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The Best Time to Sell a House in Colorado Springs, by the Numbers
FeaturedSeptember 23, 2026
The best time to sell a house in Colorado Springs is April or May: spring listings sell in about 6 days, at the highest median price and with the fewest seller concessions. Based on ~175,000 MLS sales, 2015-2025.
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What's Wrong with the Market in One Image
FeaturedApril 19, 2026
The connection between M2 money supply and housing costs in Colorado Springs - one chart that explains why homes cost what they do, and where the market is heading.
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20 years of seller concession data from 265,000+ Colorado Springs transactions. How concessions track with market cycles, rates, and loan types.
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Are sellers really outnumbering buyers in Colorado Springs? A data-driven look at absorption rates, pending ratios, and what the buyer-to-seller balance actually looks like.
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When does M2 money supply stop affecting Colorado Springs housing prices? A data-driven analysis of the transmission mechanism and what breaks it.
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50-Year Mortgages Won’t Help Affordability in Colorado Springs
October 19, 2026
Would a 50-year mortgage make Colorado Springs homes affordable? The local numbers say no: at today's prices it barely cuts the payment, adds almost no buyers, and costs about 539,000 dollars more in interest.
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Just What Is the Impact of Rate Movements in Colorado Springs?
October 19, 2026
At today's 7.4% rate, about 12,600 Colorado Springs households can afford the median home. Each quarter point of rate movement is worth roughly 280 buyers. See the live demand curve.
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How Many Homes Does the Typical Agent Actually Sell?
October 18, 2026
Thinking of getting your real estate license? Here is what the Colorado Springs business actually looks like: about 4,900 agents, a median of 3 deals a year, and a top-heavy distribution.
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Why Home Prices Stay High When Rates Rise
October 16, 2026
Rates are high and prices have not crashed. Here is why, from 20 years of Colorado Springs data: sticky prices, a frozen market, a higher money base, and who is buying.
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Rates, Rents, and Prices: What Moves the Colorado Springs Market
October 14, 2026
Three forces move the Colorado Springs housing market: rents, rates, and prices. How they interact, why one point of rate is worth 43,000 dollars of price, and what actually revives sales.
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Has the Correction Happened Already?
October 14, 2026
Priced against rent, Colorado Springs homes are near their 20-year average and cheaper than at the 2022 peak. The price-to-rent ratio, and what it signals.
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Rent vs. the Cost to Own in Colorado Springs
October 14, 2026
For most of the 2010s, owning the median Colorado Springs home cost about what renting did, and sometimes less. Since 2022 it costs 36 to 67 percent more. Twenty years of data.
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What Would It Take to Get the Colorado Springs Market Moving Again?
October 14, 2026
A $100,000 price cut at today's rates would not restore Colorado Springs sales velocity. Here is where price or rates would actually have to land, by the numbers.
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Are Colorado Sellers Cracking? The Colorado Springs Numbers
October 14, 2026
Colorado leads the nation in sellers listing below what they paid. Here are the Colorado Springs numbers, including who is actually underwater, by purchase year.
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