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August 21, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Otsego, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Otsego: a median closing price of $465,000 across 275 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Otsego, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Otsego closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last six months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 275
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $465,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $183
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $389,900 and $528,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 275 closed sales in Otsego over the last six months, with a median closing price of $465,000. 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 $389,900 and $528,000. 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. 82% of the Otsego closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 273 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $158 and $205 per square foot.

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

Median home price in Otsego, MN (September 2026)

The median home price in Otsego is $465,000, measured across the 275 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $389,900 and $528,000.

Where Otsego sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Otsego
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $390k to $528k
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$225k to $282k: 22 sales$225k$282k to $339k: 13 sales$339k to $397k: 25 sales$339k$397k to $454k: 49 sales$454k to $511k: 76 sales76sales$454k$511k to $568k: 33 sales$568k to $625k: 22 sales$568k$625k to $682k: 12 salesMedian $465k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Otsego 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 $389,900 and $528,000. Among the 55 Minnesota markets with a published band, Otsego's middle-half spread ($389,900 to $528,000) ranks 5th 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 6th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Otsego monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $170 per square foot across 47 sales$170AprMay 2026: $172 per square foot across 46 sales$172MayJun 2026: $184 per square foot across 69 sales$184JunJul 2026: $193 per square foot across 51 sales$193JulAug 2026: $191 per square foot across 37 sales$191Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 26 days, across 220 Otsego closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 30 days, across 241 Otsego closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 275 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Otsego angle

Otsego's middle half is compressed relative to most markets we track: $389,900 and $528,000 sit close together, which makes $465,000 an unusually serviceable first pass for a property in the city. That does not remove the need for comps, it changes what the comps have to do. With 275 closings on record you have a solid working sample, enough to sort by property type and size before you start, though not so deep that you can discard candidates casually. Set your filters, see what survives, and widen in small steps rather than large ones. The band is not symmetric. The lower half, from $389,900 to $465,000, spans more dollars than the upper half does. A comp set that skews below the median drags an estimate further than the same degree of mismatch above it, so check where your selected sales sit relative to $465,000 before you trust the number.

From market read to offer price

A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. 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 Otsego 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: Otsego, MN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2749138
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 275
Median sold price: $465,000
Median sold $/sqft: $183 (273 qualifying)
Property mix: 82% houses
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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 Otsego over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Otsego?

The median sold price in Otsego over the last 6 months is $465,000, measured across 275 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Otsego last month?

Resideline tracked 38 closed sales in Otsego in August 2026, out of 275 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 Otsego?

The middle half of Otsego sales over the last six months closed between $389,900 and $528,000, with a median of $465,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Otsego?

Among qualifying Otsego closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $183, measured across 273 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Does a narrow price band in Otsego mean I can skip pulling comps?

No. A narrow band means $465,000 is a better opening reference than it is in a dispersed market, because $389,900 and $528,000 sit close together. It does not mean every property belongs in the middle. The 275 closings give you a solid sample, so filter to the subject's property type and size range and check. Note that the lower half of the band spans more dollars than the upper half, so a low leaning comp set reaches further than its position suggests.

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