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July 28, 2026· Updated October 3, 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 $305,000 across 1,803 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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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 October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 1,803
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $305,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $189
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $235,000 and $420,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 1,803 closed sales in Saint Paul over the last six months, with a median closing price of $305,000. 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 $235,000 and $420,000. 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 1,791 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $149 and $234 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

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

The median home price in Saint Paul is $305,000, measured across the 1,803 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $235,000 and $420,000.

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 $420k
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$133k to $204k: 199 sales$133k$204k to $274k: 412 sales412sales$274k to $345k: 400 sales$274k$345k to $415k: 239 sales$415k to $486k: 146 sales$415k$486k to $556k: 89 sales$556k to $627k: 54 sales$556k$627k to $697k: 54 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 that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $235,000 and $420,000. Among the 55 Minnesota markets with a published band, Saint Paul's middle-half spread ($235,000 to $420,000) ranks 38th 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 62nd percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Saint Paul monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $178 per square foot across 358 sales$178MayJun 2026: $182 per square foot across 376 sales$182JunJul 2026: $198 per square foot across 321 sales$198JulAug 2026: $207 per square foot across 281 sales$207AugSep 2026: $201 per square foot across 188 sales$201Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 17 days, across 1,380 Saint Paul closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 25 days, across 1,352 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 1,803 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 1,803 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $305,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $235,000 and $420,000, 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.

Saint Paul market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Saint Paul ZIP codes: 55106 · 55117 · 55119 · 55104 · 55102.

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, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR 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 Saint Paul 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: Saint Paul, MN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2758000
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 1,803
Median sold price: $305,000
Median sold $/sqft: $189 (1,791 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 Saint Paul over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Saint Paul 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 13% of the 1,803 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $310,000.

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 $305,000, measured across 1,803 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Saint Paul last month?

Resideline has tracked 189 closed sales in Saint Paul in September 2026 so far, out of 1,803 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. 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 $420,000, with a median of $305,000.

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 $189, measured across 1,791 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 $420,000 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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