Colorado: Pandemic pushed up housing prices in most ZIP codes

The East West Partners, Coloradan building ... — The Coloradan condo building in Denver, as seen on July 1, 2019, is located just behind Union Station and is in Colorado’s Zip code with the lowest rate of home price appreciation, 80202, over the past four years. (Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

By Aldo Svaldi | asvaldi@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: April 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: April 16, 2024 at 6:03 AM MDT

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The pandemic, rather than crashing housing markets as initially feared, triggered a home price surge unlike any the country has seen, creating an unprecedented amount of wealth.

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Map: Which Colorado housing markets rose, and which were sidelined, since start of pandemic?

Mountain resorts and Eastern Plains saw bigger price gains than Front Range

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