lifting of buying or selling your new place. Past customers rave about her prompt correspondence and ability to negotiate sweet offers.

 

Third Place: Mindy Palmer, Berkshire Hathaway Montana Properties

 

Best of Missoula Readers Poll, Missoula Independent, July 9, 2015

While working from home this afternoon, I kept hearing thumping sounds coming from the deck. Turns out there was a young Black Bear exploring our deck in hopes of scoring some bird seed from our feeders. After taking a few photos, including one where we were essentially nose-to-nose through the glass of one of the doors leading to our deck, I shooed him off.


Click on a photo to view a high res slideshow.

As part of our transition from our company being called Prudential Montanas Real Estate to being called Berkshire Hathaway Montana Properties, we needed to make sure that we switched out our old signs with our new signs. While the company offered to handle this for us at no charge, we decided that we could do it faster ourselves and that we would be able to ensure that the signs were placed how and where we wanted them. Of course, with 14 listings spread out all over Missoula and the surrounding area, that turned out to be an all day job but we got it done. As you’ll see from the photos it was a pretty windy day too.
 

Cover Page, 2015 Missoula Housing ReportMissoula’s housing market has entered a more stable and encouraging phase. Based on the data in this report, we continued to gain more confidence in the Missoula housing market in 2014. Current homeowners sit in a positive position, with homes continuing to appreciate while inventory numbers, lot sales, building permits, and home sales were all in a healthy range. Coupled with a large drop in distressed sales, it presents a positive picture.

 

Residential lot sales, as well as their median sales price, increased in 2014. Building permits also increased, with the greatest number of new permits being issued for multi-family development, which will help in addressing Missoula’s growing population and the demand for rental units.

 

While the total number of home sales decreased slightly in 2014, sales began to outpace previous years by the third and fourth quarters. Condominium and townhouse sales also remained fairly strong. The median price of a Missoula home reached an all-time high of $225,000. Affordable homes saw the highest demand, with 59 percent of all home sales falling in the $100,000 to $250,000 range. Based on the inventory of homes on the market and the length of time they remained on the market, Missoula was solidly in a “normal” market again, after what equated to an oversupply in the market until 2012. In addition, the sharp drop in foreclosures and short sales meant fewer below-market-value sales. Potential home buyers may see a further increase in competition for affordable homes, and sellers may see less downward pressure on prices.

 

The challenge moving forward for housing is the lack of available supply in some areas. While the higher price ranges and some areas have a normal amount of listed supply, some other neighborhoods and Missoula’s more affordable price ranges are getting tighter and tighter on listed inventory. Lower-listed inventories can cause rapid bidding up in prices, which is good for homeowners but can be challenging for buyers who may be forced to pay higher prices or may get pushed beyond a comfortable purchase price. Low inventories also lead to slower market sales volume; if there aren’t enough listed homes on the market to meet the current demand, sales activity will lag.

 

While homebuyers now face more stringent lendingstandards, interest rates have remained low, and Missoula residents appear to be entering the homeownership process more financially informed than in previous years.

 

The demand for rentals in Missoula kept rental vacancy rates below the national average once again, and the cost of rent continued to increase in 2014. However, the growth in multi-family construction and permitting appears to be recognizing this demand. Missoula still faces several challenges, especially in meeting the needs of those who seek financial housing assistance and those who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.

 

The data on the affordability of rental housing shows that a high percentage of renters in Missoula still spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Coupled with a poverty rate of 18 percent, these facts offer evidence of a significant population that struggles to find affordable housing.

 

The Missoula Housing Authority was able to increase the number of Section 8 vouchers to assist with rental costs in 2014, but the demand for such assistance remains high, with more than 1,500 names on the waiting list.

 

Missoula began to make headway with the “Reaching Home: Missoula’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness.” While the number of literally homeless individuals did not decline in 2014, a large number of homeless people gained housing through various programs. The number of homeless or at-risk children, which had been extraordinarily high and worrisome in previous years, declined significantly, though the problem has not disappeared.

 

The City of Missoula is currently updating its Growth Policy to guide the future social, physical, environmental and economic growth and development of the city.

 

Rental prices continue to be high for renters in Missoula.

 

Overall, Missoula’s housing market exhibits strong statistics for 2014, though the data still reveal a number of challenges for buyers, sellers, and renters. It is clear that the economy is rebounding, the market is stronger, and Missoula is working hard to make this community a viable home for all.

 

Download the 2015 Missoula Housing Report