The Colorado Real Estate Market: 2026 Trends

🏠 Buying a house in Colorado | 🏘️ Selling a house in Colorado | 🚚 Moving to Colorado

🏡 Home values in Colorado have fallen 4.06% over the past year, indicating a neutral market.

📈 Housing inventory (the total number of homes for sale) stands at 24,634. That's about 4.92 months of inventory, indicating a seller's market.

📊 The sale-to-list price ratio (the percentage of listing price sellers are actually getting) is 99.00%, indicating a seller's market.

How does Colorado compare to the national average?

Buying a house in the Colorado real estate market

Colorado has an affordability score of 7, meaning it takes 7 years of the median household income ($92,911) to afford Colorado's median home sale price ($650,000). Because of this, we rank Colorado as the 6th least affordable state for buyers based strictly on prices compared to income.

Who pays for realtor commission in Colorado?

Real estate agents' commissions are technically the responsibility of their respective clients - buyers pay their agents, and sellers pay theirs. Each party signs a contract with their agent promising to pay. However, sellers usually offer to pay for the buyer's agent so they can more easily afford the home.

Who pays closing costs in Colorado?

Sellers are usually responsible for most closing costs, but some closing expenses fall to the buyer. As a buyer, you'll be expected to pay for the mortgage loan origination fee and other lender-related fees, private mortgage insurance, the down payment, an appraisal fee, and a home inspection fee.

Learn more about who pays closing costs in Colorado.

Resources for Colorado home buyers

Selling a house in the Colorado real estate market

According to our detailed survey of Colorado real estate agents, listing agents (those representing the seller) charge an average commission in Colorado of 2.98%, which is the 8th highest in the United States. Buyers' agents charge an average commission of 2.73%, which is the 10th lowest in the United States.

Resources for Colorado home sellers

Moving to Colorado

According to our recent moving trends survey"Half of Americans Are Surprised by How Much It Costs to Move"</a> Updated February 26, 2024.<br><br><a class="view-all-sources-link" href=https://listwithclever.com/colorado/"#article-sources">View All Sources</a>">[15], Colorado is the 7th most desirable state to move to, with 16% of Americans indicating that they would choose to move there if money were no object. Likewise, 13% of survey respondents indicated that they would move to Denver among a choice of America's largest cities. Among medium-sized cities, 19% indicated that they would move to Colorado Springs.

Here's how Colorado cities rank in a number of our research studies.

Where to shop for homes in Colorado

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Frequently asked questions

Methodology

Information on market conditions is based on Zillow data as of May 2026, Realtor.com data as of May 2026, and HouseCanary data as of June 26, 2026, unless specified otherwise.

We gathered our commission rate data from a February 2026 survey of 533 of agents nationwide. The survey asked about standard local rates for both listing and buying agents. To ensure an adequate amount of agent data, these data points are averages based on responses we've received from 20 agents in the Rocky Mountains region.