Littleton appreciation rates and housing market information

Littleton housing market information

With 40,416 people, 18,145 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $285,781, Littleton real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Littleton, accounting for 49.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Littleton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (33.55%), row houses and other attached homes (10.37%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (3.97%), and a few mobile homes or trailers (2.46%).

People in Littleton primarily live in small (one, two, or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Littleton has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

There is a lot of housing in Littleton built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Littleton built from 1940-1969 (35.60%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (14.68%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (14.68%).

Littleton home appreciation rates

Littleton's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Littleton during the period has been just 4.63%, which is lower than % of US communities.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Littleton home appreciation rates, at -0.22%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Littleton's appreciation rate has been 1.29%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.16%.

Relative to Colorado, our data show that Littleton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 23% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Littleton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Littleton - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 1990, to assist you in making the best Littleton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.