Every neighborhood guide on this site carries a live Market Snapshot — four numbers, refreshed every 30 minutes from the MLS. They’re simple to read but easy to misread. Here’s what each one really tells you.
Active Listings: The Supply Gauge
This is how many homes are competing for buyers in that neighborhood right now. Context is everything: ten active listings is a flood in a tiny enclave like Bonnie Brae and a drought in a city-sized market like Centennial. Watch the direction more than the level — rising inventory shifts leverage toward buyers; shrinking inventory hands it back to sellers.
Average Price: Useful, With a Caveat
Average asking price tells you what tier a neighborhood plays in — but a single ultra-high-end listing can pull the average up sharply in a small neighborhood. That’s why we show it alongside the price range on each guide: the spread between the lowest and highest listing often says more than the average itself.
Price per Square Foot: The Comparison Tool
Dollars per square foot is the cleanest way to compare across neighborhoods, because it strips out home size. It’s how you can see that Washington Park commands a premium over similar-sized homes elsewhere, or spot the value story in a neighborhood like Mayfair. Just remember it averages together original condition and fully renovated — your specific home will sit above or below it for reasons a spreadsheet can’t see.
Days on Market: The Speed Read
Average days on market is the market’s pulse. Short DOM means buyers are decisive and sellers hold leverage; long DOM means buyers can negotiate — or that listings are overpriced for what they offer. One nuance: in luxury tiers, long DOM is normal and healthy. A Cherry Hills estate sitting 90 days is business as usual; a Congress Park bungalow sitting 90 days is telling you something about its price.
The snapshot gives you the market’s temperature — what it can’t tell you is what your home, specifically, would command in it. That’s the conversation we’re here for.