Birdhouse Realty

10/20/2026

Here’s what sold last quarter in the city of Ashland, Wisconsin!

10/20/2026

Ambient sounds of Bayfield, Wisconsin.

10/16/2026

Three Bayfield city homes totaling $1.04 million sold in the third quarter.

The standout, 233 N 4th St, a cute little home just across the street from the school, sold on September 28 for $375,000, $46,000 over its $329,000 asking price. This home sold for cash after just four days on the market.

17 S 8th St, a modest home with a little red cottage out back, a home nestled between Rittenhouse and Manypenny, sold for $325,000, 100% of asking price. It was conventionally financed.

The slowest sale of the quarter, 33 S 4th St, closed July 8 for $340,000, about $25,000 under its $365,000 list price. It was on the market for 93 days. Great location. Bit of an odd layout but a reasonable selling price for a home in the city.

In the township, a place in need of an overhaul to qualify for occupancy, but one on twenty beautiful acres with a pole barn, 31715 Star Route Rd., sold for $375,000.

The average sale price for these homes was $347,000, which for Bayfield is fairly modest. Still outside the bounds of affordability for many locals, but modest relatively. Now, for a little immodesty.

A stunning lakeside home on Blue Wing Bay Rd sold quickly, despite its 1.16 million dollar price tag, in 8 days. It’s got more cool features than I could efficiently list, but I will give a shout out the turret and its spiraling wood staircase.

On Hwy 13, a modest manufactured home and a seasonal cabin closed. In Brickyard Creek, which remains hot, two homes sold. 37750 Creek Tr, which is not a condominium, sold for $950,000. The other on Bjorn Rd, for $435,000.

Median sale price across the region was $357,500 for the quarter. The average, pulled up by the two sales near or above one million, was $455,740.

Median DOM was 13 days, but 8 of the 10 homes sold in 19 days or fewer.

Talk soon!

10/14/2026

It’s just unbelievably pretty up here!

10/13/2026

Fewer homes have been selling ever year since 2021, but prices have not been dropping, despite interest rates, with sales. In Ashland, it’s still a seller’s market.

10/08/2026

https://www.birdhousewi.com/post/how-does-this-year-s-housing-market-washburn-wisconsin-compare-to-last-year-s

Three quarters into 2025, 23 city of Washburn homes had sold. Through that same timeframe this year, sales are down roughly 30%. Only 16 homes have closed. Up, however, is sale price. Last year the median sale price was $241,000. This year, roughly $251. Despite a generally higher sale price, homes....

10/05/2026

https://www.birdhousewi.com/post/bayfield-s-third-quarter-three-sales-each-faster-than-the-last

Three homes closed in the City of Bayfield this summer, one in each month. That is a small number, so this post sticks to what those three sales show and leaves the guessing out. What they show is a clear three-step pattern worth a look.QUARTER 3 AT A GLANCEClosed sales | 3 Average sale price | $346...

08/06/2026

General assessment of real estate sales in the peninsula (and the island) so far this year. Reach out for more info!

08/05/2026

We’re just over halfway through 2026. Here’s the current state of the real estate market in Washburn, Wisconsin.

Five single family homes, of those listed this year, have sold. They sold at a median price of $247,000, with an average of $239,780.

Buyers paid approximately 95.6% of list price, and the typical home was under contract in just 18 days. That’s a fast-moving market for the homes priced right.

111 W 3rd St sold for $120,000. This is the outlier that dragged the average sale price down. Listed initially for $184,900, it sold for just 65% of list after 54 days on market.

111 E 7th St, a dated rambler on nearly 1/3 of an acre lot, also sold below asking, 86% of asking. It too sold for cash and fairly quickly, 18 days.

221 N 1st Ave W, a cute house near the business district, sat the longest among the sold group at 78 days but ultimately sold for $247,000. Down from the initial asking price of $265,000

608 W 3rd St sold quickly, in 6 days, and sold for what the sellers were requesting: $254,900. Priced right, it moved garners multiple offers and sold quickly.

610 Hillside Dr was the standout. It sold in just 4 days at 100.8% of list $362,000 (VA/DVA) meaning it actually closed above asking. On three acres, this property doesn’t look like many in the city, which highlights why it jumped off the market as fast as it did.

Of those that have sold so far, three were paid for with cash, one was sold conventionally, and one was financed with a VA loan.

So what’s happening with what’s still available?

Seven properties are currently under contract, with an average list price of $302,614.

Four listings remain active. The average list price is inflated by one major outlier — a 1.4 million dollar Lake Superior estate on nearly 5 acres.
Active listings have taken the deepest price cuts of any group so far, averaging 6.4% off original list, and they’re sitting a median of about 50 days on market. That’s longer than the sold group’s median sold time, which tracks: these are the homes still finding their price.

In the end, pricing is everything.

06/17/2026

If you're thinking about buying or selling property in Northern Wisconsin, one of the most telling numbers in any real estate market isn't the price — it's how long homes are sitting before they sell. Days on Market, or DOM, tells you a lot about demand, pricing accuracy, and where the market is h...