Fort Collins 80526

Fort Collins Southwest · Larimer County, CO · 15,514 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

39affordability /100

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

Payment burden
37.1%
severe
Days on market
49
daily
Price cuts
22.6%
of active
Valuation
+0.9%
vs assessor
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46
/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

40/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 19.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 64d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 80526. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 37.1% of median income. A 6% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 64. Renting is approximately 95% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.4).

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
$544,635
▾ 1.0% YoY
Days on market
49
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,937
ZORI
Investor score
37/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
154
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+0.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$549,500
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$168
Price-to-income6.1×

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How 80526 ranks in CO
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Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

67SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.0 mo
Days on Market49d
Inv vs History+31.0%
Listing Density8.1/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %22.6%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,937
Price-to-rent23.4
Est. cap rate2.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score8
Transit score3
Bike score
Places & amenities in ZIP 80526 · 121 mapped
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Parks & open space25
Aggie GreensMountain Bike Skills ParkPineridge Natural AreaRim Rock Open SpaceRed Fox Meadows Natural AreaHazaleus Natural Area+19 more
Trails36
Ridge to Ridge TrailHorsetooth Rock TrailInlet Bay TrailBlue Sky TrailCoyote Ridge TrailTimber Trail+30 more
Recreation & aquatics8
Anytime FitnessRaintree Athletic ClubTen24 FitnessVillage Green Pool and Tennis AssociationFort Collins Senior CenterBe Free Healing Center+2 more
Venues & culture8
Holiday Twin Drive-in TheatreHarmony/FRCC Public LibraryAMC CLASSIC Fort Collins 10Cinema Saver 6Rocky Mountain Research StationStout+2 more
Dining & cafés26
Saffron Scoops N BitesStarbucksStarbucksPho DuyMount Everest CafeSimmer+20 more
Land & water16
Privy PondHill PondDrainage areaLarkborough PondMilner MountainSpring Creek+10 more
Getting around1
Mailhouse Residential
Weekend range12
Lory State Park · state park5 mi
Boyd Lake State Park · state park7 mi
Kodak · state recreation area14 mi
Cache La Poudre Wilderness · wilderness area19 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park25 mi
Comanche Peak Wilderness · wilderness area29 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park · national park32 mi
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area · wilderness area36 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park42 mi
Barr Lake · state park44 mi

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

5,208 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP33 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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