2018 Waterfront Sales Year-End Review

How did the real estate market fare in 2018?

By The Hollinger Team

Diana, Kellie, Dane, Drew and I have over 85 years of experience in Montana real estate, specializing in waterfront properties. Let’s see what we can find for you.

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How did the real estate market fare in 2018?

Today we’ll be going over the numbers we saw in our local real estate market for 2018.

For your convenience, we’ve included timestamps for each section of the video. Feel free to navigate to the section(s) you’re interested in viewing:

00:17 — Overall MLS activity for the year
01:01 — Flathead Lake home sales
02:06 — Flathead Lake vacant land sales
03:06 — Swan Lake home and land sales
04:43 — Echo Lake, Lake of the Woods, and Lake Blaine home and land sales
05:56 — West Lakes (Ashley, Bitterroot, and McGregor Lakes) home and land sales
07:33 — Flathead Lake condominium sales
08:10 — 2018 market recap conclusion

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