Southeast Denver
Home values, varied ownership and real trail connections
Compare dated values, ranches and attached ownership, official boundaries and practical routes to nearby Bible Park.
Goldsmith field guide · Reviewed November 2, 2026
The available evidence points to softer values, with substantial uncertainty about any individual home. Zillow’s modeled typical value fell 1.7% over the year through September. Our separate city-record comparison also has a lower annual median, but contains only 31 qualifying transfers. A condo, an original ranch and an expanded house need different comparable properties. Begin with ownership type, condition, usable space and total monthly cost; a neighborhood percentage cannot price the home you are buying or selling.
$410,968
Zillow · September 30, 2026
Down 1.7% annually; 29 homes for sale and eight new listings. ZHVI models the housing stock rather than taking the median of closed transactions. Its neighborhood sample is not disclosed here.
Source and definitions$531,101
Redfin · three months ending September 2026
The September-labelled result reports −9.92% annually, all home types; separately, 16 September sales versus 14 a year earlier and 69 market days. The rolling sample count is undisclosed. See the retrieval limitation below.
Source and definitionsCurrent figure unverified
Realtor.com · access limitation
The retrievable Goldsmith summary was dated June, then the page redirected to a regional availability notice. We have not promoted that older asking-price figure as a current market reading. Follow the source for a fresh check.
Source and definitionsRedfin’s September result and an older August page were both returned during this review. The August view reported a $568,975 three-month median and +3.5% annually; these are different reporting windows, not interchangeable observations. Until the current page can be checked consistently, treat the September figure as provisional context, not the sole basis for an offer. Portal boundaries, housing mixes and samples are not verified identical. Neither a sale median nor an asking price is the same measure as Zillow’s modeled value.
For September 2025–August 2026, the filtered Goldsmith records contain 31 transfers with a $675,000 median, versus 29 and $715,000 in the preceding year: about 5.6% lower. March–August 2026 contains 16 records at a $670,000 median, versus 15 at $709,050 in the preceding six months. The six-month comparison is sequential, not year over year. June–August contains just seven records, too few to treat its $587,500 median as a stable neighborhood benchmark.
Method: Denver sales/transfers, exact assessor label GOLDSMITH; sale year 2024 onward; classes R/H; WD/SW instruments; $100,000–$3 million inclusive. Complete pagination returned 81 records, all unique reception numbers. Equal sale-date windows; assessor labels are not verified identical to boundary polygons. Feed edited October 29, 2026, 09:46:51 UTC; latest qualifying sale September 14, recorded September 17. Requeried November 3. September completeness is unverified, so comparisons end in August. Filters do not certify arm’s-length transactions or a detached-only population. These are recorded transfers, not MLS statistics, assessed values, an appraisal, AVM or forecast.
For broader context, REcolorado’s October 7 Denver Metro report gives 2,898 September closings, down 18% annually, and a $575,000 median, down 2%. Regional evidence supports careful pricing but cannot supply a Goldsmith comparable set. No licensed neighborhood MLS extract or verified Altos series was available for this review. Repeat-sales indexes and assessed values answer different questions from the transaction medians shown here.
Goldsmith is Denver statistical neighborhood 30. The city’s Near Southeast Area Plan, pages 170–176, places it between Evans on the north, Yale and the county boundary on the south, I-25 on the west and Quebec / the Denver boundary on the east. The outline is not a perfect rectangle: check the official polygon against the exact parcel. A postal address, listing label or reference to Goldsmith Gulch does not establish the neighborhood.
The same plan identifies Bible Park as outside Goldsmith across Yale, while the High Line Canal and Goldsmith Gulch trails run through the neighborhood. That distinction matters when comparing homes advertised as near the park. Locate the entrance you would use and test the actual crossings; a short straight-line distance is not a measured walking route.
Denver’s history describes ranch development in the 1950s–1960s followed by more apartment construction in the 1960s–1970s. Its character study notes ranch, split-level and bi-level forms and curving residential streets. Those observations explain useful questions to ask; they do not establish the age or condition of a particular address.
Our November 3 parcel-assessment query found 1,093 records with a positive original residential construction year intersecting the official Goldsmith polygon. Median original year: 1970; median positive above-grade area: 1,234 square feet; median positive land area: 4,097 square feet. These are records, not unique homes or a detached-only sample. Complete pagination, EPSG:3857 intersection; boundary-edge parcels and repeated building characteristics can affect the profile. Parcel feed edited November 2 at 12:08:48 UTC; boundary geometry January 16, 2024. Recorded characteristics are not a condition inspection or a market valuation.
Compare legal above-grade area separately from finished basement space. Request permit history for additions and alterations, then arrange qualified inspections of the roof, sewer, electrical service, drainage and major systems. Write down which repairs are immediate, which can wait and which need a specialist’s estimate before setting your offer.
Put the recurring fee beside the price. Read current budgets, reserve information, insurance, meeting minutes and pending assessments. Confirm maintenance duties, parking and storage rights, rental rules and any restrictions relevant to your plans. Two similarly priced units can carry very different ongoing obligations; request property-specific documents rather than assuming a neighborhood norm.
Build a comparable set around the same ownership form, size, condition and closing period. Explain differences in above-grade and basement space, permitted additions and major systems. Review current competing listings as seller expectations, then completed sales as a separate evidence set. A broad median change is not a substitute for documenting what makes this property comparable.
Use Denver property records to start the address check. Keep a worksheet with purchase price, taxes, insurance, association fees, maintenance responsibilities, likely repairs and required travel. A lower purchase price can be offset by other costs; use actual quotes and documents rather than a generic monthly estimate.
Use these as separate stops, allowing time to test two homes with different ownership types or corridor positions. This is a source-based route, not a firsthand visit, measured walking loop or promise about accessibility.
Confirm that the parcel is inside Goldsmith. Walk the immediate block, noting driveway access, sidewalk continuity, parking arrangements, grade and usable outdoor space. Repeat the visit when you would normally leave and return. Check sound and access at the property instead of assigning one description to the whole neighborhood.
Identify the entrance to the Goldsmith Gulch or High Line Canal route that you would actually use. Follow the connection from the home, not just the trail segment itself. Check surfaces, crossings and the return journey. Use the current trail map and posted conditions; the presence of a trail on a map does not make every nearby property directly connected.
Bible Park is nearby across Yale, outside the official neighborhood. Denver’s public-art material identifies 6802 E. Yale Avenue. Locate a public entrance and check the route from your shortlisted address before counting the park as a convenient daily stop. Visit the facilities you intend to use rather than assuming every mapped amenity is operating or available.
Try an operating destination on your usual Evans, Monaco or Quebec trip, then return to the home. Include the actual entrance and parking arrangement. For transit, enter the exact origin, destination, day and return time into RTD’s trip planner, including transfers and first/last service. No fixed commute time or direct rail access from every Goldsmith address is implied.
Route sources: Denver plan and maps, city Bible Park location record, and RTD trip planner. Maps and location images remain at their sources; no reuse permission is assumed.
The Near Southeast Area Plan was adopted May 22, 2023 and includes Goldsmith. It is long-range planning context, not proof that a particular business, building or amenity is approved, under construction or open. Verify the exact parcel and a dated project or operator record before relying on a future destination. No new in-neighborhood opening cleared verification in this review. The In the Know guide identifies verified stages for places elsewhere in Denver; those are not automatically Goldsmith amenities.
Add Indian Creek for a nearby attached-housing and association-cost comparison, or start with Virginia Village for another postwar housing comparison north of Evans, or University Hills for different canal, park and errand routes west of I-25. Washington Virginia Vale adds a wider mix of attached ownership and a different creek-side setting farther north. Keep budget, property type, space and necessary journeys constant. Use the comparison guide and relocation checklist to record the tradeoffs instead of choosing from a universal neighborhood ranking.
Reviewed November 2, 2026. Independent consumer guidance. Verify condition, legal use, exact costs and access directly; compare homes using your stated housing and travel needs. No agent endorsement, appraisal, commissioned video or promised result.
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Zillow’s modeled typical value was $410,968 through September 30, 2026, down 1.7% annually. A separate filtered city-record comparison contains 31 transfers with a $675,000 median for September 2025–August 2026, versus 29 and $715,000 previously. Different measures and small samples cannot establish every home’s value change.
Denver’s Near Southeast Area Plan identifies Bible Park as outside the Goldsmith neighborhood across Yale. Check the official boundary and the actual entrance and crossings from the home rather than equating a nearby park with a direct connection.
Keep purchase price, recurring costs and maintenance duties together. Review association documents, insurance and assessments for shared-interest ownership; inspect each home’s condition and verify legal usable area and permits. Compare similar ownership forms before using neighborhood medians.
Guide reviewed November 2, 2026.
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Goldsmith needs an address-level comparison: separate modeled values from small transfer samples, verify ownership costs, and test the actual route to trails, errands and nearby parks.
Goldsmith Gulch and High Line Canal routes
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