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July 28, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Saint Paul, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Saint Paul: a median closing price of $304,835 across 1,812 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Saint Paul, MN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Saint Paul, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Saint Paul 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: 1,812
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $304,835
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $182
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $235,000 and $415,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 1,812 closed sales in Saint Paul over the last six months, with a median closing price of $304,835. 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 $235,000 and $415,000. 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. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. Across the 1,797 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $146 and $230 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Saint Paul, MN (August 2026)

The median home price in Saint Paul is $304,835, measured across the 1,812 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $235,000 and $415,000.

Where Saint Paul sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Saint Paul
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $235k to $415k
$140k to $208k: 213 sales$140k$208k to $276k: 432 sales432sales$276k to $344k: 385 sales$276k$344k to $412k: 230 sales$412k to $481k: 151 sales$412k$481k to $549k: 67 sales$549k to $617k: 75 sales$549k$617k to $685k: 47 salesMedian $305k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Saint Paul over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $235,000 and $415,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Saint Paul monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Feb 2026: $208 per square foot across 44 sales$208Feb 2026Mar 2026: $168 per square foot across 239 sales$168Mar 2026Apr 2026: $172 per square foot across 326 sales$172Apr 2026May 2026: $178 per square foot across 358 sales$178May 2026Jun 2026: $183 per square foot across 373 sales$183Jun 2026Jul 2026: $199 per square foot across 317 sales$199Jul 2026Aug 2026: $207 per square foot across 140 sales$207Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 1,427 Saint Paul closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 1,399 Saint Paul 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 1,812 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Saint Paul angle

Saint Paul sits in the awkward middle. Across 1,812 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $304,835, and the middle half of sales closed between $235,000 and $415,000, a spread close to typical for the markets we track. The median means something, then, but not enough to price a specific address from. There is somewhat more room above the median than below it, which is worth remembering when a valuation comes in over the middle of the band and you have to decide whether that is an outlier or normal.

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 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Saint Paul 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:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Saint Paul, MN
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 1,812
Median sold price: $304,835
Median sold $/sqft: $182 (1,797 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/saint-paul-mn-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 Saint Paul over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Saint Paul?

The median sold price in Saint Paul over the last 6 months is $304,835, measured across 1,812 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Saint Paul last month?

Resideline tracked 321 closed sales in Saint Paul in July 2026, out of 1,812 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 Saint Paul?

The middle half of Saint Paul sales over the last six months closed between $235,000 and $415,000, with a median of $304,835.

What is the typical price per square foot in Saint Paul?

Among qualifying Saint Paul closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $182, measured across 1,797 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

How hard can I filter Saint Paul comps before the sample gets too small?

Harder than in most markets we track. That matters because the spread from $235,000 to $415,000 is close to typical, meaning the citywide median alone will not carry a valuation and matched comps have to do the work.

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