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Colorado housing markets spotlight dramatic fall change

Conditions drive inventory and opportunity for an increasingly skeptical and cautious buyer pool ENGLEWOOD, CO – As cooling temps lead to dramatic changes in foliage across Colorado’s iconic mountain forests, rising interest rates and a growing list of economic challenges and uncertainties are creating their own dramatic changes in the state’s housing markets, according to the September 2022 Market Trends...

Suddenly, it’s all about pricing

Percent of list price received on home purchases dips below 100% for the first time since 2020 ENGLEWOOD, CO – Rising interest rates and traditional seasonal slowdown continued to pump the brakes on the metro area and statewide housing markets as potential buyers found a few more options to choose from and a few more days to think about their...

July Teases the Start of a New Real Estate Game for Second Half Of 2022

ENGLEWOOD, CO – With active listings and inventory rising across the seven-county metro area and state, slowing sales and fewer new listings have kept the full swing of the real estate pendulum in check, according to the July 2022 Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. The combination of factors, including rising interest rates, is giving potential...

A step toward normalcy but no reason to celebrate yet June numbers reflect dramatic changes and complexities of massive, highly reactive housing market

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – Despite a massive influx of new inventory hitting the Denver metro and statewide housing markets over the past month, fears of inflation, rising interest rates and a host of other key variables are changing conditions for both buyers and sellers alike, according to the June 2022 Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®....

May Market Trends Report Brings Price Reductions and Lower Average Sale Price

Colorado REALTORS® noticed a new turn in CAR’s Market Trends: “I think we hit a peak in late March or early April,” said Aurora REALTOR® and CAR Spokesperson Sunny Banka, who is getting about 25 emails a day about home price reductions. “What I’m paying attention to is how drastically the average price has changed,” said Denver REALTOR® and CAR...

Rising interest rates and inflation fears help pump the brakes on housing market pushing inventories higher and keeping median pricing flat

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – Buyer trepidation fueled by rising interest rates and inflation fears continued to contribute to an improving bottom line for housing inventory and helped keep median pricing relatively flat across the seven-county Denver-metro area and in markets statewide, according to the May 2022 Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. New listings for single-family...

Half of the Lower 48 States in Danger of Wildfire

A new study shows that half of all addresses in the lower 48 states face wildfire risk. In some less-populated states, including Wyoming and Montana, more than 90% of properties are at-risk. “Frightening assessment,” said CAR’s Colorado Project Wildfire Chair Ulrich Salzgeber. A prediction model put together by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and technology group, shows that...

“Unprecedented” and “shocking,” REALTORS® running out of ways to describe state’s record low housing inventory

ENGLEWOOD, CO – Despite a nice, but expected seasonal uptick in the number of new listings that came to the Colorado housing market in January, a strong month of pending/under contract activity quickly gobbled up available inventory, once again keeping active buyers pushing the limits of their budgets and patience, according to the January data from the Colorado Association of...

Record-shattering housing market showed no seasonal differentiation in 2021 Astounding highs and lows likely to continue well into 2022

ENGLEWOOD, CO – Record-low inventory combined with insatiable buyer demand drove housing prices to record highs in markets across Colorado in 2021, according to the December data and year-end analysis from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. The resulting activity, prevalent from January through the end of the year in markets across the state, made it nearly impossible to define any...

Like everything else – Colorado’s housing market has a supply chain issue

Record setting lows in housing inventory once again push median pricing to new highs, magnifying issues of affordability ENGLEWOOD, CO – It seems everywhere we turn these days, there is a supply chain issue. No matter the size or scope of the product and services in demand, the supply chain is often the culprit in any effort to meet consumer...