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Denver Real Estate Market Report for July 2022

Homes More Likely to Sell at Asking Price

According to DMAR, the close-price-to-list-price ratio was down to 100.81 percent, a clear indication that the market has shifted and most buyers are no longer paying over asking price for homes in July 2022.

July saw an increase in active inventory by a whopping 81.48% when compared to July 2021. Denver metro only had 4,056 homes for sale at the end of July 2021 and at the end of July 2022 we had 7,361.

Homes Taking Longer to Sell

For the first time since February of 2020, days on market went up year-ove- year. In July 2021, homes were taking an average of 9 days to sell and this year that number ticked up to 13.

The number of under-contract homes as well as sold homes were both down when compared to last month. Only 4,438 went under contract in July 2022 compared to 6,061 last year and 1,541 fewer homes sold.

Home appreciation is also slowing down from its rigorous pace a year ago. Last month, home appreciation values were 11.04 percent compared to16.4 percent in July of last year.

Inflation Taking its Toll

The overall landscape of the housing market has changed. Higher mortgage rates, inflation, market volatility and rising concerns of a recession all played their part in the change. June’s inflation report shows 9.1% inflation, the highest in 40 years. In an attempt to combat inflation, the Fed has raised rates by 200 basis points since May.

So what’s the good news? Owning real estate is not only a great hedge against inflation, but in contrast to renting, it allows you to actually budget for a steady monthly payment. With more active inventory, the insanity of the market has calmed down to a much more manageable pace.

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July’s Numbers Over the Years:

Avg. Days on Market Avg. Sold Price: Single Family Home Avg. Sold Price: Condo # of New Listings # of Homes Sold # of Homes Pending Avg. Sold Price Change YOY 
July 2017 29 $496,282 $324,187 6,551 4,879 5,280 +9.56 %
July 2018 20 $529,124 $350,437 6,456 5,043 5,764 +7.58  %
July 2019 25 $551,516 $362,922 6,632 5,415 5,944 + 4.27 %
July 2020 24 $601,863 $383,174 7,122 6,664 7,122 + 9.27 %
July 2021 9 $699,795 $442,949 7,150 5,820 6,061 + 16.4 %
July 2022 13 $781,631 $475,811 6,334 4,279 4,438 + 11.04 %

Source: DMAR

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Read Denver Metro Association of Realtor’s full report on last month’s Real Estate trends and statistics in Denver here.

And as always, please let us know if you have any questions!

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