July 9, 2014

Fort Collins bucks regional residential trends

The Fort Collins area bucked regional residential real estate trends in June, with the median price on single-family detached homes declining compared with the same month a year ago.

The figures are according to the latest stats released by the IRES Multiple Listing Service.

The median home price in Fort Collins on 339 single-family detached sales in June was $270,000. That’s down from $290,200 in May and down from $274,000 a year ago. And it’s despite the number of active listings in the month dipping to 921 from 1,024 a year ago. Month by month, Fort Collins median prices this year had been up compared with last year every month except January.

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The other major cities in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley all experienced median price increases compared with a year ago as inventory dropped.

Boulder had just 254 listings in June and 85 sales. The median sale price there was $726,335, down from May’s level of $758,500 but still 12.2 percent above where it was a year ago.

In Longmont, listings were down 8.4 percent in June to 274, while median price rose to $274,450, up 5.6 percent from $260,000 a year ago.

Greeley/Evans had the biggest drop in listings from a year ago at 16.3 percent as the median price there rose 10.2 percent to $195,000. That’s after dipping to $172,700 in May.

The Loveland/Berthoud area, meanwhile, saw a 15.3 percent drop in listings from June 2013. Median single-family detached sale price was $272,250, up from $260,000 but down from $279,630 in May.


The Fort Collins area bucked regional residential real estate trends in June, with the median price on single-family detached homes declining compared with the same month a year ago.

The figures are according to the latest stats released by the IRES Multiple Listing Service.

The median home price in Fort Collins on 339 single-family detached sales in June was $270,000. That’s down from $290,200 in May and down from $274,000 a year ago. And it’s despite the number of active listings in the month dipping to 921 from 1,024 a year ago. Month by month, Fort Collins median prices this year had…

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