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Parade of Homes — Fall 2026

This is an independent guide, not the official site. The Parade of Homes is organised by Housing First Minnesota. For tour listings, hours and directions, go to paradeofhomes.org.

The Fall 2026 Parade runs September 11 to October 4, 2026 — the twice-yearly open-house tour of newly built and remodelled homes across the Twin Cities metro. For most buyers it is the only chance in the year to walk through a finished house from a builder they are considering.

53 builders in this directory have a Fall 2026 Parade record we captured from their own page on the official site on 2026-08-24, showing 231 homes between them. This is not the full event roster — the organiser does not publish a builder total, so we make no claim about how much of the Parade this represents. What we add is the part the tour will not tell you: each company’s Minnesota licence and the date we checked it.

Participating builders we profile

Cities these builders work in

Lakeville · Woodbury · Maple Grove · Blaine · Rogers · Apple Valley · Medina · Plymouth · Eagan · Elk River · Prior Lake · Chanhassen · Eden Prairie · Edina · Minnetonka · Orono · Wayzata · Chaska · Bloomington · Minneapolis · St. Paul · St. Louis Park

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What to do with a home you liked

Walking a Parade home tells you what a builder can do at their best, on a lot they chose, with the finishes they picked. That is genuinely useful and it is also the most flattering possible view. The questions worth asking start after you leave.

The licence is already checked. Each card above shows that company’s Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry licence number, its status, and the date we checked it — verified as 53 of 53 at build time, not assumed. A licence is a low bar and it is still the one fact about a builder that is a matter of public record.

Find out where else they build. A builder’s service area tells you whether the home you walked through is typical of their work or an outlier. Each city page lists the other builders working there — the comparison the tour itself cannot give you.

If you are buying land, look at what is actually available. The lot decides more about a build than most people expect: setbacks, sewer availability, wetland and floodplain screening, and the buildable envelope left once the city’s rules are applied. Our Lot Finder shows vacant residential parcels across the metro with those constraints stated per parcel, including what we do not know about each one.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the Fall 2026 Parade of Homes?

It runs September 11 through October 4, 2026. Tour days and hours are set by the organiser, Housing First Minnesota — check the official site before you go.

Is this the official Parade of Homes site?

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, hours and any ticketing.

How did you decide which builders to list?

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. 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.

What can I find out about a builder here that the tour will not tell me?

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. Ratings shown on profiles are Google’s, attributed and linked, not our assessment.