The best week to buy a home in Denver is almost here

By the numbers: In the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area, shoppers could find up to 30% more homes for sale than at the start of the year, per the real estate site.

• Buyers can face less competition than in spring and summer, plus listing prices can typically fall roughly 7.5% from their seasonal high.

Yes, but: Mortgage rates near 7% and stubbornly high prices continue to sideline many people.

What they're saying: "Home shoppers heading into fall will find an opportunity that has been hard to come by in recent years: more choices and less urgency," Realtor.com senior economist Hannah Jones said in a statement.

Zoom in: Metro Denver's median single-family home sale price was $649,500 last month, essentially flat from last August, according to the latest report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR).

• The market remains highly uneven.
• "Some sellers negotiating hard, others fielding multiple offers, some buyers waiting months, others closing in weeks," DMAR Market Trends Committee chair Amanda Snitker wrote in the report.

The bottom line: Buyers may get a little more breathing room this fall — if they can clear the affordability hurdle.