3.6 Insight | Heatherstone Appraisal Group Beginning November 2, 2026, appraisals submitted to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac must be delivered in a new data format called UAD 3.6. In an ideal transaction, buyers and sellers never notice it. In practice, they may see it in longer appraisal turn times, a different appraisal fee, or a question about timing, and the Realtor or loan officer they are working with is the person they will ask. The way a property is valued has not changed

Market Monday | Heatherstone Appraisal Group We were recently working in 80918. Here is what the data told us. Over the trailing twelve months (September 2025 through August 2026), the median sale price in 80918 was $435,000, down 5.0 percent from the $458,000 median recorded in the prior twelve-month period. Average sale price moved less over the same comparison, falling 1.6 percent, from $475,826 to $468,037. Price per square foot of above-grade living area was essentially

Market Monday | Heatherstone Appraisal Group We were recently working in 80904. Here is what the data told us. Comparing the first half of 2025 to the first half of 2026, median sold price in 80904 moved from $505,000 to $476,025, while average sold price moved in the opposite direction, from $627,055 to $662,189. The divergence traces to activity at the top of the market. The first half of 2026 included 25 sales above $1 million, compared to 22 during the same period in 2025

Market Monday | Heatherstone Appraisal Group We were recently working in the 80829 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Sixty-three homes are currently listed for sale in Manitou Springs' 80829 zip code. Measured against the pace of closed sales over the past twelve months (83 closings between August 1, 2025 and July 31, 2026, or roughly one sale every 4.4 days), that inventory level works out to approximately 9.1 months of supply. For comparison, a balanced market betwee

Market Monday | Heatherstone Appraisal Group We were recently working in the 80924 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Not every floor plan is moving the same direction. When you split new construction sales in 80924 by floor plan, ranch and two-story tell two different stories over the past two years. Ranch-Style New Construction Ranch-style new construction in 80924 has barely budged. Fifty-eight homes closed between August 2024 and July 2025 at a median price of $763,

We were recently working in Colorado Springs' 80921 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Over the past 12 months, the median sold price in 80921 was $707,500, down 5.0% from $745,000 the year before, according to elevateMLS data comparing July 2024–June 2025 to July 2025–June 2026. The average sold price moved the same direction, down 4.2% to $808,452 from $843,528 — so this isn't a case of one measure being skewed by a handful of outlier sales. Days on market rose over t

We were recently working in Colorado Springs' 80903 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Over the past 12 months, single-family homes that sold without a price reduction closed in a median of 7 days. Homes that needed a price adjustment first took a median of 54 days to close — nearly eight times longer. That gap has held steady for two years running. The share of sales needing a reduction did tick up slightly year over year, from about 39% to 42%, but the underlying patt

We were recently working in Woodland Park. Here is what the data told us. Closed home sales in Woodland Park rose from 278 to 337 over the past year, a 21% increase, according to elevateMLS data comparing July 2024–June 2025 to July 2025–June 2026. Sales volume rose in step, from $169.3 million to $204.2 million. Median sold price moved the other direction, down 3.7% to $540,000. On its own, that could read as softening. The underlying data tells a different story. Median abo

We were recently working in the 80919 zip code. Here is what the data told us. The median sale price for single-family dwellings in 80919 declined by $27,000 between the two twelve-month periods ending May 2025 and May 2026 — from $612,000 to $585,000. That number is accurate. It is also incomplete. When sale prices are measured against total finished area, the picture changes. The median price per finished square foot was $226.95 in the first period across 405 closed sales,

We were recently working in the 80911 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Across 1,099 closed sales of single-family dwellings spanning June 2024 through May 2026, the median sale price in 80911 moved from $381,500 to $375,000 — a decline of $6,500, or 1.7 percent. The average sale price moved from $385,002 to $374,822. Those numbers are real. They are also modest. A 1.7 percent shift in median sale price over two years, across nearly 1,100 transactions, is within the ra

We were recently working in the 80906 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Across 1,017 closed sales of single-family dwellings spanning June 2024 through May 2026, the median sale price in 80906 moved from $561,850 to $555,500. The average sale price moved from $704,838 to $724,315. By those measures, the market held. Prices did not collapse, and transaction volume increased from 489 to 528 closed sales in the second period. What changed was time. The median days on mark

We were recently working in the 80920 zip code. Here is what the data told us. Across 952 closed sales of single-family dwellings spanning June 2024 through May 2026, the median sale price in 80920 moved from $520,000 to $525,000. The average sale price moved from $537,730 to $539,792. The median price per above-grade square foot moved from $298.06 to $299.82. Volume increased from 465 closed sales in the first period to 487 in the second. Every metric pointed in the same dir

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