In January of in 2015, the Weisblat Home, a three-bedroom Usonian in Galesburg, Michigan developed by Frank Lloyd Wright, hit the marketplace for $2.3 million. It sat for months without a sale. By August it was down to $1.5 million; in October it was pulled from the market; then relisted for $1.44 million in December. It’s still waiting on its next steward.This is a notable
modification from a couple of years back, the ones following the pandemic, when a boom in the Frank Lloyd Wright market occurred. Houses by the starchitect were offering rapidly and often over the asking cost, often within days. It was a pattern strongest from 2021 to 2023, but a few lingering circumstances stretched into 2024, says Victoria Krause Schutte, a realty agent with @properties who specializes in historic homes and has actually sold several Wright residences. “A number of years ago, really well-prepared Wright homes sold very quickly,” she includes. “There were historically low interest rates and a great deal of liquidity, even in the luxury market.” When the Weisblat Home was pulled from the market in October, the owners began working with Krause Schutte, who is now noting the home.
Wright’s Weisblat Home in Galesburg, Michigan.
Photo: Courtesy of Victoria Krause Schutte
Now the tides are shifting, and a post-pandemic craze for Wright styles has actually softened, experts say. “It’s a cooler market today,” according to Brian Proctor, who is listing Wright’s Lewis Spring House in Tallahassee, Florida. (The home has actually been for sale since September of 2025, but has yet to discover a buyer.) “I followed some other Wright homes in the documents that offered recently, and they all were under asking.” Wright’s Hickox Home in Kankakee, Illinois, which was on the marketplace for over a year before it cost $330,000 under asking in March of 2025. The Winn Home in Kalamazoo had a similar story: it took a year to offer and went for $1 million under asking.While sellers
benefited at large in the first couple of years following shutdown orders, it was a particularly opportune time for Wright owners looking to off-load. The architect’s passion for combining design and nature suggested that a lot of his residences were built in rural areas. Because of their pedigree, they now tend to be amongst– if not the most– expensive property offered in the communities in which they lie. In Galesburg, for example, where the Weisblat House is noted for over $1,000,000, the average home is valued at $186,000.