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Wisconsin house prices are among the fastest growing in the country, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency. The Badger State experienced a 9.9% increase in the FHFA House Price Index between April 2023 and April 2024.

When Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state’s business chamber, last month put out the results of its semiannual survey of CEOs’ sentiments, the outlook was grim: 22% rated the Wisconsin economy as “strong.” Only 10% said the same of the national economy, with 28% calling it “weak.” That’s a gloomier number than the WMC found in summer 2020, amid lockdowns.