The department estimates that the median residential property in Montana was worth $378,000 as of the beginning of last year. Four years previously, before the state housing market blew up during the COVID-19 pandemic, the median value was $228,000 — meaning values have increased 66%.

Author Archives: Eric Dietrich
Eric came to journalism after studying engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman. He has worked as a professional journalist in Montana since 2013, with stints at the Great Falls Tribune, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and Solutions Journalism Network before joining the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ newsroom in Helena full time in 2019.