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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 06:16 pm
The market isn’t slowing evenly.
New national data from Compass and Altos Research shows pending sales in September split by price point:
Top 25% of the market: still up about 5% vs. last year.
Middle segments: roughly flat.
Bottom 25%: down about 8%, and it’s been negative for over a year.
The pressure is on entry-level buyers. Affordability is doing the sorting.
This is the opposite of 2023, when a weak stock market pulled wealthier buyers back first.
What it means:
Buyers at lower price points may have more room to negotiate than the headlines suggest.
Sellers at the top end still have demand, but pricing right matters.
Every price band in Colorado is behaving a little differently. If you want to know what’s happening in yours, reach out.
New national data from Compass and Altos Research shows pending sales in September split by price point:
Top 25% of the market: still up about 5% vs. last year.
Middle segments: roughly flat.
Bottom 25%: down about 8%, and it’s been negative for over a year.
The pressure is on entry-level buyers. Affordability is doing the sorting.
This is the opposite of 2023, when a weak stock market pulled wealthier buyers back first.
What it means:
Buyers at lower price points may have more room to negotiate than the headlines suggest.
Sellers at the top end still have demand, but pricing right matters.
Every price band in Colorado is behaving a little differently. If you want to know what’s happening in yours, reach out.
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