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Fun Facts • January 5, 2024

No Drop

by Windermere Windsor

The numbers are in and it turns out that not even 8% rates could make prices drop in 2023.

When mortgage rates jumped this last year, many people believed that home values would fall as a result.

The fact that prices stayed flat in 2023 even though interest rates doubled between March 2022 and October 2023, shows that values along the Front Range are incredibly resilient.

Here are the 2023 average prices along the Front Range and their change compared to 2022:

Larimer County:  $621,538 / 1%

Weld County:  $527,600 / 1%

Metro Denver:  $679,710 / 0%

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