Golden Valley, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Golden Valley, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Golden Valley sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 186
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $472,450
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $207
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $342,000 and $635,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 186 closed sales in Golden Valley over the last six months, with a median closing price of $472,450. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $342,000 and $635,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 186 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $174 and $247 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Golden Valley, MN (September 2026)

The median home price in Golden Valley is $472,450, measured across the 186 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $342,000 and $635,000.

Where Golden Valley sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Golden Valley over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $342,000 and $635,000. Among the 55 Minnesota markets with a published band, Golden Valley's middle-half spread ($342,000 to $635,000) ranks 44th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 13 days, across 154 Golden Valley closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 153 Golden Valley closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Golden Valley angle

Golden Valley's closed-sale picture from the last six months: 186 tracked closings, a median of $472,450, and a middle half stretching from $342,000 to $635,000. That combination gives above-median estimates legitimate room to run before they leave ordinary territory, which is exactly why they need the strongest comp support; a number can drift high while still technically landing inside the band. Below $472,450 the ordinary range is shorter, so a low estimate approaching $342,000 deserves scrutiny sooner. In both directions, matched closed sales, not the citywide figures, should produce the number itself.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Golden Valley address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Golden Valley, MN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2724308
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 186
Median sold price: $472,450
Median sold $/sqft: $207 (186 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Golden Valley over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Golden Valley city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 10% of the 186 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $475,000.