Fort Collins, CO Housing Market

Fort Collins, CO's median home value is $556K, up 1.3% over the past year. Homes here sell in a median 44 days. Its PropertyIQ Score of 14 sits below the state average of 50, marking a market positioned to lag its state over the next three years.

PropertyIQ tracks the Fort Collins, CO housing market through two complementary lenses: price momentum from Zillow home-value trends over 3 and 12 months, and demand pressure from how quickly homes sell and how often sellers cut prices, drawn from Realtor.com. The PropertyIQ Score distills these into one number that predicts how this CO market is set to perform against its state benchmark.

Mountain West markets combine outdoor lifestyle appeal with booming tech and remote-work migration. Cities across Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada have experienced some of the nation's fastest appreciation, though rising interest rates have introduced new dynamics to these previously red-hot markets. Within the Mountain West, Fort Collins, CO's PropertyIQ Score of 14 runs below the Mountain West norm.

Colorado's housing market reflects the state's appeal to remote workers and outdoor enthusiasts. Denver's tech sector growth has pushed prices into new territory while mountain communities face their own supply challenges.

For the Fort Collins, CO market, PropertyIQ calculates a single score each month from four inputs: twelve-month Zillow home-value momentum, three-month Zillow home-value momentum, median days on market from Realtor.com, and the Realtor.com price-reduced share. The score is computed nationally across all metros and calibrated so 50 equals the state average. Across the validation history, metro markets in the top score band have outperformed their state by roughly 1.7 percentage points more per year than bottom-band markets.

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