{"id":6516,"date":"2022-12-27T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T07:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/?p=6516"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:18:53","slug":"year-in-review-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/year-in-review-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Year in Review: 2022<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As 2022 comes to a close, the team at Western Ranch Brokers would like to thank our clients, colleagues and business associates for another year of successful ranch real estate transactions. The unprecedented demand for Montana property in the last several years has resulted in some of the lowest real estate inventory levels in decades, creating an incredibly tight market for Montana ranches. Thanks to our long-standing relationships with Montana landowners and our ever-expanding marketing capabilities, the team at Western Ranch Brokers was pleased to have successfully represented the sale of a number of first-class Montana ranches this past year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured sales included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-1930020553\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-normal slider-nav-light slider-style-shadow slider-show-nav\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"left\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": false,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n      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class=\"uppercase\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"m\">MCREYNOLDS GATEWAY RANCH<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"xs\">Bozeman, MT | 2,033\u00b1 acres<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"xs\">OFF-MARKET<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3655830017 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/off-market\/\" class=\"button white is-outline expand\"  style=\"padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n    <span>LEARN MORE<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-598274451 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-598274451 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-598274451 {\n    width: 67%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1659000619 {\n  padding-top: 500px;\n}\n#banner-1659000619 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: 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style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"m\">R BAR N RANCH<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"xs\">Anaconda, MT | 2,284\u00b1 acres<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-line-height=\"xs\">OFF-MARKET<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3733054804 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/off-market\/\" class=\"button white is-outline expand\"  style=\"padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n    <span>LEARN MORE<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-503060965 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-503060965 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-503060965 {\n    width: 58%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1616800631 {\n  padding-top: 500px;\n}\n#banner-1616800631 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: 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.flickity-slider > * {\n  max-width: 500px!important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To view more properties sold by Western Ranch Brokers team, click <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/sold-montana-ranches\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due in large part to the industry-wide inventory challenges in the Montana ranch real estate market, the number of sales and the median sales price per acre decreased in 2022 compared to the previous year. However both sales and prices remained on par with 2020 statistics\u2014despite drastically lower inventory levels. According to data from Montana Land Source, the median days on the market for ranch sales dropped to 245 days in 2022, a hundred days less than the two previous years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6520\" style=\"width: 1020px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtlandsource.com\/montana-land-market-statistics\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6520 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-104208-1024x336.jpg\" alt=\"Montana ranch market statistics\" width=\"1020\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-104208-1024x336.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-104208-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-104208-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westernranchbrokers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-104208.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Montana Land Source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apid development, an influx of high-net-worth individuals relocating to Montana, and real estate investors seeking a safe harbor sent Montana land values skyrocketing in late 2020\u2014with price levels remaining fairly consistent throughout 2021 and 2022. The premium value of Montana land this year continued to motivate many Montana landowners to relocate their operations outside of rapid growth areas or to exit the ranch market completely amidst inventory shortages and record-breaking land values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking to the year ahead, steady demand and limited supply will likely extend the opportunity for sellers to take advantage of these strong market conditions in the 2023 spring and summer sales season. The Western Ranch Brokers team has already seen an upward trend in new listings in Q4 of this year, leaving us optimistic for next year&#8217;s land and ranch markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured new listings include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-494699451\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-dark slider-nav-outside slider-style-shadow slider-show-nav\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"left\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 4500,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": true,\n            \"rightToLeft\": 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