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Original Analysis · Published September 29, 2026

Denver Housing Market Dashboard: August 2026

A definition-first view of Denver city housing conditions using Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, and the Denver-specific DMAR local update.

Denver's August 2026 market cannot be reduced to one price or one speed. Citywide sources reported a $524,695 modeled home value, a $524,900 median asking price, median sold-price measures from $555,000 to $619,090, and materially different market-time measures because each provider tracks a different population and stage of the transaction.

Citywide cross-source snapshot

MetricValuePeriodDefinition or limit
Typical home value (ZHVI)$524,695Aug. 31, 2026Modeled home-value index, not a median sale price
One-year ZHVI change-2.1%Year over yearChange in Zillow's modeled index
For-sale inventory4,244Aug. 31, 2026Zillow inventory measure
New listings1,047Aug. 31, 2026Zillow new-listing measure
Median sale-to-list ratio0.996July 31, 2026Median ratio, not a promise for an individual sale
Sales under list price51.3%July 31, 2026Share of Zillow-covered sales
Sales over list price24.4%July 31, 2026Share of Zillow-covered sales
Median days to pending30Aug. 31, 2026Time to pending, not time to closing
Median sale price$619,090Three months ending Aug. 2026All home types; Redfin calculations from MLS and/or public records
Year-over-year sale-price change+4.9%Same three-month windowComparison with the same period one year earlier
Median days on market28Three months ending Aug. 2026Redfin market-time measure
Homes sold2,406Aug. 2026Down 3.1% year over year
Median sale price per square foot$356Three months ending Aug. 2026Up 0.6% year over year
Median listing price$524,900Aug. 2026Asking-price measure; down 7.31% year over year
Median sold price$555,000Aug. 2026Completed-sale measure; down 3.48% year over year
Active listings4,262Aug. 2026Up 6.15% year over year
Median days on market60Aug. 2026Down 16.67% year over year
Median rent$1,690Aug. 2026Listing-based rent measure; down 4.14% year over year

Denver property-type snapshot

MetricValuePeriodDefinition or limit
Active inventory1,874Aug. 2026Denver single-family; down 10.6% year over year
New listings850Aug. 2026Up 23.7% year over year
Sold listings483Aug. 2026Up 0.2% year over year
Days on market until sale38Aug. 2026Down 11.6% year over year
Median sales price$635,000Aug. 2026Down 5.6% year over year
Percent of list price received98.6%Aug. 2026Does not account for seller concessions or down-payment assistance
Year-to-date median sales price$684,500Through Aug. 2026Up 1.4% from the same 2025 period
Active inventory2,002Aug. 2026Denver townhouse/condo; down 4.7% year over year
New listings576Aug. 2026Up 23.6% year over year
Sold listings213Aug. 2026Down 21.4% year over year
Days on market until sale65Aug. 2026Up 1.6% year over year
Median sales price$360,000Aug. 2026Down 10.0% year over year
Percent of list price received97.7%Aug. 2026Does not account for seller concessions or down-payment assistance
Year-to-date median sales price$390,000Through Aug. 2026Down 1.3% from the same 2025 period

Method

Values were transcribed from the providers' public Denver pages and the Denver PDF in DMAR's public August 2026 city/county archive. The figures remain in their original definitions and periods. No attempt was made to average modeled values, asking prices, and closed-sale prices.

Limits

The report describes broad Denver city conditions. It is not a neighborhood, luxury, architectural-style, school-boundary, or individual-property analysis. Provider coverage and timing differ, so cross-source gaps should be read as definition differences before they are treated as market disagreement.

Sources

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