No
The median price of a Wisconsin home has increased significantly in the past few years, but it has not doubled.
Median means half the sale prices were higher and half were lower.
The latest full-year figures:
2025: $325,000
2024: $310,000
2023: $285,000
2022: $265,000
The 2025 median was 23% higher than in 2022.
In each of the first three months of 2026, the median price was higher year-year-over compared with 2025.
The last time the median decreased was in 2011. The median was $131,737, down from $142,700 in 2010.
A 2024 report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, a nonpartisan think tank, said the COVID-19 pandemic and an interest rate spike in 2022 caused homeowners to postpone or cancel plans to sell. The smaller supply pushed prices higher.
In 2023, the Republican-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers allocated $500 million toward loan programs aimed at creating affordable housing.
Sources
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief. Wisconsin Watch is a member of the Gigafact program, newsrooms across the U.S. that deliver bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read more about our methodology at jsonline.com/FactBriefMethods.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Have Wisconsin home prices doubled in the last three years?
Reporting by Tom Kertscher, Wisconsin Watch / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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