Wildflower Realty MT

10/05/2026

October is officially here, Havre! 🍂 Let's settle some things…

Pumpkin spice ☕ or apple c***r 🍎?
Hoodie and blanket on the porch or in front of the fireplace?
Chili or soup?
Raking leaves or letting the Montana winds do it for you? 😄

Drop your answers below.⬇

09/18/2026

This one got a lot of attention over the last year and a half. The big-ticket items are handled: a new 200-amp electrical panel, R-44 foam insulation in both garages, and new Pergo flooring across the whole main level. Outside, there's a new white vinyl fence with a drive-through rear gate and a gravel parking pad off the alley.

Inside, the wallpaper and paneling are gone, the walls have been repaired and painted, the kitchen cabinets were refinished with new hardware, and the basement walls and ceilings were redone. An electric fireplace and trim accents in the entry and dining room add some character without overdoing it.

Swipe through the photos (full listing link in the comments), and if you'd like to see it in person, send me a message to set up a showing.

09/15/2026

✨ This Month's Showcase: 39.99 Acres -Fenced, Well & Power In Place

Let me tell you what makes this one special. 39.99 acres of native pasture just a short drive from Havre land that's never been broken, never been disturbed. Just rolling hills and good grass the way it's always been.

Here's the part I love: the hard stuff is already done. The well is in. Power is on site through Hill County Electric. The whole thing is fenced.

No waiting on a drilling schedule. No utility run to coordinate. No fence line to build in the wind. 🙌

You could run horses here on day one. Build your place, graze it, or just let it be exactly what it is.

Close enough to town for the daily drive. Far enough out that it feels like yours.

Want the details? Send me a message. 📩

09/09/2026

📈 The August number that confuses people:

$218,558 → $207,382

That's Havre's average sale price, August 2025 vs August 2026. Down 5%.

Now the number nobody posts:

$195,000 → $210,000

That's the median. Up 7.7%. Same month, same market.
Both are true. They disagree because an average follows whichever homes happen to sell. Last August, one home closed above $500K. This August, the highest sale was under $400K. Seventeen closings is a small enough pool that a single house moves the whole number.

The median — the middle sale- went up.

Averages describe a month. They don't describe your house. 🏡

Heading into September: 50 active listings compared to 59 a year ago, and homes are going under contract about a month faster (86 days vs 118). Seventeen homes went pending in August, up from 12. The people still shopping in the fall are the ones who actually need to move.

Fewer listings, motivated buyers, less noise. It's a real window -just a shorter one than summer.

Curious where your home actually sits in this? Let's talk. 📩

09/04/2026

September is for getting back on routine, moving your body and appreciating where you live.

Take the trail. Walk the neighborhood. Watch the sunset somewhere new. Look at houses and create a dream checklist. 🏡

Fitness and home have the same secret: small daily choices add up to something you love. 💪

Save this list and tell me which one you're doing first 👇

08/27/2026

Fun fact: Havre was practically built on free real estate. In 1910, President Taft made Havre the headquarters for the whole regional land district and that same year the Great Northern Railway hauled in over 1,000 cars of homesteaders. On one single day, 250 of them stepped off the train right here in Havre, each chasing a 320-acre claim they could earn with a filing fee and a few years of "proving up."

The land's not free anymore, but helping folks find their own piece of Havre is still my favorite part of the job. 🌾

08/25/2026

Should I keep renting or finally buy?

I get this question a lot, so let's break it down straight -including the parts that don't fit on a bumper sticker.

RENTING
✅ Predictable payment, no maintenance, no property taxes
✅ Easy to move when life changes
❌ In Havre, roughly $800–1,000 a month and none of it builds equity

BUYING
✅ Part of every payment builds equity, and that share grows every year
✅ Your principal-and-interest payment can stay fixed for 30 years, while rents tend to drift up over time
✅ It's yours — and you benefit if values rise (Havre home values have held up well lately)
❌ Bigger upfront cost, plus taxes, insurance, and upkeep and it pays off best if you're staying several years

Here's the honest part: right now, renting in Havre is usually cheaper month-to-month than owning. On a ~$225,000 home (about our local average), once you add taxes and insurance you're looking at somewhere around $1,600–1,700 a month all-in and in the first year, only about $175 of that actually goes toward principal. The rest is interest and costs that don't come back, same as rent.

So this isn't "renting is throwing money away." It's a longer game: your payment stops climbing, your equity grows a little more every month, and you build on any appreciation. If you're planting roots in Havre, that adds up fast. If you might move in a year or two, renting can be the smarter call and I'll tell you that honestly.

Want to see the real numbers for your situation, rent vs. buy side by side, no pressure? Send me a message and I'll run it. 💬

08/11/2026

No weekend spent painting. No pulling up carpet. No "we'll get to it next spring. This one's already done for you! 😍

3 bed, 2 bath in the south end, under $200K. Fresh paint inside and out, new flooring throughout and a layout that works from day one.

Porch out front that earns its keep. Backyard with room for the toys or the bigger garage you've been meaning to build. Off-street parking already handled.

Whether it's your first place or the next one in your portfolio, all you'd be doing here is unpacking.

Send me a message and come take a look! 📲

08/10/2026

Havre's July numbers are in, and they moved in the right direction.👏

The typical home sold for $238,500 last month- up from $215,000 a year ago. That's roughly $23,500, or about 11%, year over year. Average sale price climbed too, from $245,250 to $259,042.

If you own here, that's the kind of gain that tends to build quietly in the background. A lot of homeowners are sitting on more equity than they realize -room for a move-up purchase, paying off a truck loan, or just knowing where you actually stand.
Since it's August, a note on timing: homes that sold in July took a median of about 105 days from listing to sale (the average was longer, closer to 149, pulled up by a few homes that sat).

List in the next few weeks and a typical timeline has you wrapping up before the deep-winter stretch-when showings, moving day, and Hi-Line weather all get harder to work around. That's not pressure, just the calendar.

Whether you want to know what your home is worth today, what your buying power looks like, or whether a fall move makes sense for you- send us a message.💬

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