Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska are the hottest real estate markets

[Alaskajohn]

The price of your bug out location in paradise is going up! Alaska has always been an extremely volatile market going from exceptionally hot to icy cold due to oil. Regardless, all three listed states are smoking hot markets now.

From the link:

“A new real estate report shows Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska are the fastest-selling real estate markets in the nation. In Montana, 15.6% of residential properties sat on the market for more than 30 days, according to the Zillow data, while in Alaska that number is 17.6% and in Wyoming it’s 18.24%.“

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/0...-list-of-fastest-selling-real-estate-markets/

 

[Mountain trapper]

That's good news for when, or if, we ever decide to sell our place. Unfortunately most of the buyers for these kind of properties are from California. A couple years ago there was a small ranch (200+ acres) about 10 miles down the road from us that I was interested in buying. It was listed for around $750,000. The heirs decided to have an auction. A couple from California bid it up to a million plus. I couldn't compete with that.