Median Home Price Trends by City: Metro Denver 2025-2026 Comparison

By Bryan Messick, REALTOR®, CRS|September 11, 2026

Median detached home prices across Metro Denver moved in different directions in August 2026. Eighteen of 35 tracked cities saw year-over-year declines, while 17 saw increases. The declines are concentrated in the mid-price range, while several higher-priced and lower-priced markets moved higher. Below is an alphabetical comparison of every city with verified REcolorado MLS data, showing the current median price, the prior-year median, and the percentage change.

Median Detached Home Price by City, August 2026

Sorted alphabetically. All prices are median closed price for single-family detached homes.

Littleton: Full 3-Year Trend

Littleton is the only city in this comparison with independently verified three-year data pulled directly from the REcolorado MLS InfoSparks CSV export. Here is how the median detached price has moved over three consecutive Augusts.

What the Numbers Suggest

Price declines are concentrated in the mid-range

Most of the year-over-year declines cluster in the $500,000 to $700,000 range: Lakewood (-6.2%), Westminster (-6.9%), Commerce City (-8.5%), and Firestone (-10.1%). These are markets where buyers have been most sensitive to mortgage rates near 6.7%, and where inventory has built up relative to demand. Littleton's 1.1% decline is modest by comparison, suggesting its demand base has held up better than many comparable suburbs.

Big percentage gains often mean small sample sizes

Greenwood Village's 50.6% increase and Golden's 28.4% jump look dramatic, but both are low-volume luxury markets where a handful of high-end sales can shift the median significantly. The same applies to Morrison (+28.0%) and Sedalia (+17.6%). These percentages are mathematically accurate but should not be treated as evidence of a broad trend. Markets with more closed sales, like Aurora (141 attached closings) and Denver (289 attached closings), produce more stable medians.

Littleton's three-year trend shows a gradual softening

Littleton's median detached price has declined two years in a row: down 4.5% from 2024 to 2025, then down another 1.1% from 2025 to 2026. The pace of decline has slowed considerably, which may suggest the adjustment is working through the system rather than accelerating. Three years ago the median was $738,000; today it is $697,449. That is a $40,551 difference, or about 5.5% over the full period.

How Littleton Compares

Littleton's $697,449 median sits in the middle of the Metro Denver range. It is below Highlands Ranch ($750,000), Centennial ($710,000), and Castle Rock ($737,000), but above more affordable markets like Aurora ($525,000), Westminster ($535,500), and Commerce City ($477,500). For buyers weighing Littleton against nearby communities, the price gap between Littleton and Highlands Ranch has narrowed to about $52,500, compared to a larger gap in prior years.

What to Watch Next

• Months of inventory: Littleton sits at 2.8 months, which is relatively limited. If inventory builds above 3.5 months, downward price pressure could increase.
• Mortgage rates: Rates near 6.7% continue to weigh on the mid-price range. Any sustained move below 6.5% could shift buyer demand back into the markets currently seeing declines.
• Closed sales volume: Littleton closed 214 detached homes in August 2026, up from 209 a year earlier. Sustained sales volume at these levels would support price stability even if the median drifts slightly.
• Luxury market volatility: Watch whether the large percentage gains in Greenwood Village, Golden, and Morrison persist into the fall or revert as more sales close.

What This Means for You

Market averages are useful context, but individual homes can perform very differently based on location, condition, price range, and property type. If you are considering buying or selling in Littleton or any of these Metro Denver communities, the most relevant comparison is recent sales activity around your specific property, not a citywide median.

For the attached market (condos and townhomes), which behaves differently from detached homes, see the companion article on median condo and townhome price trends by city.

If you have questions about how these trends apply to your situation, reach out anytime. I am happy to walk through the numbers that matter for your specific property and goals.