Metrostudy predicts another year of housing start increases

Metrostudy, the Denver-based company that tracks residential real estate markets, predicts a 5 percent to 8 percent increase in residential housing starts in 2018 in the region encompassed by Larimer and Weld counties.
One of the impediments to the market is the number of buildable lots. Weld County has 14.6 months of lots available at the current rate of use. Larimer has 14 months. Almost every county along the Front Range has a shortage of lots.
Another impediment is the lack of construction workers, which slows progress on building sites. Normally, it might take three months to build a house. Now, the average is more like seven or eight months.
These factors and others, coupled with in-migration that is far exceeding the supply of housing, are driving up prices. With housing prices averaging $545,000 in Denver, and much higher than that in Boulder County, people are migrating north.
Listing Activity for Greeley
Listings Avg Listing $ Listing $/Sq Ft Mths of Inventory Absorption Rate
80631 72 $307,597 $193 2 52.77 %
80634 21 $361,376 $156 2 40.56 %
Sales Activity for Greeley
Pendings Sales Avg Sales Price Avg. Sales $/Sq Ft Median Days on Mkt
80631 13 $234,386 $154 36
80634 39 $335,767 $148 52
Listing Activity for Loveland
Listings Avg Listing $ Listing $/Sq Ft Mths of Inventory Absorption Rate
80537 208 $433,749 $215 3 35.06 %
80538 204 $498,803 $210 3 32.36 %
Sales Activity for Loveland
Pendings Sales Avg Sales Price Avg. Sales $/Sq Ft Median Days on Mkt
80637 20 $420,502 $196 62
80638 13 $377,322 $180 49
Listing Activity for Fort Collins
Listings Avg Listing $ Listing $/Sq Ft Mths of Inventory Absorption Rate
80521 64 $486,531 $258 2 45.31 %
80524 157 $482,000 $237 3 39.49 %
80525 194 $440,774 $205 4 25.77 %
80526 110 $399,900 $201 3 31.81 %
80528 82 $639,079 $197 5 19.51 %
Sales Activity for Fort Collins
Pendings Sales Avg Sales Price Avg. Sales $/Sq Ft Median Days on Mkt
80521 5 $415,540 $247 45
80524 43 $411,691 $201 51
80525 6 $457,276 $195 55
80526 4 $381,394 $192 48
80528 5 $623,800 $173 68


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