State of the Region 2025

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RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

MEDIAN LISTING PRICE BY QUARTER

The median listing price for housing in Greater Grand Rapids increased nearly 4% to $411,700 in Q3 2025 from $396,508 in Q3 2024. This reflects persistent increases in housing costs at regional, state, and national levels. Median housing costs increased 47% from $279,858 Q3 2019 to Q3 2025. National median listing prices were $20,000 higher than those in Greater Grand Rapids in Q3 2025. New housing continues to sprout up across the region. In the first half of 2025, nearly 1,900 new building permits were issued in Greater Grand Rapids, compared to approximately 2,000 building permits in the first half of 2024. Annual building permits increased nearly 10% to 3,900 in 2024 compared to nearly 3,600 in 2023.

United States

Michigan

Greater Grand Rapids

$500,000

$450,000

$400,000

$350,000

$300,000

$250,000

$200,000

$150,000

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024 2025

Source: Realtor.com

NEW PRIVATE HOUSING BUILDING PERMITS BY QUARTER

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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