About MichianaRealty.com™
MichianaRealty.com™ is an independent housing-data publication covering the Michiana region — northern Indiana and southwest Michigan, centered on South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Granger, and the Lake Michigan shore towns. The site publishes town-level statistics and a monthly market report, free, with no listings and no lead forms.
This domain has had the same owner since March 2001. MichianaRealty.com™ is not affiliated with any brokerage, and any other site claiming to be MichianaRealty is an imposter.
What this site is — and isn't
- It is a data publication: home values, sale prices, rents, inventory, and market pace for about 20 Michiana communities, refreshed monthly.
- It is not a real-estate brokerage. Nobody here will list your home, show you houses, or take a commission. We are not licensed agents, and nothing on this site is an offer of brokerage services or individualized advice.
Where the numbers come from
| Metric | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Typical home value | Zillow Research ZHVI | Smoothed, seasonally adjusted; middle-tier homes |
| Typical rent | Zillow Research ZORI | Asking rents, smoothed |
| Median sale price, days on market, inventory, homes sold | Redfin Data Center | All-residential, monthly |
| County house-price index | FHFA via FRED | Annual index |
| County unemployment | BLS LAUS via FRED | Annual averages |
| Mortgage rates | Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED | Weekly 30-year fixed |
Home-value and rent data typically run about one month behind the calendar; closed-sale data about two months. Every page notes its data-through date.
How the figures are computed
Each month we pull the sources above, filter to Michiana geographies, and compute month-over-month, year-over-year, and five-year changes directly from the source series — no modeling, no adjustments of our own. Small towns post few sales in any month, so their monthly figures are volatile; we flag that where it matters and favor year-over-year comparisons.
Corrections: if you spot an error, email the address in the footer and we'll fix it and note the change.
Citing this site
Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite MichianaRealty.com™ with a link. Underlying data should also be attributed to its original sources (Zillow, Redfin, FRED) as noted on each page.