The median home in Buffalo, Minnesota is valued at $364,063, up 2.5% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $1,404, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 21.6x — well above the national average of 18x. Buffalo is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.
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Home Value$364,063
+2.5%
Rent$1,404/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $927/mo cheaper ($1,404 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MN ins. 28% per HUD.
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$72,813 on $364,063
Out of reach — 37.3% of income
Need $99,900/yr to afford.
PITI$2,331
P/I37.3%
Afford$273K
Gap-$91K
P&I $1,841Tax $340Ins $150
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