Northern Colorado foreclosure filings climb to highest level since 2015
Notices of election and demand — the filing that starts a Colorado foreclosure — totaled 912 across Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties in 2025, the most since 2015 but a fraction of the 7,093 filed at the 2009 peak. Sales at public trustee auction have risen faster: 2026 has already passed last year’s total, and filings are running 18% ahead of last year’s pace.
2025 filings
912
▲ 17%
from 779 in 2024; most since 2015
2025 auction sales
183
▲ 118%
from 84 in 2024
Filings, Jan.–Sept. 2026
805
▲ 18%
from 683 in Jan.–Sept. 2025
Sales, Jan.–Sept. 2026
219
▲ 80%
from 122 in Jan.–Sept. 2025
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Shaded regions mark U.S. recessions, including the pandemic-era downturn (April 2020–December 2021).
Source: Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld county public trustee online foreclosure searches, queried Oct. 12, 2026. Filings are notices of election and demand (NEDs) recorded; sales are foreclosures sold at public trustee auction. Counts include commercial, agricultural, multifamily and vacant-land properties as well as homes, and can shift slightly as trustee records are corrected. Annual figures land within about 1–3% of Colorado Division of Housing reports for 2005–2020.
Annual foreclosure filings and auction sales by county, 2005–2026
Boulder
Broomfield
Larimer
Weld
Filings (notices of election and demand)
Sales at public trustee auction
*2026 figures cover Jan. 1–Oct. 11, 2026. Annual counts are full-calendar-year public trustee searches by NED recording date (filings) and sold date (sales).
Source: Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld county public trustee online foreclosure searches, queried Oct. 12, 2026. Filings are notices of election and demand (NEDs) recorded; sales are foreclosures sold at public trustee auction. Counts include commercial, agricultural, multifamily and vacant-land properties as well as homes, and can shift slightly as trustee records are corrected. Annual figures land within about 1–3% of Colorado Division of Housing reports for 2005–2020.
Monthly foreclosure filings and auction sales by county, Jan. 2005–Sept. 2026
Boulder
Broomfield
Larimer
Weld
Filings (notices of election and demand)
Sales at public trustee auction
October 2026 (a partial month through Oct. 11) is omitted. Monthly figures may not sum to annual totals because a foreclosure with more than one notice recorded in a year is counted in each month a notice was filed but only once in the annual total.
Shaded regions mark U.S. recessions, including the pandemic-era downturn (April 2020–December 2021).
Source: Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld county public trustee online foreclosure searches, queried Oct. 12, 2026. Filings are notices of election and demand (NEDs) recorded; sales are foreclosures sold at public trustee auction. Counts include commercial, agricultural, multifamily and vacant-land properties as well as homes, and can shift slightly as trustee records are corrected. Annual figures land within about 1–3% of Colorado Division of Housing reports for 2005–2020.
Northern Colorado foreclosure filings climb to highest level since 2015
Notices of election and demand — the filing that starts a Colorado foreclosure — totaled 912 across Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties in 2025, the most since 2015 but a fraction of the 7,093 filed at the 2009 peak. Sales at public trustee auction have risen faster: 2026 has already passed last year’s total, and filings are running 18% ahead of last year’s pace.
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
