Palisade 81526

Grand Junction, CO · Mesa County, CO · 2,570 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

32affordability /100

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

Payment burden
41.3%
severe
Days on market
46
daily
Price cuts
29.8%
of active
Valuation
-21.1%
vs assessor
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48
/100
mixed
warming · buyer advantage · prices rising 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

72/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Negotiate Hard
Needs 27.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 84d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)75

Moderate buyer leverage in 81526. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 41.4% of median income. A 15% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 84. Renting is approximately 114% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 25.7). Market appears 24% overpriced vs. assessed values.

What to Offer

Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.

Conditions resemble 2019 pre-pandemic levels — moderate overvaluation with slowing demand. Negotiation room exists.
WARMINGBUYER ADVANTAGE

Market is warming with rising prices. Buyers have strong negotiating leverage.

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Median price
$567,956
▴ 2.6% YoY
Days on market
46
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,840
ZORI
Investor score
41/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
32
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-21.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$447,900
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+75.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Mesa+75.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$145
Price-to-income6.8×

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How 81526 ranks in CO
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Affordability, supply & momentum

47SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply4.7 mo
Days on Market46d
Inv vs History+48.5%
Listing Density14.6/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %29.8%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBUYER ADVANTAGE
Months of supply4.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,840
Price-to-rent25.7
Est. cap rate2.5%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score19
Transit score5
Bike score—

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Mesa 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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