Milwaukee 53225

Milwaukee County, WI · 5,985 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

55affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
27%
affordable
Days on market
41
daily
Price cuts
20.8%
of active
Valuation
-15.4%
vs assessor
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73
/100
stable
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

36/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
DOM: 48d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)85
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 53225. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 27.1% of median income. Median days on market: 48. Renting is approximately 37% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 16.4).

Buyer Caution

Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices up 4.0% YoY.

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Median price
$242,884
▴ 4.0% YoY
Days on market
41
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,236
ZORI
Investor score
72/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
40
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-15.4%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$205,600
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+74.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Milwaukee+74.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft—
Price-to-income4.5×

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How 53225 ranks in WI
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Affordability, supply & momentum

35SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply10.4 mo
Days on Market41d
Inv vs History-7.1%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %20.8%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply10.4
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,236
Price-to-rent16.4
Est. cap rate4.0%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score6
Bike score—

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Milwaukee County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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