Check out the 2014 Housing & Development report to learn the details of where building is happening (15 subdivisions) and home builders active in Moorhead (39 builders). It adds up to 449 new housing units permitted in 2014.
Important factors in Moorhead’s housing success include:
- Moorhead’s flood mitigation efforts and the limited need for flood insurance by property owners in Moorhead, especially as it affects new construction.
- Consumer and community marketing investments—targeting homebuyers while they are shopping for homes.
- Builder and Real Estate Professional public relations – stakeholder updates, builder lunch & learns, Real-tor continuing education.
- Affordable lots with infrastructure already in the ground – cost advantage for special assessments.
- Make Moorhead Home property tax rebates for new and remodeled homes (extended through 2016).
- First time home buyer incentives in partnership with Minnesota Housing.
