Prior Lake Real Estate
Median Price$520K9.5%Days on Market211Active Listings234Sale-to-List99.3%0.3New This Month26Bidding War Rate29.7%1.1%Avg $/SqFt$232Pending54Median Price$520K9.5%Days on Market211Active Listings234Sale-to-List99.3%0.3New This Month26Bidding War Rate29.7%1.1%Avg $/SqFt$232Pending54

Prior Lake Market Report: Q1 2021

70 homes closed in Prior Lake between January 1, 2021 and March 31, 2021. Median sale price $364K, 17 days on market. This is a permanent quarterly record computed from closed MLS sales; once generated, the numbers on this page do not update.

Median Sale Price
$364K
0.8%vs Q1 2020
Closed Sales
70
52.2%vs Q1 2020
Days on Market
17
39.3%vs Q1 2020
Sale-to-List
100.6%
1.6 ptsvs Q1 2020
Bidding War Rate
50.0%
19.6 ptsvs Q1 2020
share of sales closing over asking
Avg $/SqFt
$166
13.7%vs Q1 2020

The quarter in review

70 homes closed in Prior Lake in Q1 2021, 24 more than the 46 that closed in Q1 2020. The median sale price came in at $364K, up 0.8 percent from $361K in Q1 2020. The typical sale went under contract in 17 days, 11 days faster than a year earlier. 50.0 percent of the quarter's sales closed over the asking price, and the average sale closed at 100.6 percent of list. 1 sale closed at $1 million or more. 4 of the quarter's closings were new construction.

Q1 2021 against its neighbors

MetricQ1 2021Q4 2020Q1 2020
Median sale price$364K$400K$361K
Closed sales7015546
Median days on market171528
Sale-to-list100.6%101.0%99.0%
Bidding war rate50.0%45.8%30.4%
Avg $/sqft$166$173$146

Neighbor columns show each quarter's own frozen report numbers.

Median price, trailing quarters

$358K$374K$391K$407KQ2 19Q3 19Q4 19Q1 20Q2 20Q3 20Q4 20Q1 21Median Sale Price

Median closed price for the 8 quarters ending with Q1 2021.

Where the sales landed

Under $400K43 sales
$400K to $600K19 sales
$600K to $800K3 sales
$800K to $1M4 sales
$1M and up1 sale

Month by month

MonthClosed salesMedian price
January 202126$364K
February 202127$385K
March 202117$263K

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Common Questions

What was the median home sale price in Prior Lake in Q1 2021?

The median sale price in Prior Lake in Q1 2021 was $364K, based on 70 closed MLS sales. That is 0.8% higher than Q1 2020.

How fast did Prior Lake homes sell in Q1 2021?

The median time on market in Q1 2021 was 17 days. In Q1 2020 it was 28 days.

Did Prior Lake homes sell over asking price in Q1 2021?

50.0% of Prior Lake sales closed over the asking price in Q1 2021. The average sale closed at 100.6% of the list price.

Data from NorthstarMLS via MLS Grid. This report covers closed residential sales in Prior Lake, MN from January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021. Metrics are aggregates of closed sales; individual sold properties are not displayed. Report generated August 12, 2026 and frozen: unlike the live dashboard, the numbers on this page are a permanent record and do not update. Median days on market is computed over sales reporting a market time. All quarterly reports.

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Data source

NorthstarMLS via MLS Grid API, filtered to Prior Lake. Every metric on this site is computed from raw closed-sale and active-listing records. No Zillow estimates, no third-party models.

Updated Aug 12, 2026