Arapahoe County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Arapahoe County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 5, 2026, online on arapahoe.coloradotaxsale.com.
Interest	A Colorado lien earns 13% a year in 2026 until the owner pays it off: the federal discount rate on September 1 plus nine points.
What a lien buys	The right to be repaid with interest, not the property. If the taxes stay unpaid for three years, the lien holder can apply for a treasurer’s deed.

Source: Arapahoe County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Arapahoe County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	230,946 parcels on file.
Median assessor value	$513,600, from the 226,165 parcels with a value on file.
Recorded sales, 12 months	16,314 parcels whose last recorded sale fell between January 16, 2025 and January 16, 2026, the latest sale in the county file, median $540,000 (sales of $10,000 or more).
Years since the last sale	Median 8.2 years.
Tax bill mailed out of state	11,888 of the 226,111 with a mailing address on file (5%).

Source: county assessor records and Virginia’s VGIN statewide parcel layer, as copied into shinnslist’s parcel store, read October 17, 2026. Each parcel counts once, by its most recent recorded sale. Nothing here predicts that an owner will sell.

Housing

Arapahoe County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	269,345, of which 12,113 (4%) stood vacant; 956 (0%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	65% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$561,200, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$1,891 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1986.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25002, B25003, B25004, B25077, B25064, B25035.

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