Pitkin County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Pitkin County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 5, 2026, online on pitkin.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: Pitkin County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Pitkin County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	16,629 parcels on file.
Median assessor value	$1,608,300, from the 15,788 parcels with a value on file.
Years since the last sale	Median 13.5 years.
Tax bill mailed out of state	6,481 of the 16,490 with a mailing address on file (39%).

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

Pitkin County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	13,412, of which 4,197 (31%) stood vacant; 3,277 (24%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	63% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$1,139,100, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$2,004 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1985.

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

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