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Rochester Area, Minnesota Top 5 Home Sales: New Construction in Rochester Leads at $1.3 Million

A newly built home led a week in which four of the top five sales were in Rochester and one was in Stewartville.

Rochester Area, Minnesota Top 5 Home Sales: New Construction in Rochester Leads at $1.3 Million

The five highest-priced home sales reported in Rochester Area, Minnesota for the week ending November 8, 2026, totaled $4.98 million. All five were single-family homes in Olmsted County, and together they span nearly six decades of building, from a home completed only last year to one that has stood since the late 1960s. Prices ran from $1.26 million at the top to $770,000 in fifth place.

No. 1 — $1,259,900 · 3327 Bella Terra Rd NE, Rochester, Minnesota

Top home sale No. 1 in Rochester Area, Minnesota — 3327 Bella Terra Rd NE, Rochester, Minnesota, week ending November 8, 2026

The newest home in the group is also the highest-priced. Completed in 2025, the one-level home at 3327 Bella Terra Road NE, in the Century Village Fourth neighborhood of Rochester, sold for $1.26 million.

Vaulted ceilings and large windows brighten an open main level. In the great room, a gas fireplace rises from floor to ceiling, and the kitchen next to it has quartz counters, custom cabinetry and a walk-in pantry. An office and a dining area are also on the main floor, along with a screened porch that leads out to a patio with composite decking.

The home has four bedrooms, four baths and 3,705 square feet on a 0.55-acre lot. The primary suite has a walk-in closet and a bath with two vanities and a tiled walk-in shower. One more bedroom is on the main level, and the other two are in the finished walkout lower level, where a family room has a custom wet bar. There are two fireplaces in all, and the heated three-car garage has a charging station for an electric vehicle. The property last sold for $165,000 in 2025.

Drew Fleming of Engel & Volkers – Rochester was the listing agent for the week’s top sale, and Jacob Waldman, also of Engel & Volkers – Rochester, represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $1,200,000 · 3969 Autumn Lake Ct SW, Rochester, Minnesota

Top home sale No. 2 in Rochester Area, Minnesota — 3969 Autumn Lake Ct SW, Rochester, Minnesota, week ending November 8, 2026

The home at 3969 Autumn Lake Court SW in Rochester went under contract the day it was listed and sold at its full asking price of $1.2 million. Built in 2008, the two-story home has five bedrooms, the most of any in this group, along with four baths and 4,415 square feet. It sits on a heavily wooded 0.43-acre lot and has a front porch and a patio. The finished lower level includes a tiled shower and storage space, and the home also has two fireplaces and a heated three-car attached garage. The property last sold for $687,483 in 2009.

Arlene Schuman of Re/Max Results was the listing agent, and Matt Ulland of Re/Max Results represented the buyer. Re/Max Results also listed the No. 3 home this week.

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No. 3 — $955,000 · 2715 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, Minnesota

Top home sale No. 3 in Rochester Area, Minnesota — 2715 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, Minnesota, week ending November 8, 2026

Five acres of mature trees and open lawn surround 2715 Salem Road SW, a 1968 home in City Lands that still sits within Rochester’s city limits. It is the oldest home in this Top 5 and has the largest lot of the five, heavily wooded and reached by a private drive. It sold for $955,000.

Inside, exposed beams cross vaulted ceilings above hardwood floors and natural woodwork, and large windows look out over the grounds. The home has four bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath, and 3,283 square feet, with two fireplaces and a finished daylight lower level. A deck and several other outdoor sitting areas carry the living space outside.

The property also has a workshop and four garage spaces, the most in this group, including a detached garage. The property last sold for $574,900 in 2018.

The home went under contract 15 days after it was listed. Robin Gwaltney of Re/Max Results was the listing agent, giving the brokerage its second listing in this Top 5 after the No. 2 sale, and Michael Quinones of Real Broker, LLC. represented the buyer.

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No. 4 — $800,000 · 805 Timothy Dr SE, Stewartville, Minnesota

Top home sale No. 4 in Rochester Area, Minnesota — 805 Timothy Dr SE, Stewartville, Minnesota, week ending November 8, 2026

The only sale outside Rochester this week was a custom-built Colonial at 805 Timothy Drive SE in Stewartville, which sold for $800,000. Built in 2002, the two-story home has 5,308 square feet, the most living area in the group, and its six baths are also the most of the five. It has four bedrooms and stands on a 0.98-acre lot.

The finishes are the story here. The kitchen has inset custom cabinets of real wood, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and a Dacor cooktop and double oven. Red oak floors were finished on site, and the primary bathrooms are done in Crema Marfil and light travertine marble. Elsewhere there are herringbone tile floors, crystal chandeliers and crystal doorknobs, oversized wood trim and Loewen windows. One of the home’s three fireplaces is in the primary bedroom.

Quarter-sawn oak cabinetry fits out both the home theater and a speakeasy room. The home also has formal and informal dining rooms and a large sunroom. There is an exercise room, a suite for family members on extended stays, and a walk-in wine and root cellar. Outside, stamped concrete patios and a circular driveway lead to an extra-deep heated garage. The property last sold for $29,900 in 2002.

The home sold just above its $799,000 asking price. Travis J Senenfelder of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent, and Nathan Smith of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.

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No. 5 — $770,000 · 1404 Woodland Dr SW, Rochester, Minnesota

Top home sale No. 5 in Rochester Area, Minnesota — 1404 Woodland Dr SW, Rochester, Minnesota, week ending November 8, 2026

A 1987 ranch at 1404 Woodland Drive SW in Rochester has been redone from top to bottom, with accessibility designed into the work. Hallways are 48 inches wide and doorways 36 inches, an elevator serves both levels, and a ramp leads in from the oversized attached garage. The home sold for $770,000.

A covered front porch opens to the main floor, where the new kitchen has a pantry, a coffee bar and an eat-in dinette. It steps straight out onto a 12-by-36-foot deck above the backyard, and a 12-by-40-foot patio lies below at the walkout level. The lot is wooded, with mature gardens. A formal dining room has a bay window, and a formal living room with French glass doors could serve as a library or office. The 24-by-20-foot family room is built around a gas fireplace.

The primary suite has a redesigned walk-in closet with custom built-ins, a bath that includes the main-floor laundry, and its own door to a private deck. A second main-floor bedroom has hardwood floors, a bay window and double closets. The walkout lower level has another family room with a fireplace and a wet bar, two more bedrooms and a 20-by-18-foot flex room, plus a smaller room with its own door to the outside. In all, the home has four bedrooms, four baths and 4,716 square feet on a 0.35-acre lot. The property last sold for $550,000 in 2025.

Ron Wightman of Wightman-Brock Real Estate Advisors was the listing agent, and Trudi Westberg of Keller Williams Premier Realty represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 8, 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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