Author: B F

November 16th, 2025

categories: BOZEMAN MONTANA, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES

2025 Bozeman Leaf Pickup Fall Schedule is OVER It’s that time of year again…leaf raking and leaf collection. Subdivisions, 10/16/25 to 11/12/25 and Core Area, 10/20/25 to 11/12/25. In its attempt to keep storm drains clear, the City of Bozeman asks for your participation in the 2025 Bozeman fall leaf collection. Though leaves help keep […]

November 5th, 2025

categories: BOZEMAN MONTANA, BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES

Bozeman School District – Public, Private, Post-Secondary Educational Institutions in Gallatin County, Montana. Bozeman High School – Gallatin High School In May 2017, Bozeman School District voters approved a $125m bond both for Gallatin high school, to be completed in time for the 2020 school year, and for renovation of the existing Main Street Bozeman […]

October 21st, 2025

categories: BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS

Why Get Bozeman Home Mortgage Insurance?† When financing a Bozeman home, the advantages of (private) mortgage insurance (PMI) are not always evident to the borrower. Many prospective borrowers believe they should/must put at least 20% down (an 80% Loan-To-Value, LTV ratio) on the home they are purchasing because they believe it’s imperative to avoid paying […]

September 25th, 2025

categories: MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Livingston, Montana History – Yellowstone River – Livingston MT Real Estate Between the Gallatin and Crazy Mountain Ranges and abutting the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Livingston, Montana (Latitude, 45.66 N; Longitude, 110.56 W; Elevation, 4503′) is nestled along the free-flowing, Yellowstone River, one of the world’s longest, undammed rivers. For centuries, this region, which includes the extraordinary […]

September 24th, 2025

categories: BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION, SELLERS INFORMATION

Montana Real Estate Transfer Tax* Montana is one of 15 states that does NOT have a real estate transfer tax, but, instead, parties to a Montana real estate transaction must file a Realty Transfer Certificate, required by Montana law. Other states without realty transfer taxes: Alaska, (California†), Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, […]

September 22nd, 2025

categories: BOZEMAN REAL ESTATE, BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS, SELLERS INFORMATION

September Update: August home price $1,072,000 in Bozeman. TO DATE GREATER BOZEMAN IN CITY Q2 2025 $1,015,000 $760,000 Q2 2024 $1,163,103 $815,000 Q2 2023 $925,000 $748,000 Q2 2022 $999,000 $815,000 Q2 2021 $840,000 $699,000 How much is a home in Bozeman? A house costs $1,072,000, all Bozeman, ⇑ $142,000 over August 2024 price. Chart 1: […]

September 17th, 2025

categories: MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Gallatin Gateway Montana History – Gallatin Gateway, MT Real Estate The Gallatin Gateway, Montana (aka Salesville and Slabtown) (Lat 45.5915958, Long -111.1977304) community, 13 miles SW of Bozeman, Montana, is 5.92miles within a 2502 mile region in the SW corner of Montana’s Gallatin River Valley. The town of Gallatin Gateway, Montana is located along U.S. Route 191 in […]

September 17th, 2025

categories: BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA CITIES, MONTANA HOMES FOR SALE, MONTANA REAL ESTATE

Homes in Gallatin Gateway and Four Corners, MT Q2 2025, Homes cost $1,637,500 – Closed Sales: 4 – Search Land, Ranches, Property Q/YEAR MEDIAN PRICE ⇓ CLOSED SALES ⇑ Q3 2025 Pending Oct 1 Pending Oct 1 Q2 2025 $1,637,500 4 Q1 2025 $1,800,000 1 Q4 2024 $1,206,750 2 Chart 1:  Since Q1 2020 (Covid […]

September 17th, 2025

categories: MARKET NEWS, MONTANA RANCHES, MONTANA REAL ESTATE, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Short History of Montana Ranching It is said that Montana’s ranching history began in the mid-1850’s with a cattle operation in Deer Lodge Valley started by the Grant Brothers in what was then Montana Territory. The Brothers would drive vibrant oxen to Pocatello, Idaho, trading them for exhausted Oregon cattle. They would then turn around and […]

September 17th, 2025

categories: BUYERS INFORMATION, MARKET NEWS, MONTANA STATE INFORMATION

Montana Homestead Declaration 2025*† Does Montana Have a Homestead Exemption? – How To File Homestead Rights in Montana To be eligible to file for up to $409,450* equity protection in 2025 with a Montana Homestead Declaration, a person’s subject property must be his/her primary residence. A “homestead” is the house, cabin, or mobile home in […]