Wheat Ridge single-family home sales fell 37% in August as prices rose
Wheat Ridge recorded fewer listings and sales of single-family homes in August, while attached-home activity increased and the median price rose.
Wheat Ridge recorded 17 single-family home sales in August, down 37% from a year earlier, while the median price rose 6.8% to $709,999.
The city had 58 active single-family listings, down from 106 in August 2025, according to the August 2026 Wheat Ridge market report. New listings fell 30% to 28. Median days on market increased to 37 days from 28, and sellers received an average of 97.3% of the most recent list price, down from 98.9% a year earlier.
Through August, the city recorded 218 single-family sales, nearly unchanged from 219 during the same period in 2025. New listings fell 22.8% to 281, pending sales declined 4.9% to 215 and the year-to-date median price rose 4.5% to $700,000. Median days on market increased from 31 to 36.
Wheat Ridge differed from the broader Jefferson County market. Countywide, single-family active listings fell 17.1% to 1,495 and sales fell 11.5% to 484, but new listings rose 19.1% to 710 and pending sales increased 4.6% to 547. The Jefferson County August report showed a 1.9% decline in the median sales price, to $707,450, and median days on market fell to 35.
Wheat Ridge’s attached-home market moved in the opposite direction. Active townhouse and condominium listings rose 25% to 40, new listings increased 71.4% to 12, pending sales rose 42.9% to 10 and completed sales increased from four to five. Median days on market fell from 58 to 25 days.
The attached-home median sales price rose to $395,000 from $212,500 a year earlier, but that comparison was based on five sales. Through August, attached-home sales were down 15% to 51, while new listings increased 31.3% to 130. The year-to-date median price was $375,000, down 4.6%.
The market reports caution that one-month figures can be distorted by small sample sizes. They also do not account for seller concessions or down-payment assistance, so the 97.3% figure does not show sellers’ net proceeds or buyers’ total costs after credits such as closing-cost assistance or interest-rate buydowns.