January’s numbers reveal a market where demand continues softening and buyer urgency has largely disappeared.
Closed sales dropped 20% compared to last January—fewer homes trading hands despite rising inventory. Active listings climbed 7% year-over-year, with attached homes up 14%, a direct consequence of the 30% decline in closed attached home sales. Homes aren’t just sitting longer—they’re accumulating.
The timing shift is substantial. Days on market jumped 23% compared to last January, with attached homes now sitting 37% longer than a year ago. Meanwhile, the median detached home sold for $615,000—down 3.6% year-over-year. That’s real pricing pressure, and it likely understates the situation since homes that fail to sell (and get withdrawn) would have required even deeper price cuts to close.
Attached home prices showed more resilience, with the median edging up slightly to $390,000, though they’re also taking 37% longer to sell—a clear signal that even stable prices don’t guarantee buyer interest at the same pace as last year.
It’s now clearly a buyer’s market for attached homes.
The pattern is clear: sellers face a market where pricing, preparation and patience matters more than it has in years, and buyers are taking their time rather than competing in bidding wars. January’s numbers show this dynamic gaining momentum, not losing it.
Our local market in January:
Residential – Detached and Attached Homes
Average Closed Price: $676,548
-0.02% month-over-month
-1.39% year-over-year
Median Closed Price: $569,500
-0.96% month-over-month
-0.96% year-over-year
Active Listings at the End of the Month: 8,228
+8.16% month-over-month
+7.02% year-over-year
Closed Homes: 1,919
-40.55% month-over-month
-19.74% year-over-year
Average Days in MLS: 74
+12.12% month-over-month
+23.33% year-over-year
Detached Homes Average Closed Price: $744,236 Median Closed Price: $615,000 Active Listings at the End of the Month: 5,201 Closed Homes: 1,486 Average Days in MLS: 71 | Attached Homes Average Closed Price: $444,249 Median Closed Price: $390,000 Active Listings at the End of the Month: 3,027 Closed Homes:433 Average Days in MLS: 85 |
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Schedule a CallDuring the last week:
New Listings – 1471
Back On Market – 249
Price Increase – 83
Price Decrease – 1174
Pending – 1262
Withdrawn – 131
Closed – 786
Expired – 621
Two Weeks Ago:
New Listings – 1329
Back On Market – 203
Price Increase – 84
Price Decrease – 1116
Pending – 1094
Withdrawn – 113
Closed – 592
Expired – 389—
Based on data from REColorado®
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