$1,250,000 buys the median home in Wayzata right now. With 20% down, that's a $250,000 down payment and a $1,000,000 loan, set against a $220,000 median household income.
At a 1.2% effective rate, Wayzata property taxes add $1,250 to the monthly payment on the median home, $15,000 a year in total.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, Minnesota taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $8,253/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Wayzata track at 184 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Wayzata's median home price runs 252% higher than nearby Minneapolis: $355,000 there versus $1,250,000 here.