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Congratulations to REALTOR’S® Who Completed NAR’s Fairhaven Challenge!

Congratulations to firms that had at least 75% participation rate, and in some cases 100% completion rate, for NAR’s Fairhaven Challenge during Fair Housing month! These single-, small-, and medium brokerages put their fair housing law knowledge to the test by completing the online simulation. These companies will earn some sweet Fair Housing merchandise. CAR’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee congratulates...

March spike in new listings does little to offset home buying demand, record appreciation, and sale price

ENGLEWOOD, CO – A much-needed spike in new listings from February to March did little to quell the continued insatiable appetite for housing in markets across the state, according to the March 2022 Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. New single-family listings in the seven-county Denver metro area rose 47.5% percent from February to March 2022,...

Record breaking highs and lows challenge housing buyers statewide as supply disappears

ENGLEWOOD, CO – With the inventory of active listings down 40% to more than 70% in markets across the state compared to a year ago, potential home buyers are facing record-setting appreciation and median pricing in the face of all-time lows in active listings and months supply of inventory, according to the February 2022 Housing Reports from the Colorado Association...

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...

Home Price Increases Predicted to Slow

Homebuyers can look forward to slower price increases on home sales this year, according to Realtor.com’s 2022 housing forecast. Buyers can also expect the same “lively” market pace as 2021. Among the report’s predictions, some of Colorado’s largest markets are expected to make big gains both in the number of sales and price increases. Colorado Springs sales are expected to...

Zillow Pulls Out of iBuyer Market; Selling Hundreds of Front Range Homes

Zillow Offers bought hundreds of homes along the Front Range in August and September, often paying more than what sellers were asking. Now the company is selling more than 500 homes in 10 Front Range counties, and more homes it purchased in October are hitting the market every day. Nearly all the properties being sold are priced well below what...

It’s All About That Pace – Housing Inventory and Buyer Demand Tug-of-War Rages On, Results in Additional Increases in Median Prices Statewide

ENGLEWOOD, CO – In most markets across the state, the pace of available inventory slowed in October and was quickly consumed by the insatiable demand that has come to define the Colorado housing market in 2021, according to the latest monthly market data and analysis from the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. “The pace at which homes are selling remains robust,...

Home sales and under contracts counter new listings keeping median prices steady

ENGLEWOOD, CO – Oct. 12, 2021 – With new listings easily countered by the volume of closed and under contract properties, the median price of homes remains steady or has continued to rise in markets across the state, according to the latest monthly market data and analysis from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR). As a result, active listings in...

Four Colo. Cities Make Top 10 List for Most Competitive Cities for Homebuyers

Littleton, Aurora, Colorado Springs, and Denver ranked in the top 10 most competitive cities for homebuying according to real estate brokerage Redfin. Some of these cities are called “Zoom cities” after the popular video conferencing app, which refers to the popularity of working from home and the subsequent uptick in real estate sales. While many cities across the nation reported...

June delivers influx of new housing inventory however, pending sales and closes push median pricing to record highs across Denver metro area and state

REALTORS® seeing some signs of change in markets across Colorado ENGLEWOOD, CO – July 13, 2021 – A strong month for new listings in June helped give potential homebuyers a little hope and opportunity however, the volume of sales and homes going under contract continued to grow as well pushing the median sales price for single-family homes in the seven-county...