Berthoud has more room for buyers than most of this market
If you are shopping for a home in NoCo, Berthoud stands apart from the rest of this market right now. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 189 homes for sale in ZIP 80513 during the three months ending August 31, 2026. That is up 26.8% from a year ago. More choices, less pressure.
Six months of supply is the general line between a buyer's market and a seller's market. The Real Estate Data Aggregator puts Berthoud at 6.2 months, up 2.3 months from this time last year. No other ZIP code in this market comes close to that number.
How Berthoud compares with the rest of the market
For context, the National Association of Realtors reported that national inventory reached 1.60 million homes in September 2026. Locally, the Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 1,857 homes for sale across the nine ZIP codes in this market during the same three-month period. Berthoud alone holds 189 of those.
What this means if you are buying in Berthoud
More supply means you have time to think. The Real Estate Data Aggregator shows a median of 65 days on market in Berthoud, 8 days shorter than last year but still longer than most nearby areas. Only about 18.5% of Berthoud homes went under contract within two weeks of listing. Compare that with Fort Collins 80526, where 49.4% of homes went under contract in two weeks. Berthoud is not a rush-and-decide market right now.
What this means if you are selling in Berthoud
More competition is the honest reality. The Real Estate Data Aggregator counted 94 homes sold in Berthoud during the three months ending August 31, 2026, down 19.7% from a year ago. New listings rose 21.1% over the same period. More homes coming in, fewer going out.
That said, prices held up. The Real Estate Data Aggregator puts the median sale price at $635,000, up 8.6% from a year ago. Sellers who priced and presented their homes well still got results. The average sale closed at 98.7% of list price. That is not a collapse. It just means overpriced homes are sitting.
Rates are not helping either side right now. Freddie Mac put the 30-year fixed rate at 7.32% as of October 22, 2026. That is the kind of rate that makes buyers cautious and shrinks the pool of people who can qualify. Sellers in Berthoud are competing for a smaller group of buyers.
The quick take
- Berthoud has more breathing room than almost anywhere else in this market.
- For buyers, that means more options and less pressure.
- For sellers, it means pricing and presentation matter more than they did a year ago.
- The numbers are from the three months ending August 31, 2026, and one street can read very differently from the ZIP code as a whole.
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Text me- Real Estate Data Aggregator numbers for ZIPs 80550, 80521, 80524, 80525, 80526, 80527, 80534, 80538 and 80513, the three months ending August 31, 2026, compared with the same months of 2025. Real Estate Data Aggregator last updated them on Oct 7, 2026.
- Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates, read Oct 25, 2026
- National Association of Realtors: Existing-Home Sales, read Oct 25, 2026
- Redfin: U.S. Home Prices Ticked Up 0.25% in September, Oct 20, 2026
- Redfin: Redfin Reports U.S. Home Prices Ticked Up 0.25% in September, Oct 20, 2026
- Realtor.com: Weekly Housing Trends: U.S. Market Update (Week Ending Oct. 17, 2026), Oct 22, 2026
- Realtor.com: September 2026 Monthly Housing Trends: Price Cuts Hit 4-Year Highs as Mortgage Rates Top 7%, Sep 30, 2026