CO · Metro #19

Denver - CO housing market

The Denver metro has a typical home value of $559,705, down 1.9% from a year ago. Homes sell in 26 days on average, a balanced market. 36% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$559,705
-1.9% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$585,860
+1.6% YoY
Median list price
$569,667
Sale-to-list ratio
99.2%
Selling below ask
Days on market
26d
Listings w/ price cut
36.0%
New listings / mo
4,374
+2.4% YoY
Homes for sale
15,917
-3.5% YoY
Typical rent
$1,922/mo
-0.5% YoY
Income needed to buy
$162,900
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Denver housing market, October 2026

The typical Denver home is worth $559,705 as of August 2026, up 0.2% from the prior month, down 0.1% over three months, and down 1.9% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $558,732 to $590,210.

Homes are going pending in about 26 days, slower than the 14 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 15,917 homes for sale, 4% fewer than a year ago. 36.0% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 31.0% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,922 a month, down 0.5% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 24.3.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($111,941), the typical Denver home costs about $3,800 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $162,900 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$590k$559kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
50d13dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
16.6k9.6kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($559,705) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Denver - CO metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 1.9% over the past year. A home worth $570,545 last year is now worth roughly $559,705.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $585,860. Homes are selling at 99.2% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Denver - CO sit on the market for roughly 26 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 36.0% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 4,374 new listings hit the market each month in Denver - CO. There are currently 15,917 homes for sale, down 3.5% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Denver - CO is $1,922, down 0.5% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 24.3x, renting territory (#19 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $3,100 a month in principal and interest, $1,178 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 3.14% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in CO

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Colorado Springs - CO$448,492 -1.4% 29.0d
Fort Collins - CO$549,219 -0.5% 26.0d
Boulder - CO$712,024 -0.8% 28.0d
Greeley - CO$490,746 -2.1% 26.0d
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