How many homes are for sale in Minneapolis now, and what current inventory indicators show
Snapshot: listings counts vary by data set, but recent measures cluster around the 800–900 range
Minneapolis residents searching for an exact, real-time number of homes for sale quickly run into a basic complication: “inventory” depends on what is being counted and which geography is used. Some trackers report city-only listings, while others focus on the broader Twin Cities region, where most listings are in suburban communities.
Using a city-level measure, a February 28, 2026 market update showed 880 homes listed for sale in Minneapolis. That figure represents “for sale inventory” on that date and is paired with 226 new listings recorded for the same month-end snapshot.
At the same time, the region’s MLS-based weekly reporting for the Twin Cities, which includes Minneapolis and surrounding communities, placed active inventory at 7,650 listings for the week ending February 14, 2026. Two weeks earlier, the same regional series showed 7,477 active listings for the week ending January 31, 2026—indicating a modest rise in available homes as the market moved through late winter.
What the latest regional indicators suggest about market balance
Beyond the headline count of homes for sale, two indicators in recent regional reporting help explain what buyers and sellers may experience in practice: pending sales (accepted offers) and months supply (inventory relative to recent sales pace).
For the week ending February 14, 2026, new listings were reported at 1,201, while pending sales were 674.
For the week ending January 31, 2026, new listings were 886 and pending sales were 591.
In both January 2026 and December 2025 regional summaries, months supply was reported at 2.0, a level typically associated with tighter inventory conditions than a fully balanced market.
City vs. metro: why “how many homes are for sale” can produce different answers
Differences between roughly 880 city listings and roughly 7,650 metro listings do not necessarily conflict; they reflect different boundaries. Minneapolis-specific counts aim to capture properties marketed within the city limits, while metro counts aggregate active listings across the Twin Cities region. The two numbers answer different questions: how many choices are available inside Minneapolis, and how many choices exist across the wider commuting and moving market.
In short: Minneapolis currently shows an inventory level in the high hundreds by city-level tracking, while the broader Twin Cities region is in the mid-thousands by MLS-based weekly reporting.
What to watch next
As spring approaches, the most useful confirmation of a shifting supply picture will be whether the rise in new listings is matched by rising pending sales—and whether months supply moves materially above the 2.0 range. Those changes would indicate not only more homes for sale, but a different competitive landscape for buyers and sellers.