Parade of Homes — Fall 2026

The Fall 2026 tour was, with one exception. The organiser's Tour FAQ states that "touring is always free, except for a few homes that are selected by the Housing First Minnesota Foundation as its Dream Homes, where a $7 entry fee is required" — paid at the door, by card only, for anyone over the age of ten. We counted the published entries on 2026-08-27: 2 of 298 homes were Dream Homes, both on the Parade rather than the Remodelers Showcase. Every other home was free to walk through. The next Parade, Spring 2027, runs March 12 – April 11, 2027.

Noon. On the Fall 2026 tour, Twin Cities homes were open Fridays through Sundays, 12–6 p.m.; Rochester homes Fridays through Sundays, 12–4 p.m. Those are the hours published on the organiser's Dates & Hours page, read on 2026-08-27. Homes on the Remodelers Showcase were open only on the final weekend, October 2–4. The next Parade, Spring 2027, runs March 12 – April 11, 2027.

Not for the tour itself. The organiser describes it as a free, self-guided event, and on the Fall 2026 tour its Tour FAQ said "all Parade Homes will be open during tour hours. Just walk right in!", noting that a few homes were by appointment and marked as such. A ticket was required only for the Foundation's Dream Homes, at $7 a person. Read on paradeofhomes.org on 2026-08-27.

September 11 through October 4, 2026, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Rochester-area homes ran September 18 to October 4. The Fall Remodelers Showcase, a separate tour of remodelled homes, ran October 2–4 — the final weekend. Dates read from the organiser's Dates & Hours page on 2026-08-27. The next Parade, Spring 2027, runs March 12 – April 11, 2027.

No, though the organiser's own name for it is the "Parade of Homes Remodelers Showcase" and it runs in conjunction with the Parade. The Parade shows newly built homes across the full window; the Showcase shows remodelled homes on the final weekend only — October 2–4 in 2026. Counting the entries the organiser published on 2026-08-27: 274 Parade homes from 87 companies, and 24 Showcase homes from 20. Every builder listed on this page was in the Parade; one of them, Highmark Builders, was in both.

No. This is an independent guide published by HomeBuildersMN. The Parade of Homes is organised by Housing First Minnesota, and the official site is the source for tour listings, individual home details, directions and anything that can change.

Each builder listed here has a Fall 2026 participation record we captured from that company's own page on the official Parade site on August 24, 2026, and re-checked entry by entry on 2026-08-27. We list the builders we also publish a profile for, so there is somewhere useful to send you. It is not a complete roster of the event: the organiser published 274 Parade homes from 87 companies when we read it, and the 71 here account for 73 of those — two are listed twice, under a second trading name.

The licence number and status we checked against the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and the date we checked it — shown on every card below. Plus the cities they build in, and, where we have a sourced number, a phone number with the page and date it came from.