The Kenna News Desk: Colorado Real Estate News

NAR: first-time buyers are 22% of sales with a 9% median down payment. The Denver math at 7.18%, CHFA help up to $25,000 and 2,804 metro homes under $400K.

DMAR counts 2,748 October closings, down 23.54%, 65% of sales with a concession averaging $12,557, and rates at 7.18%. What the election changes.

About 540 homes damaged in Archuleta County, the $27 million federal ask covers public property, and most home policies leave out flood. A new flood policy takes 30 days.

Only 4% of Colorado jobs can afford a typical home in their town, the median is $540,000, and buying takes about $141,900 a year in income at 7.24%.

Weiser wins governor, Prop NN leads 55% to 45%, Denver measure 4A adds about $11.50 a year per $100,000 of home value, and Boulder counts a $4,000 vacancy tax.

Democrats win the House and Senate, networks project. Congress does not set mortgage rates: three 2027 scenarios at 7.24%, $575,000 Denver median.

4.1% of Colorado homes in foreclosure sit vacant, FHA auctions are up 73%, and Denver trustee sales already passed 2025. 134 bank-owned homes for sale.

Starter homes are 31.6% of Denver metro listings, up 2.5 points since 2019 while the U.S. share fell to 36.2%. 3,520 homes listed at $450,000 or less.

U.S. new-home sales hit a 676,000 pace in September as builders cut prices and added incentives. What Colorado new-construction buyers do now.

Lawrence Yun now sees 2026 sales and prices up 2% or less as rates stay above 7%. The payment math on a $650,000 Denver metro home.

The October 22 executive order asks for a PMI cancellation pilot on new loans and a permanent refi title waiver. The math at 7.32%.

In 2 of 3 U.S. counties, home insurance costs more than property tax. Hail drives Colorado: 54% of Yuma County premiums.

A CU Boulder study prices the state wildfire building code for new homes. Decks drive the gap, and a 25% repair triggers it.

Redfin estimate via 9NEWS: contracts down 13%, prices down 2%, rates at 7.40%. What buyers and sellers do now.

HB25-1182 notices started October 1: your wildfire risk score, how to lower it, a 10-day and 30-day appeal clock and up to 15% off.

Fannie Mae now forecasts 7.5% in every quarter of 2027 and 0.6% home price growth. The Colorado payment math and what to do now.

80% of Denver metro sales in September had a price cut or a seller concession. Aurora 80015 fell $67,000 in a month.

Up to 450 jobs in Highlands Ranch and the rest at Waterton Canyon in Littleton, with 1,092 homes for sale near the two campuses.

70% of mortgage executives expect 7.5% or higher through 2027. The payment math and six ways buyers win anyway.

3,943 filings in the first half of 2026, the second-fastest rise of any state, and how to buy a bank-owned home.

SB26-155 took effect August 12: who qualifies, when applications open, what buyers and sellers do now.

32% of Colorado listings cut their price in August, 36% in Denver, against 26% nationwide.

Payments jump in year three of a 2-1 buydown. What it means for Colorado owners and what to do first.

Council votes October 12 on an 860,000 sq ft, 334-megawatt data center 350 feet from homes in 80019.

2,849 September closings, down 21% from last year, and prices held. What it means for buyers and sellers.

A $400,000 loan at 7.45% instead of 6.95% costs $135 a month. The receipt, and what waiting costs.

More homes for sale and longer days on market. What the bigger supply means for both sides of a deal.

A Denver townhome: $2,095 a month to rent against $3,238 to own, and the year buying pulls ahead.

DMAR's May numbers turned into the monthly payment a Denver buyer pays at that price.

Why the Denver numbers tell a different story than the national market reports.

The July 1 wildfire risk score and what it does to a Colorado homeowners insurance quote.

More Denver-metro listings mean Centennial buyers negotiate again. Where the room is.

Taxes, insurance and HOA dues on top of the mortgage: the test every Centennial buyer runs first.