Boulder 80305

Boulder Southwest · Boulder County, CO · 6,870 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

17affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
50.2%
severe
Days on market
39
daily
Price cuts
28.1%
of active
Valuation
+0.1%
vs assessor
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35
/100
Weak
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
10
Valuation
90
Economic health
17

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

54/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 40.2% correction for affordability
DOM: 60d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 80305. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 50.2% of median income. A 30% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 60. Renting is approximately 135% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.2).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 1.2% YoY.

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Median price
$1,000,679
▾ 1.2% YoY
Days on market
39
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,955
ZORI
Investor score
29/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
65
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+0.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$1,001,300
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+63.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Boulder+63.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$304
Price-to-income8.3×

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How 80305 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity66%
Supply tightness51%
Affordability12%
Investment yield31%
Appreciation46%

Affordability, supply & momentum

55SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply4.7 mo
Days on Market39d
Inv vs History+43.0%
Listing Density9.5/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$5,055
Payment burden50.2%
Median income · ZIP$120,933
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$6,055
Monthly rent$2,955
Market dynamics
Price cut %28.1%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply4.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,955
Price-to-rent28.2
Est. cap rate2.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score20
Bike score

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Boulder County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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