Fort Collins 80525

South Fort Collins · Larimer County, CO · 19,663 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

38affordability /100

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

Payment burden
37.6%
severe
Days on market
43
daily
Price cuts
27.3%
of active
Valuation
+1.2%
vs assessor
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43
/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

44/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 20.2% correction for affordability
DOM: 71d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 80525. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 37.6% of median income. A 7% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 71. Renting is approximately 120% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 26.4).

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
$578,986
▾ 0.6% YoY
Days on market
43
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,829
ZORI
Investor score
33/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
213
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+1.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$585,800
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%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$178
Price-to-income6.2×

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How 80525 ranks in CO
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Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

71SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.0 mo
Days on Market43d
Inv vs History+19.8%
Listing Density8.9/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %27.3%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,829
Price-to-rent26.4
Est. cap rate2.5%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score7
Transit score3
Bike score
Places & amenities in ZIP 80525 · 168 mapped
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Parks & open space33
English Ranch ParkRedtail Grove Natural AreaRunning Deer Natural AreaPelican Marsh Natural AreaTwo Creeks Natural AreaPrairie Dog Meadow Natural Area+27 more
Trails23
English Ranch walking trailLong View TrailSiphon OverpassVermont TrailSpring Creek TrailPoudre River Trail+17 more
Recreation & aquatics41
Club PilatesOrangetheory FitnessFort Collins ClubFoothills Activity CenterLime Light FitnessAlloy Personal Training+35 more
Venues & culture7
Midtown Arts CenterCinemark Movie Bistro and XDLibrary - Council Tree BranchTimberline ChurchThe Shops at FoothillsBalloon boy hoax+1 more
Dining & cafés40
Bann ThaiBJ'sRISE! A Breakfast PlaceStarbucksWilliam Oliver's Publick HouseStarbucks+34 more
Land & water21
Portner ReservoirDonath LakeRobert Benson LakeLake SherwoodSpring Creek Fishing PondMuskrat Creek+15 more
Getting around2
South Transit CenterFoothills Shopping Mall
Weekend range10
Boyd Lake State Park · state park6 mi
Lory State Park · state park8 mi
Kodak · state recreation area10 mi
Cache La Poudre Wilderness · wilderness area23 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park25 mi
Comanche Peak Wilderness · wilderness area33 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park · national park37 mi
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area · wilderness area40 mi
Barr Lake · state park43 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park44 mi

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

4,959 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP23 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USFort Collins: incorporated/founded 1864; named after William O. Collins · Wikidata

Place data: 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

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

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