Selling a Home in Denver: What Homeowners Need to Know in 2026

Denver real estate market conditions in 2026 are making it harder to sell certain types of homes. This episode explains why new construction resales, condos, and homes purchased in 2022 can face selling challenges. Learn how builder incentives, rising HOA fees, and selling costs affect Denver home sellers, plus options to consider when selling isn't straightforward. 00:00 The Hardest Homes to Sell in Denver in 2026 01:11 New Construction Resales: Why Homes Struggle to Sell 02:16 Builder Incentives and Their Impact on Resale Prices 03:31 Why Some New Construction Homes Sit on the Market 04:27 Buying New Construction in Denver: What to Consider 05:26 Denver Condo Market: Why Condos Are Harder to Sell 06:19 Rising HOA Fees and Declining Condo Values 07:45 Condo Insurance, HOA Reserves, and Special Assessments 09:52 How High HOA Fees Affect Condo Affordability 10:29 Townhomes vs. Condos: Understanding the Difference 11:40 Selling a Home After Buying in 2022 12:42 Home Selling Costs and the Risk of Losing Money 13:24 Why Denver Home Values Vary by Property Type 14:04 What to Do If You Need to Sell Your Home 14:20 Renting Out Your Home Instead of Selling 15:00 Using Rental Income to Qualify for Another Home 16:20 When Selling at a Loss May Be Necessary 17:16 Home Equity Loans and Other Options for Homeowners 17:56 Short Sales: An Option for Financially Struggling Sellers 19:00 Denver Condo Short Sale Example 19:53 How to Get Help Selling a Challenging Property ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 FREE Highlands Ranch Buyer's Guide — price ranges by sub-area, HOA breakdown, and everything under construction: https://movinginsouthdenvermetro.goda... 📅 Book a free 15-minute South Denver call: https://calendly.com/landinbsmith/let... 🏡 Search every South Denver listing: https://www.dreamsmithteam.com/proper... 📞 Call or text: (303) 990-2229 📩 Email: landinbsmith@remax.net ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ THE PODCAST Getting to Know Denver— longer conversations about the south metro with builders, local business owners, and people who actually know this place. ▶️ YouTube:    / @landinbsmith   🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1cHNCcp... 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 📲 CONNECT Instagram:   / landinbsmith   Facebook:   / landinsmithremaxcolorado   LinkedIn:   / landinsmith   Team: https://www.dreamsmithteam.com/agents... Website: www.dreamsmithteam.com 🔔 Subscribe:    / @landinbsmith   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THIS CHANNEL Living In South Denver covers what it's actually like to live and buy in the south metro — Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Centennial, Lone Tree, Parker, Castle Rock and the communities around them. Neighborhood deep dives, market numbers with sources attached, and the things you only learn from working here. New videos every week. Landin Smith | RE/MAX Professionals General information only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Equal Housing Opportunity. #DenverRealEstate, #DenverHousingMarket, #DenverRealEstateMarket, #DenverRealEstate2026, #DenverHomeSelling, #HardestHomesToSell, #DenverHomeSellers, #NewConstructionResale, #DenverCondoMarket, #GettingToKnowDenver