Revolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingRevolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingBoth figures matter and they say different things. The first is what a home fetched against the number it was carrying on the day it went under contract. The second is what it fetched against the number its seller started with, which is the only one that tells you whether the price was right in the first place.
| Against the final asking price | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sold above asking | 13,874 | 21.4% |
| Sold at exactly the asking price | 16,941 | 26.1% |
| Sold below asking | 34,073 | 52.5% |
Among the 13,874 that beat asking, the typical margin was $8,210. Among the 34,073 that did not, the typical shortfall was $15,000 - about twice as far. Colorado is not a market where bidding wars are the normal outcome; it is one where a well-priced home lands close to its number and an over-priced one gets discounted.
28,802 of the 64,887 Colorado homes that sold in this window had reduced their asking price before they did - 44.4% of them. The typical reduction was $25,495.
This is why "sold for 99% of asking" is a comforting statistic and a slightly dishonest one. A home that asked $595,495, sat, dropped by the typical Colorado reduction to $570,000 and then sold at that price counts as 100% of asking in every report you will read. Measured against what it first asked, the whole Colorado market sold at 98%, and only 10,248 homes - 15.8% - beat the number they opened with.
| Sold price | Homes sold | Sold above asking | Cut the price first | Of final asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300k | 4,602 | 14.7% | 51.6% | 98% |
| $300k to $500k | 19,249 | 23.3% | 48.4% | 100% |
| $500k to $750k | 23,866 | 23.5% | 44.1% | 100% |
| $750k to $1M | 9,411 | 20.3% | 40.9% | 99% |
| $1M to $1.5M | 5,196 | 17.6% | 36.1% | 98% |
| $1.5M and up | 3,418 | 13.4% | 36.2% | 97% |
Towns with at least 150 sales carrying an asking price, ranked by the share that closed above it.
| Town | Share that beat asking | Homes that beat asking | Total sales | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northglenn | 34.4% | 127 | 373 | $460,000 |
| Commerce City | 31.1% | 365 | 1,195 | $497,500 |
| Evans | 29.1% | 78 | 270 | $389,350 |
| Arvada | 28.6% | 595 | 2,113 | $620,000 |
| Wheat Ridge | 28.6% | 118 | 427 | $640,000 |
| Thornton | 27.9% | 487 | 1,768 | $523,250 |
| Johnstown | 27.5% | 210 | 765 | $490,900 |
| Aurora | 27.5% | 1,526 | 5,632 | $470,000 |
| Bennett | 26.8% | 56 | 210 | $457,195 |
| Westminster | 26.7% | 263 | 1,000 | $545,000 |
| Town | Sales | Sold above asking | Cut the price first | Of final asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 9,833 | 21.4% | 43.5% | 99% |
| Aurora | 5,632 | 27.5% | 49.5% | 100% |
| Littleton | 2,998 | 22.3% | 44.9% | 99% |
| Colorado Springs | 2,845 | 21.5% | 47.4% | 100% |
| Fort Collins | 2,666 | 18.9% | 32.9% | 100% |
| Arvada | 2,113 | 28.6% | 39.1% | 100% |
| Parker | 1,878 | 21.1% | 45.9% | 99% |
| Castle Rock | 1,789 | 19.7% | 51.6% | 99% |
| Thornton | 1,768 | 27.9% | 43.9% | 100% |
| Lakewood | 1,739 | 26.3% | 43.0% | 100% |
| Loveland | 1,627 | 17.5% | 41.4% | 100% |
| Longmont | 1,545 | 18.6% | 39.0% | 99% |
| Boulder | 1,490 | 12.2% | 36.2% | 98% |
| Centennial | 1,416 | 24.5% | 42.1% | 99% |
| Broomfield | 1,369 | 22.8% | 40.5% | 100% |
Usually just under. The median sale closed at 99% of the asking price it carried at the end, across 64,888 sales between September 2025 to August 2026. 13,874 of them - 21.4% - closed above asking, 26.1% landed exactly on it, and 52.5% came in below.
28,802 of 64,887 - 44.4% - were asking less at the end than they were at the start. The typical reduction was $25,495.
A median of 98%, and only 10,248 homes - 15.8% - beat the price they first asked. That is the figure to judge a pricing strategy by; the percentage of the final asking price flatters every seller who reduced.
Not far. Among the homes that beat their final asking price, the typical margin was $8,210. Among those that came in under, the typical shortfall was $15,000 - roughly twice as much.
Nearly half of Colorado sellers reduce, and a reduction costs more than the money - it costs the weeks before it. We would rather tell you the number we think will work than the number that wins the listing.
Get your numbersEvery figure on this page is recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - it is not a monthly snapshot. Sales figures cover residential sales only, over the last twelve complete calendar months; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort every median. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.
The percentage of asking price is measured against the price a home was asking when it went under contract. The original-asking figures use the first price it was ever listed at, which our feed carries on 98.7% of these sales.