Sale prices by area / Watertown
Watertown: what homes actually sold for
Every sale below comes from the certificate of real estate value (eCRV) filed with the state when property changes hands. The median arm's-length price in 2026 was $368,250, up 89% from $195,000 in 2015.
Median price (2026)
$368,250
Sales in 2026
40
Investor/entity buyers
10%
Median sale price by year
| Year | Median | Middle half | Sales | Investor share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $195,000 | $136,000 to $238,900 | 93 | 11.8% |
| 2016 | $200,900 | $155,500 to $264,000 | 119 | 10.9% |
| 2017 | $212,000 | $146,750 to $266,750 | 146 | 19.9% |
| 2018 | $252,000 | $167,900 to $284,900 | 133 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | $254,000 | $200,000 to $293,000 | 104 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | $282,328 | $239,900 to $325,000 | 114 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | $300,769 | $244,900 to $349,900 | 154 | 8.4% |
| 2022 | $299,900 | $173,864 to $377,800 | 106 | 17.0% |
| 2023 | $294,900 | $265,650 to $361,921 | 96 | 13.5% |
| 2024 | $357,000 | $295,000 to $394,500 | 73 | 15.1% |
| 2025 | $307,000 | $252,500 to $373,500 | 87 | 9.2% |
| 2026 | $368,250 | $314,000 to $411,250 | 40 | 10.0% |
Arm's-length sales only: gifts, related-party transfers, and sales flagged as non-market are excluded, as are prices under $3,000. Investor share counts sales where a buyer is an organization (LLC, trust, company) rather than an individual.
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Source: Minnesota Department of Revenue eCRV weekly sales extracts, October 2014 to present, updated weekly. Medians and shares are computed from arm's-length sales as described above.