Colorado Springs housing market insights and home buying tips.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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