Helena, MT Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Helena: a median closing price of $435,500 across 203 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 September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 203
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $435,500
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $241
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $374,900 and $525,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 203 closed sales in Helena over the last six months, with a median closing price of $435,500. 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 $374,900 and $525,000. 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 202 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $198 and $285 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Helena, MT (September 2026)
The median home price in Helena is $435,500, measured across the 203 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $374,900 and $525,000.
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 that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $374,900 and $525,000. Among the 8 Montana markets with a published band, Helena's middle-half spread ($374,900 to $525,000) ranks 3rd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 11th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 11 days, across 58 Helena closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Helena angle
Helena offers a citywide median with reasonable predictive weight. The 203 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months produced a median closed sale price of $435,500, with the middle half of sales closing between $374,900 and $525,000, 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, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Montana: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Montana homes, and most Montana estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Montana one. 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
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 3035600
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 203
Median sold price: $435,500
Median sold $/sqft: $241 (202 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 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 $435,500, measured across 203 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Helena last month?
Resideline tracked 34 closed sales in Helena in August 2026, out of 203 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 $374,900 and $525,000, with a median of $435,500.
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 $241, measured across 202 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 $435,500 is a defensible place to start. The caveat is direction: because the reach from the median up to $525,000 is longer than the reach down to $374,900, an above average subject can move further from the centre than a below average one. Confirm with matched sales drawn from the 203 closings Resideline tracked before you commit.
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