Colorado Springs housing market insights and home buying tips.
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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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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