For buyers
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The Granger Report · September 2026
The Denver market,
in context.
Fewer closings and a lower median price than a year ago. Slightly more homes available.
Official REcolorado Market Watch · 11 counties · All report residential · Monthly.
Reporting period: September 2026. Data retrieved 2026-10-08. Last updated 2026-10-08.
For a longer perspective, explore the separately sourced Denver Metro appreciation index through Q2 2026. It measures repeat-sales price changes, not monthly median prices.
- Median closed price
- $575,000
- -2% vs September 2025: $585,000
- The middle of what actually closed. Not the value of any one home.
- Active inventory
- 13,522
- +2% vs September 2025: 13,277
- Homes available at month end. A snapshot, never a total.
- Median days in MLS
- 33Days
- -4 days vs September 2025: 37 days
- The report’s median Days in MLS. Compare within the same property population.
- Pending listings
- 2,921
- -13% vs September 2025: 3,359
- Accepted-contract activity during the month, not the stock of all pending homes.
- Closed listings
- 2,898
- -18% compared with September 2025; -8% compared with August 2026. Completed sales during September 2026.
- New listings
- 4,885
- -1% compared with September 2025; 0% compared with August 2026, publisher-rounded. Homes listed during September 2026.
- Weeks of inventory
- 20 weeks
- The report's inventory measure, in weeks. Not a forecast of your home's selling time.
Publisher-rounded comparisons: median closed price -2% compared with September 2025 and -3% compared with August 2026; pending listings -13% compared with September 2025 and -5% compared with August 2026. Median Days in MLS was four days longer than August 2026 and four days shorter than September 2025.
The official Metro report
Four questions behind the headlines
The same 11-county population, viewed through prices, available homes, listing activity, and property type.
What has happened to closed prices?
Median closed price, monthly. The source rounds report prices to the nearest $1,000.
- All report residential
All report residential: latest September 2026, $575,000.
Price axis is cropped to show variation. A change in the mix of sales can move the median.
Exact values: What has happened to closed prices?
| Period | All report residential |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | $592,000 |
| September 2025 | $585,000 |
| October 2025 | $590,000 |
| November 2025 | $583,000 |
| December 2025 | $575,000 |
| January 2026 | $569,000 |
| February 2026 | $575,000 |
| March 2026 | $588,000 |
| April 2026 | $600,000 |
| May 2026 | $615,000 |
| June 2026 | $614,000 |
| July 2026 | $605,000 |
| August 2026 | $594,000 |
| September 2026 | $575,000 |
REcolorado Market Watch, September 2026. Monthly observations; no interpolated values.
Homes available at the end of September 2026
Month-end snapshots, listings. Calculated comparisons: +1.8% against September 2025; +21.3% against September 2024.
Bars start at zero. Each value is one month-end snapshot; snapshots are never added together. No intervening months are estimated.
Exact values: active inventory
| Month | Active listings |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | 11,143 |
| September 2025 | 13,277 |
| September 2026 | 13,522 |
REcolorado Market Watch · September 2026
Are listings and contracts moving together?
New listings and accepted-contract events during each month. Pending is a flow, not a stock of homes awaiting closing.
- New listings
- Pending listings
New listings: latest September 2026, 4,885. Pending listings: latest September 2026, 2,921.
Exact values: Are listings and contracts moving together?
| Period | New listings | Pending listings |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 4,685 | 3,602 |
| September 2025 | 4,959 | 3,359 |
| October 2025 | 4,467 | 3,215 |
| November 2025 | 2,607 | 2,727 |
| December 2025 | 1,767 | 2,024 |
| January 2026 | 4,456 | 2,830 |
| February 2026 | 4,993 | 3,480 |
| March 2026 | 5,998 | 4,350 |
| April 2026 | 6,643 | 4,011 |
| May 2026 | 6,002 | 3,921 |
| June 2026 | 5,755 | 3,612 |
| July 2026 | 5,454 | 3,210 |
| August 2026 | 4,888 | 3,089 |
| September 2026 | 4,885 | 2,921 |
REcolorado Market Watch, September 2026. Monthly observations; no interpolated values.
How do detached and attached homes compare?
September 2026 median Days in MLS: detached 29 days; attached 45 days. Closings: 2,158 detached and 740 attached.
- Detached
- Attached
Detached: latest September 2026, 29 days. Attached: latest September 2026, 45 days.
Exact values: How do detached and attached homes compare?
| Period | Detached | Attached |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 28 days | 44 days |
| September 2025 | 34 days | 47 days |
| October 2025 | 33 days | 42 days |
| November 2025 | 35 days | 43 days |
| December 2025 | 46 days | 49 days |
| January 2026 | 53 days | 64 days |
| February 2026 | 32 days | 47 days |
| March 2026 | 14 days | 32 days |
| April 2026 | 12 days | 27 days |
| May 2026 | 12 days | 31 days |
| June 2026 | 15 days | 36 days |
| July 2026 | 18 days | 39 days |
| August 2026 | 24 days | 46 days |
| September 2026 | 29 days | 45 days |
REcolorado Market Watch, September 2026. Monthly observations; no interpolated values.
What the numbers mean
Context for your next decision
For sellers
Examine directly competing homes and recent agreements before deciding on pricing, preparation or concessions. What would make a buyer choose your home over those alternatives?
For homeowners staying put
If you are staying put, use this report as context rather than a personal equity estimate. Investigate comparable properties before drawing conclusions about your own home. How closely do those sales resemble it?
These are interpretations of the broader market. They do not establish an individual home's value or predict its outcome.
See the observations behind these perspectives
Fewer transactions, a lower regional median.
Observed: September had 2,898 closings, down 18% compared with September 2025. The median closed price was $575,000, down 2% compared with September 2025 and 3% from August 2026.
Interpretation: Fewer homes closed, and the middle price among those sales was lower. These are two different observations.
What tempers that view: Different homes sold in each period. The regional median is not a valuation of an individual property or a measure of its appreciation.
A useful question: How similar are the recent sales to the home you own or want?
Official 11-county Market Watch; all report residential; Monthly · September 2026
A little more availability, not a promise of fit.
Observed: September month-end active listings were 13,522, compared with 13,277 in September 2025 and 11,143 in September 2024. The report shows 20 weeks of inventory.
Interpretation: The regional count offers a broader starting set than the two earlier September snapshots.
What tempers that view: Inventory is a stock at one point in time. It does not establish competition within your budget or location, and snapshots cannot be added together.
A useful question: After your firm requirements, how many credible alternatives remain?
Official 11-county Market Watch; all report residential; Monthly · September 2026
Listing activity and contract activity need separate readings.
Observed: New listings were 4,885, down 1% compared with September 2025 and unchanged compared with August 2026 after publisher rounding. Pending listings were 2,921, down 13% compared with September 2025 and 5% from August 2026.
Interpretation: Homes entering the market held near their prior-year level while fewer reached agreement.
What tempers that view: These flows cover different listing cohorts. Subtracting pending from new does not measure inventory change or a seller’s probability of finding a buyer.
A useful question: Which competing homes are reaching agreement, and what distinguishes them?
Official 11-county Market Watch; all report residential; Monthly · September 2026
Name the comparison when discussing pace.
Observed: Median Days in MLS was 33: four days longer than August 2026, but four days shorter than September 2025.
Interpretation: The monthly and annual comparisons point in different directions. Neither describes every home.
What tempers that view: Property mix and report eligibility matter. Detached homes recorded 29 days and attached homes 45 days; attached is not synonymous with condos.
A useful question: What does the timing look like among directly comparable homes?
Official 11-county Market Watch; all report residential; Monthly · September 2026
A different lens
Local comparisons
InfoSparks selections provide local context. These populations are separate from the official 11-county Metro report.
Separate, older release: August 2026. No verified September InfoSparks exports are available. These city observations were retrieved September 11, 2026 and have not been relabeled as September.
August 2026 · Monthly · All InfoSparks property filters. CITY means the platform's place-code selection; it is not a county or a verified legal boundary. Selections may overlap and must not be added together.
| Selection | Active | Pending | Closed | Median price | Median Days in MLS | Median closed / final ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvada | 521 | 169 | 176 | $603,713 | 19 days | 100.0% |
| Aurora | 1,863 | 467 | 457 | $466,444 | 29 days | 100.0% |
| Broomfield | 348 | 113 | 108 | $610,000 | 16 days | 100.0% |
| Castle Rock | 584 | 142 | 146 | $710,000 | 34 days | 100.0% |
| Centennial | 240 | 78 | 82 | $656,500 | 41 days | 98.5% |
| Denver | 3,956 | 815 | 742 | $540,000 | 26 days | 99.1% |
| Lakewood | 379 | 99 | 120 | $558,500 | 34 days | 99.1% |
| Littleton | 885 | 292 | 285 | $625,000 | 19 days | 99.7% |
| NorthglennSmall number of closings. A few sales move this figure. | 43 | 12 | 17 | $512,000 | 20 days | 100.0% |
| Parker | 576 | 152 | 155 | $700,000 | 33 days | 99.1% |
| Thornton | 374 | 139 | 128 | $538,495 | 26 days | 100.0% |
| Westminster | 258 | 79 | 75 | $500,000 | 29 days | 99.3% |
Closed / final ask is a median ratio before concessions. A change in this ratio is measured in percentage points. Closing counts provide context, not the exact eligible sample for every metric.
Read with the right context
Sources & methodology
A dated, reviewed release for September 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-08; last updated 2026-10-08.
Which places and properties are included?
The official Metro report covers Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, Park. “All report residential,” detached, and attached follow Market Watch classifications.
January through September 2026 report covers use the same 11 counties. Earlier historical coverage stability has not been established.
InfoSparks CITY selections are separate source populations. They are not substituted for the official Metro, aggregated into it, or assumed to match county boundaries. “Entire MLS” is not used as a Denver Metro proxy.
How are the measures and windows defined?
Closed price is the median among eligible closed listings, not a home-value index. Active inventory is a month-end snapshot and is never summed across months. Pending listings count accepted-contract events in the month.
InfoSparks defines Days in MLS from listing to accepted offer. Export cohort eligibility, relisting treatment, and equivalence with report cohorts are not fully established, so the original “Days in MLS” label is retained.
InfoSparks closed / final ask is the median closed-price-to-final-list-price ratio before concessions. The stored fraction is displayed as a percentage; differences are percentage points.
Monthly and rolling 3-, 6-, and 12-month observations are the native exported calculations ending in the selected month. A pooled median cannot be reconstructed by averaging monthly medians. Count context is not the exact eligible denominator for every statistic.
What is missing or uncertain?
“Missing” means the export did not establish a numeric value. “Not collected” means this release has no observation for the selection. Zero is retained only when the source reported zero. Missing prices are not $0, and percentage changes from a zero prior value are undefined.
No history is interpolated. Inventory bars show only the stated September snapshots. The report's price rounding limits precision in percentage changes. Small local samples, changing sales mix, unknown custom-area vertices, and uncertain cohort details limit broader conclusions. No blanket provisional or suppression status is inferred.
September report landing page · published October 7, 2026 ↗September official infographic ↗REcolorado Market Watch · September 2026 ↗InfoSparks user manual ↗
Observation month and source-report month are recorded separately. September 2026 Market Watch revisions replace overlapping Metro observations; the original August 2026 release and its dated guides remain preserved. Revised August 2026 median price is $594,000, closed listings 3,137, new listings 4,888 and pending listings 3,089. Headline percentages are the publisher's whole-percent changes; separately calculated comparisons are labeled.
Earlier published monthly snapshots
The existing publication archive remains available below. Each month keeps its own source and historical coverage; it is not relabeled as the current release.
Every published month
The full run of REcolorado months currently on file, November 2024 through September 2026. Filter to one month to compare the same month across years. This aligns calendar periods, but does not remove differences in the homes sold.
| Month | All homes | Detached | Attached | Days in MLS | Closed listings | New listings | Pending listings | Same month, prior year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $575,000 | $635,000 | $390,000 | 33 days | 2,898 | 4,885 | 2,921 | -1.7% calculated | September 2026 report |
| August 2026 | $594,000 | $650,000 | $388,000 | 29 days | 3,137 | 4,888 | 3,089 | +0.3% calculated | September 2026 report |
| July 2026 | $605,000 | $665,000 | $400,000 | 22 days | 3,683 | 5,454 | 3,210 | +2.5% calculated | September 2026 report |
| June 2026 | $614,000 | $675,000 | $410,000 | 19 days | 4,039 | 5,755 | 3,612 | +0.7% calculated | September 2026 report |
| May 2026 | $615,000 | $675,000 | $416,000 | 16 days | 4,078 | 6,002 | 3,921 | +2.5% calculated | September 2026 report |
| April 2026 | $600,000 | $665,000 | $405,000 | 15 days | 4,037 | 6,643 | 4,011 | -0.2% calculated | September 2026 report |
| March 2026 | $588,000 | $642,000 | $411,000 | 18 days | 3,701 | 5,998 | 4,350 | -1.2% calculated | September 2026 report |
| February 2026 | $575,000 | $630,000 | $405,000 | 37 days | 2,723 | 4,993 | 3,480 | -4.0% calculated | September 2026 report |
| January 2026 | $569,000 | $615,000 | $420,000 | 56 days | 1,953 | 4,456 | 2,830 | -1.0% calculated | September 2026 report |
| December 2025 | $575,000 | $625,000 | $400,000 | 47 days | 3,127 | 1,767 | 2,024 | -0.7% calculated | September 2026 report |
| November 2025 | $583,000 | $635,000 | $400,000 | 38 days | 2,769 | 2,607 | 2,727 | +0.5% calculated | September 2026 report |
| October 2025 | $590,000 | $650,000 | $410,000 | 35 days | 3,475 | 4,467 | 3,215 | No prior year on file | September 2026 report |
| September 2025 | $585,000 | $640,000 | $407,000 | 37 days | 3,523 | 4,959 | 3,359 | No prior year on file | September 2026 report |
| August 2025 | $592,000 | $650,000 | $400,000 | 32 days | 3,602 | 4,685 | 3,602 | No prior year on file | September 2026 report |
| July 2025 | $590,000 | $652,000 | $407,000 | 26 days | 3,757 | 5,360 | 3,547 | No prior year on file | August 2026 report |
| June 2025 | $610,000 | $670,000 | $415,000 | 19 days | 4,032 | 5,935 | 3,789 | No prior year on file | July 2026 report |
| May 2025 | $600,000 | $666,000 | $421,000 | 14 days | 4,120 | 7,277 | 4,049 | No prior year on file | June 2026 report |
| April 2025 | $601,000 | $666,000 | $415,000 | 14 days | 4,002 | 7,054 | 4,001 | No prior year on file | May 2026 report |
| March 2025 | $595,000 | $665,000 | $416,000 | 19 days | 3,574 | 6,381 | 4,387 | No prior year on file | April 2026 report |
| February 2025 | $599,000 | $640,000 | $419,000 | 33 days | 2,716 | 4,818 | 3,242 | No prior year on file | March 2026 report |
| January 2025 | $575,000 | $635,000 | $415,000 | 47 days | 2,294 | 4,346 | 2,820 | No prior year on file | February 2026 report |
| December 2024 | $579,000 | $636,000 | $415,000 | 41 days | 3,166 | 1,847 | 2,280 | No prior year on file | January 2026 report |
| November 2024 | $580,000 | $637,000 | $435,000 | 29 days | 3,081 | 2,745 | 2,851 | No prior year on file | December 2025 report |
Every figure is transcribed from the REcolorado Market Watch report linked on its row. Where several reports state the same month, the newest report on file is used, because REcolorado revises recent months as late sales record. Figures no report on file states read “Not published”. Data deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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