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Stockberger: Mortgage rates near annual high, but Sioux Falls demand holds strong
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (887+ words) This piece is sponsored by Amy Stockberger Real Estate. Summer is my favorite season for real estate. Moving trucks roll, families settle in before the school year, and our VIP Club equipment runs nonstop. June also brings a market full…...
Sioux Falls home inventory drops as prices rise
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (234+ words) There are significantly fewer houses available for sale in Sioux Falls today compared with last year " and those that are selling have higher price tags. The market saw a 3. 2-month supply of homes in May, down 45 percent from a 5. 8-month…...
Local metro reclaims No. 1 spot for lowest unemployment rate in U. S.
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (630+ words) Sioux Falls shared the lowest rate with Rapid City's metro area, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The local metro area had not been in its long-held No. 1 spot since November 2025. For the Sioux Falls metro area, which includes…...
Sioux Falls building activity shows slowdown
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (223+ words) The total value of permits issued through May was $365. 7 million, down from $639. 7 million for the same time last year and $394. 4 million two years ago. The biggest drop is in new commercial, which totaled $166. 4 million for the first five months of…...
Local unemployment rate rises for fourth straight month
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (506+ words) That's the third-best jobless rate for metro areas in the country, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Urban Honolulu once again had the lowest metro area jobless rate in February at 2. 2 percent. For the Sioux Falls metro area, which…...
Drop in new home listings in Sioux Falls causes inventory to plunge
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (287+ words) New listings in Sioux Falls dropped 18. 6 percent on a year-over-year basis, with 424 homes coming on the market, compared with 521 for the same time last year, according to the Realtor Association of the Sioux Empire Inc. Closed sales edged up 1. 9 percent…...
Local unemployment rate rises to 2. 5 percent
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) The December rate was 2. 3 percent, and November was 2 percent, the most recent time it was the lowest in the country. Urban Honolulu had the lowest metro area jobless rate in January at 2. 1 percent, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics....
Stockberger: What a 5. 99% mortgage rate means for buyers in Sioux Falls
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (678+ words) This piece is sponsored by Amy Stockberger Real Estate. A year ago, a lot of homebuyers in Sioux Falls ran the numbers and didn't like what they saw. Today, those numbers look different. According to Zillow, a median-income household now…...
Climbing unemployment rate drops Sioux Falls from No. 1 spot for U. S.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (620+ words) The Sioux Falls metro area rate was 2. 3 percent, and Rapid City's was 2. 2 percent, both higher than the 1. 9 percent rates recorded in the Alabama metro areas of Decatur and Huntsville. Several other metro areas in that state and ones in Hawaii,…...
Central Bank announces leadership transition
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (275+ words) After 36 years of leadership, Tim and John Brown will transition from their executive leadership roles to members of an executive board on March 2. The Browns purchased Iowa-based Central Bank in 1990. Tim Brown currently serves as board chairman, while John Brown…...