These are the highest-priced home sales reported in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area for the week ending October 18, 2026, and together the five sold for a combined $20.74 million. All five are in Hennepin County, with two in Wayzata and one each in Excelsior, Mound and Minnetonka.
The group includes four single-family homes and one townhouse, and it spans more than three decades of building, from a 1990 home to one finished in 2024. Coldwell Banker Realty agents listed the top three sales.
No. 1 — $5,995,000 · 1105 Tanager Hl, Wayzata, Minnesota
The week’s top sale is a 2022 home in Shoreline Estates in Wayzata, which sold for $5,995,000. It is the largest home on the list, with 11,117 square feet of living space, and it sits on the largest lot of the five, 3.59 acres. The two-story home has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms, the most bathrooms of any home in this Top 5.
The home has lake views and seven fireplaces, including gas fireplaces in the family room and the primary bedroom. The home has a finished walkout basement, and a heated, insulated attached garage has room for four cars. The property last sold for $4.91 million in 2025.
Drew Hueler of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Mimi Bendickson of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $4,000,000 · 254 Lake St, Excelsior, Minnesota
Excelsior Bay fills the windows of the newest home on the list, a 2024 build on Lake Street in Excelsior that sold for $4,000,000. Designed in a collaboration between Peter Eskuche and Mikan, the two-story home has an open plan with long runs of glass facing the lake. It sits in the heart of Excelsior, steps from the shops and restaurants of downtown.
On the main level, the kitchen comes with a coffee bar, a prep area and a walk-in pantry. Sliding glass doors lead from the family room to a large porch fitted with phantom screens and an electronic pergola, and beyond it is a heated in-ground dipping pool and hot tub. Upstairs are a loft with built-ins, a bonus room with its own fireplace and a view of the lake, an office area, two guest bedrooms and the primary suite, whose bathroom has heated floors.
The finished lower level is built for recreation, with a second family room and game area, a wet bar, an exercise room, a sauna and a golf simulator. The home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 4,661 square feet on a 6,969-square-foot lot, the smallest lot in this Top 5, along with an extra-deep, heated two-car garage. The property last sold for $762,500 in 2023, before the current home was built.
Jeffrey J Dewing of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Brian K Benson of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,695,000 · 1284 Wildhurst Trl, Mound, Minnesota
In Mound, a lakefront home on Wildhurst Trail sold for $3,695,000. Built in 2017 on 1.34 acres, the one-story home has panoramic views, a front porch, a deck and a patio, and a finished basement with a walkout. Its five bedrooms and five bathrooms take up 4,515 square feet, and a gas fireplace warms the living room.
The property has both attached and detached garages, heated and insulated, with space for five cars, the most of any home on the list. The property last sold for $296,000 in 2017.
Gregg J Larsen of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Stacia Bank of Compass represented the buyer. With this sale, Coldwell Banker Realty agents listed each of the top three homes this week.
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No. 4 — $3,600,000 · 3554 Fairway Ct, Minnetonka, Minnesota
The oldest home in this Top 5, built in 1990 in the Fairways At West Oaks community in Minnetonka, has been renovated throughout by Paukert Properties, and it sold for $3,600,000. The two-story home has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and 9,980 square feet on 0.86 acres.
Inside, white oak floors run through the home, and Marvin windows light an entry under an 18-foot vaulted ceiling. The kitchen has DuraSupreme inset cabinetry, Cambria waterfall counters, Sub-Zero refrigeration and a butler’s pantry. A Heat & Glo fireplace anchors the main level. Upstairs, the primary suite has its own laundry room, a soaking tub and a shower with seven heads.
The walkout lower level is where the home turns to entertaining and recreation. It has a commercial-grade Ortal fireplace, a quartz-topped bar with a wine display, a theater, a gym, a locker room and a second primary suite. Outside, a heated in-ground pool is surrounded by an outdoor kitchen, a pergola, a gas fire pit and low-maintenance decking, and the community has tennis courts. The property last sold for $775,000 in 2018.
BROWN & Co Residential of eXp Realty and Laura A Paukert were the listing agents.
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No. 5 — $3,450,000 · 718 Widsten Cir, Wayzata, Minnesota
Set high on a hill in Wayzata, a townhouse in Widsten Townhomes looks out over Wayzata Bay and Lake Minnetonka, and it sold for $3,450,000. Built in 1996, the one-story home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms (two full and one half) and 3,845 square feet, with a walkout lower level below. Downtown Wayzata, with its shops and restaurants, is steps away.
The living room has a vaulted ceiling and a stone fireplace that rises from floor to ceiling. A sunroom with heated floors takes in the lake and the gardens, and an office on the main floor looks onto a pollinator garden. The primary suite’s bath has three zones of heated floors, a tiled walk-in shower and a soaking tub. A wraparound balcony with a power awning takes in panoramic views of Wayzata Bay and its sunsets.
Downstairs, the lower level has a second fireplace, a wet bar and a card area, along with two more bedrooms, one of which opens directly to the patio, and a large storage and workshop space. The two-car garage has built-in cabinets, water, a floor drain and wiring for an electric-vehicle charger. The property last sold for $686,335 in 1996.
The Knutson/McAlpin Team of Edina Realty, Inc. and Bonnie M Knutson were the listing agents, and Julie R Regan of Lakes Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 18, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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