At a glance: the Denver Metro median closed price in July 2026 was $605,000, up 3 percent from July 2025 and down about 2 percent from June. 3,669 homes closed, down 2 percent year over year, and the median home went under contract in 22 days. Active inventory fell 4 percent year over year to 13,045 listings, about 15 weeks of supply.
The July 2026 snapshot
Across the 11-county Denver Metro footprint, July looked like a market that is still healthy but has clearly slowed down since spring. Here is the month in six numbers, all from REcolorado and all compared to July 2025:
- Median closed price: $605,000, up 3 percent
- Homes closed: 3,669, down 2 percent
- New listings: 5,450, up 2 percent
- Pending listings: 3,440, down 3 percent
- Median days in MLS: 22, four days faster
- Active listings: 13,045, down 4 percent, about 15 weeks of supply
Gross sales volume came in at just over $2.65 billion, up 2 percent from last July. Houses and condos behaved very differently, though, and that difference matters more than the overall median.
What I am seeing on the ground
The detached median was $665,000 and the median detached home sold in 18 days. The attached median was $400,000 and those took 39 days. That is a 21-day spread between houses and condos or townhomes, and it has been widening all year. If you own an attached property, price and condition matter far more right now than they do for a single-family house.
Against June, the whole market slowed: closings down 9 percent, new listings down 5 percent, pendings down 6 percent, and the median time to contract stretched from 19 days to 22. Some of that is just July. Buyers who were touring in May are at the lake by mid-summer. The slowdown is still real.
Price bracket matters too. Homes between $500,000 and $600,000 are the busiest part of the market by a wide margin, with 630 closings and 1,046 new listings in July alone. That bracket sold in a median 22 days. Anything under $300,000 is moving slowly, 40 to 56 days, and the very top of the market above $2 million is back out to 36 days.
For buyers
Buyers have more time and more options than they have had since winter. Fifteen weeks of supply and a 9 percent drop in closings means fewer bidding wars, more sellers willing to help with repairs or rate buydowns, and time to actually think before you write. That simply was not on the table in April. Start with the current listings page and filter to your bracket before you tour anything.
- Ask for the repairs. Sellers are more willing than they were in the spring.
- Look hard at attached properties. Those are sitting 39 days and there is room to negotiate.
- Do not wait for a price drop that is not coming. The median is up 3 percent, not down.
For sellers
Pricing matters more than anything else right now. With 5,450 new listings hitting in July and pendings down 3 percent, buyers are comparing your home against everything else in its bracket before they write anything. The homes closing in under three weeks came out at a defensible number, photographed well, and were ready on day one. If you want a real number for your own house instead of an algorithm’s guess, start with a home valuation.
- Price to the closed comps, not to what your neighbor is asking.
- Be fully ready before you go live. The first ten days matter most.
- If you are selling a condo or townhome, expect it to take longer than a house would.
Frequently asked questions
Are home prices dropping in Denver?
No. Prices are up 3 percent from last July. They slipped about 2 percent from June, which is normal summer movement, not a decline. Year over year is the number that tells you the trend, and it is up.
What is the median home price in Denver Metro in July 2026?
$605,000 across all property types. Broken out, the median detached home closed at $665,000 and the median attached home at $400,000.
Is now a good time to buy a home in Littleton?
If you were shut out of the spring market, yes, this is a better window. You have more choice and more negotiating leverage than you had three months ago. What you will not get is a discount off the sticker, because prices are still rising modestly. Littleton also runs a little tighter than the metro overall, since neighborhoods like Ken Caryl, Grant Ranch, and Trailmark do not turn over often.
How long are homes taking to sell in Denver right now?
Twenty-two days is the metro median, four days faster than last July and three days slower than June. Detached homes move in 18 days, attached in 39. Well-priced homes in strong neighborhoods routinely beat those medians, and overpriced homes sit well past them.
Is there more or less to choose from than last year?
Slightly less. Active listings finished July at 13,045, down 4 percent from the 13,622 available last July. That still works out to about 15 weeks of supply, unchanged year over year, so buyers have genuine choice even though the raw count came down.
All figures come from the REcolorado July 2026 Housing Market Report, published August 6, 2026, covering Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park counties. A metro-wide median is a backdrop. It is not a substitute for knowing what the last four sales on your street actually did. You can read every prior month in the Denver Metro market reports archive.
If you want to know what these numbers mean for your street instead of the metro, call me at 303-210-6156 or reach out through karinjacoby.com. I will pull the recent sales around you and walk you through what they actually show, whether or not you are planning to do anything this year. I have been selling homes in Littleton and across the Denver metro area since 1999.