Helena, MT Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Helena: a median closing price of $429,900 across 216 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Helena, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Helena sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of August 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 216
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $429,900
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $245
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $359,000 and $510,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 216 closed sales in Helena over the last six months, with a median closing price of $429,900. 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 $359,000 and $510,000. 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 214 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $199 and $285 per square foot.
Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Helena, MT (August 2026)
The median home price in Helena is $429,900, measured across the 216 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $359,000 and $510,000.
Where Helena sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Helena over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $359,000 and $510,000. 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 11 days, across 64 Helena closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Helena angle
Helena offers a citywide median with reasonable predictive weight. The 216 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months produced a median closed sale price of $429,900, with the middle half of sales closing between $359,000 and $510,000, a quartile spread tighter than most markets we track.
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. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 11,465+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Helena address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Helena, MT
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 216
Median sold price: $429,900
Median sold $/sqft: $245 (214 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/helena-mt-housing-market
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 Helena over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Helena?
The median sold price in Helena over the last 6 months is $429,900, measured across 216 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Helena last month?
Resideline tracked 24 closed sales in Helena in July 2026, out of 216 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Helena?
The middle half of Helena sales over the last six months closed between $359,000 and $510,000, with a median of $429,900.
What is the typical price per square foot in Helena?
Among qualifying Helena closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $245, measured across 214 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Is the Helena median a fair opening estimate?
For an ordinary property, yes, with a caveat. The tracked closings cluster more tightly than most markets we track, so $429,900 is a defensible place to start. The caveat is direction: because the reach from the median up to $510,000 is longer than the reach down to $359,000, an above average subject can move further from the centre than a below average one. Confirm with matched sales drawn from the 216 closings Resideline tracked before you commit.
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