Focus on Central Park 09.11.26
Hi neighbors! Before we get into the real estate update, a few notes on what's happening around the neighborhood.
We recently added a new post to our "I Got a Guy (or Gal)" series, where we share the vendors and contractors we trust and use ourselves. This latest one features Luis Estrella with Emerald Window Cleaning, our go-to for window cleaning and screen repair. Professional window cleaning is one of the best-value things a homeowner can do, whether you're prepping to sell or just want your house to feel brighter. Luis and his team are thorough, give an accurate written quote upfront, and will flag any screens that need repair while they're there. You can text photos of your home to (720) 295-7030 and they'll usually respond within minutes, and there's a price calculator on their site specific to Central Park.
Read the full post and watch our quick chat with Luis here. And if you want to build out your own vendor roster, catch up on our other posts in the series covering our trusted HVAC team, roofer, and house painters.
Know a vendor in Central Park we should feature? Email me at amanda@focus-brokers.com and let me know!
If you're looking for something to do this weekend:
- Check out week 2 of Eastbridge Town Center’s Lucky Duck Fall Giveaway.
- Visit Denver's weekend list rounds up events across the metro.
- Stanley Marketplace always has something going on too.
Now, let's get into the real estate update...
This Week in Central Park Real Estate
This week’s Focus on Central Park brings you the latest real estate listings and data. This includes New, Coming Soon, Under Contract, Recently Sold, Rentals, and information on open houses. If you’re not already subscribed, you can sign up here and we’ll email you the latest Central Park Scoop posts each Friday. Or if you prefer social media, you can find “The Scoop” on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
We do these posts regularly because we hope you find them valuable, and because they help us keep our finger on the pulse of the neighborhood. That’s exactly what lets us help busy people with their real estate needs here in Central Park, whether that's buying, selling, renting or property management.
As agents, the question we get most is "so, how's the market?" and the honest answer is usually "it depends." National headlines and Denver Metro data matter, but real estate is hyper-local, and Central Park doesn't always move the same way the broader market does. That's exactly why we track this data every week instead of just repeating what you'd read in a national headline. Let's jump in.
We had 15 new and coming soon listings in Central Park this past week. This number is up slightly from the previous weeks, which is in line with annual trends we typically see coming into the fall. Summer tends to be slower in Central Park as far as new listings go, but we tend to see a slight market uptick come September before we hit the Holiday months. I’ll be interested to watch this trend in the coming weeks to see if new listings and activity increase or hold steady.
My colleague Kailee has a great new listing that is definitely worth checking out:
This Brookfield paired home on a peaceful courtyard offers nearly 4,000 total square feet and a layout our team loves: two primary suites, one on the main level and one up, each with an ensuite bathroom and walk-in closet, ideal for multigenerational living or long-term guests. The main level features an open living area with fireplace, a chef's kitchen with quartz counters and a large island, and a patio/deck off the dining area. Upstairs adds a third bedroom, third bath, and a loft ready to become a 4th bedroom if needed. The unfinished basement offers over 1,100 square feet to expand. Minutes to Splash Landing pool, pickleball courts, and the wildlife refuge, with easy access to DIA and Anschutz. Listed by Kailee Ackerman with Focus Real Estate.
Open House: Friday, September 11th from 4pm-6pm
Under Contract Homes
We saw nine homes go under contract in Central Park this past week. The total number of pending listings in the neighborhood is currently sitting at 42. Here’s some info I found interesting:
- Of these 42 listings, the average days and median days on the market before going under contract was 40 days and 27 days respectively. Of these 42 listings, 16 had price reductions before going under contract.
- Some homes moved fast, such as a handful that went under contract in a single day on the market, while one condo took 128 days to find a buyer. It’s a reminder that pricing and presentation still make the difference.
Six homes closed in Central Park this week, with close prices ranging from $555,000 to $720,000 and a median of $618,500. It's a small sample, but the pattern lines up with what we've tracked across a much bigger data set all summer: This is a more balanced market than we've seen in years, and buyers have more leverage than they used to.
- Sale-to-list price ratio ranged from 91% to 98%, with a median of 96%.
- Days on market ranged from 4 to 125, with a median of 46.
- Every one of the six homes had a price reduction, a concession, and two had both. Every home also closed below the original list price.
- Where a reduction and a concession stacked together, the sale-to-list ratio came in lowest, a reminder that pricing and presentation issues compound.
- Concessions among the homes that had them averaged $7,000, with a median of $6,750.
Even well-priced, well-presented homes can end up with a reduction or a concession in a market like this one. But you give yourself the best chance at selling faster and for more money when you work with an agent who knows this micro-market inside and out— someone who can help you price and position a home correctly from the start. On the buyer side, that same expertise helps you find the leverage that's available to you right now.
All Active Central Park Listings
There are currently 115 active listings in Central Park, ranging from $159,445 to $1,790,000, with a median list price of $650,000. Days on the market for these active listings ranges widely, with a median of 37 and an average of 53. Keep in mind that this only tells us how long the homes that haven't sold yet have been sitting, not how fast the market is actually moving. For that, you'd want to look at pending and sold data instead, which we cover above.
That said, the active pool does show a pattern worth watching: condo and condo-style units are sitting noticeably longer than single-family and paired homes. Condo listings carry a median of around 61 days on market, compared to roughly 30 days for the rest of the active inventory. A handful of condos have been sitting well past 100 days, which is dragging up the overall average. This reflects what we’re seeing across Denver Metro as well.
On the other end, a good number of single-family listings just hit the market in the past day or two, which tells us new inventory is still coming online at a steady clip even as the overall pool grows.
One active listing that caught my eye:
8205 E Prairie Meadow Drive, Denver, CO 80238
| Listed at $1,649,000 | Listed by Kyle Green with HomeSmart Realty.
This is one I walk by all the time, and it never stops catching my eye. This 6-bed, 6-bath Infinity Home has been transformed from builder grade into something genuinely one of a kind:
- European-inspired stone kitchen with double dishwashers and a large center island
- Cobblestone floors in the bathrooms and laundry room
- Lime washed walls and reclaimed wood beams throughout
- Unlacquered brass fixtures
- Primary suite with vintage fir beams and a spa-like bath
- Finished basement with flexible space for a home theater, gym or guest suite
- Professionally landscaped backyard with private patio and a backyard creek
If you're in the market, this one is beautiful. Contact me for a private showing or more information.
Central Park Rentals
In addition to helping people buy and sell, Focus Real Estate also manages rental properties in the area. The “Central Park Rentals” link above takes you to a Zillow page showing all available rentals in the area, not just ours. If you’d like to receive an email each Friday with our latest “For Rent” properties, sign up here. Take a look at our newest rental listing:
8971 E 59th Pl
- $3,499/month (includes water, sewer, and trash and recycling). Available October 10th
This 4-bed, 3.5-bath paired home in Beeler Park stands out for its great finishes and its outdoor space, a private side yard with deck and turf. Inside, soaring ceilings and a chef's kitchen with a large island anchor the open main level, plus a finished basement with a fourth bedroom. Steps to Carmella's, the Shops at Beeler, and the trail system, with quick access to Anschutz, Downtown and DIA.
That's it for this week's update. If you have questions about any of the listings mentioned above, or you're thinking about what a move might look like for your own home, I'm always happy to talk through it—just reply to this email or give me a call. And if you know a Central Park vendor we should feature in a future "I Got a Guy (or Gal)" post, send them my way at amanda@focus-brokers.com.
Hope you all get outside and enjoy the weather this weekend.
See you around the neighborhood,
Amanda
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Disclaimer: Our Friday real estate updates are meant to be a “roundup” type post where we discuss all for sale and for rent listings in Central Park, not just our own. It's our way of making sure we follow the market closely, and we share it with the Scoop readers because we know many of you like to track real estate in the area as well. Many of the listings in these posts are not our company's listings, and we wanted to mention that here to make sure it's clear. Thanks for reading the Scoop!
