Fort Collins 80524

Fort Collins North · Larimer County, CO · 16,846 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

30affordability /100

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

Payment burden
42.5%
severe
Days on market
67
daily
Price cuts
30.7%
of active
Valuation
-1%
vs assessor
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42
/100
mixed
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.

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

53/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 29.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 121d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)100

Balanced market in 80524. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 42.5% of median income. A 18% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 121. Renting is approximately 99% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.9).

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

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$591,975
▾ 1.0% YoY
Days on market
67
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,066
ZORI
Investor score
36/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
209
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-1.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$586,100
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
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vs county comps
+63.7%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Larimer+63.7%
Weld+68.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$215
Price-to-income7.0×

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How 80524 ranks in CO
percentile vs all CO ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

65SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.0 mo
Days on Market67d
Inv vs History-4.6%
Listing Density13.0/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %30.7%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,066
Price-to-rent23.9
Est. cap rate2.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score13
Transit score1
Bike score
Places & amenities in ZIP 80524 · 197 mapped
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Parks & open space30
Rabbit Brush ParkRomero ParkTraverse ParkLegacy ParkAlta Vista ParkGustav Swanson Natural Area+24 more
Trails12
Poudre River TrailPoint DriveTrimble CourtMason TrailCaptains CourtHickory Trail+6 more
Recreation & aquatics17
Club PilatesAnytime FitnessMiramont Norththe Edge sports centerNorthside Aztlan Community CenterPump It Up+11 more
Venues & culture32
Poudre River Public Library - MainFort Collins Museum of DiscoveryBee Family Centennial Farm MuseumDebut TheatreAvenir MuseumAggie Theater+26 more
Dining & cafés39
Hacienda RealStarbucksCarnicería DeliciasMusic City Hot ChickenNew Belgium Brewing CompanyThe Human Bean+33 more
Land & water62
Water Supply and Storage Reservoir Number 3Mountain Supply Reservoir Number 6Terry LakeRocky Ridge Lake Reservoir Number 1Hinkley LakeWindsor Reservoir+56 more
Getting around4
Downtown Transit CenterDowntown Fort Collins AirparkKellogg AirstripYankee Field
Weekend range9
Lory State Park · state park10 mi
Boyd Lake State Park · state park14 mi
Kodak · state recreation area16 mi
Cache La Poudre Wilderness · wilderness area22 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park34 mi
Comanche Peak Wilderness · wilderness area34 mi
Curt Gowdy State Park · state park39 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park · national park41 mi
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area · wilderness area46 mi

Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).

5,078 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP50 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USFort Collins: incorporated/founded 1864; named after William O. Collins · Wikidata

Place data: NPS National Register of Historic Places · USGS 3D Elevation Program · USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) · Wikidata · © OpenStreetMap contributors — licensed ODbL (OpenStreetMap), CC0 (Wikidata) and US public domain (USGS, NPS, Census). Every place shown comes from the named sources; nothing is editorialized.

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Larimer County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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