June Home Sales Rose Slightly in Wisconsin

Thursday, July 31st, 2025 -- 10:01 AM

(Beatrice Lawrence, Wisconsin Public Radio) Sales of previously owned homes in Wisconsin rose 8.1 percent in June compared to the same month last year. 

That’s according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association’s latest housing report.  Kurt Paulsen, professor of urban planning in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, called the sales jump a “mixed signal.”

“It’s positive to see a little movement in June, but if you look at the numbers for the first six months of this year compared to the first six months of last year, we’re right at about the same pace,” Paulsen told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” “(But) there’s signs of life.”

According to the report, the median home price hit a record high of $340,000. Paulsen said Wisconsin homes are now unaffordable for many first-time home buyers.

“That younger generation, they are really being squeezed,” Paulsen said. “Older home buyers with cash are out-competing first-time home buyers who are finding it difficult to get a mortgage.”

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