Colorado Springs housing market insights and home buying tips.
October 03, 2026
The Colorado Springs housing shortage is real, but the data shows it is an affordability gap, not a raw-numbers gap: months of supply by price band, the income-to-price gap, and why building market-rate homes at a $460K average will not close it.
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September 28, 2026
Someone asked what a housing crash looks like in Colorado Springs. In 30 years, prices have fallen once, by about 12%. What actually crashes here is volume and credit, not price. The real definition, in the data.
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September 25, 2026
With the 30-year at 7.03%, an 8% rate would add about $275 a month on the median Colorado Springs home and price the median buyer out on paper. What 8% would really do to local sales volume, days on market, and prices, in the numbers.
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September 24, 2026
Why did Colorado Springs home prices explode since 2020? Our data shows the median sale price tracked the U.S. money supply almost exactly. It was a monetary event, not just a shortage, and prices went flat the moment the money did.
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September 24, 2026
Colorado Springs affordability over 5 years: income rose 25% and home prices 29%, but the monthly payment rose 75% as rates jumped. Payment-to-income went from 28% to ~40%. It was the rate, not the price.
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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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August 13, 2026
What changed on Colorado Springs utility bills in 2026 and why: the new summer time-of-use rates, the five-year rate plan, and the six-year climb in electricity and natural gas prices, explained in plain language.
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July 30, 2026
Active listings vs closed sales by price band in the Pikes Peak region: months of supply from under 200K to 1M plus, and how much of the market a median income household can actually reach at today rates. Updated automatically.
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July 08, 2026
Colorado Springs home prices never crashed after rates spiked. Volume did. Four years of data on how the market repriced through inflation, time on market, and $25M a quarter in seller concessions.
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July 01, 2026
363 Colorado Springs leases, April to June 2026. Rents rose then flattened, but time-to-lease tripled (6 to 20 days) and rent per square foot fell every month. A data look at a loosening rental market.
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June 26, 2026
A free guide to mental models, systems thinking, and adding value in real estate — written by Rob Thompson, Realtor® in Colorado Springs, from a decade in the business. Free PDF download.
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May 09, 2026
April 2026 closed with 1,246 sales in the Pikes Peak MLS region and 61.4% included a seller concession averaging $11,893. Breakdown by financing type and what it means for buyers and sellers.
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