“With winter on the horizon and temps falling, Larimer County’s real estate market remains hot,” said Estes Park-area REALTOR® Abbey Pontius. “COVID undoubtedly has put a crimp on the ease of showings, open houses, daily field work, and how we can close transactions, but these are just small speed bumps in the big picture. As we spend more time in...
The coronavirus hasn't dampened the sale of homes on Colorado's mountain communities. Sales in Telluride and Mountain Pass will likely pass $1 billion. Telluride REALTOR George Harvey said, "It's Biblical." “I was just on a 30-broker Zoom meeting this morning. All from Telluride. And we all said this: We are going to do less business in the next one to two years....
The Road to Recovery, a project developed by the Colorado Business Roundtable and Common Sense Institute, brings together dozens Colorado leaders from a wide range of industries and backgrounds to develop recommendations for getting Colorado back to work. “While COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges in terms of health and safety for Coloradans and the business community, the disruption has brought an opportunity to rethink...
Colorado Association of REALTORS® honors Kate Kelley as Young Professional of the Year Kate Kelley, broker at WK Real Estate in Boulder, Colo., was recently awarded the “Gus Williams Colorado Young Professional network REALTOR® of the Year” during the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) 2020 Virtual Fall Forum. This award honors an individual who exemplifies leadership and has a strong commitment to the Young Professional network, as well as raising...
Active listings and months supply of inventory fall to record lows driving land sales in many communities ENGLEWOOD, CO – Dec. 10, 2020 – High demand and a continually shrinking supply of homes available for sale across Colorado pushed active listing and overall inventory to all-time lows across the state and driving land sales in numerous markets, according to the latest...
Faced with more expensive home prices, home buyers are bringing more money to closing. The median down payment on a single-family home and condo purchased in the third quarter increased by nearly 67% compared to a year ago. Median down payments are at the highest level recorded since at least 2000, according to a new analysis from ATTOM Data Solutions,...
The coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdowns that convinced Kenyan immigrant Lynn Poole and her husband to move out of their apartment in downtown Denver and purchase a three-bedroom house in Commerce City. Lynne Poole and her husband Aaron Poole stand outside the new home they purchased in 2020. "We weren't looking forward to living far away because...
The housing markets expected to be the strongest in 2021 are tech hubs with strong job creation, state capitals where home shoppers may get more square footage for their money, and smaller cities with greater affordability, according to a new analysis from realtor.com®. But none of these areas boast the cheapest home prices in the nation. In most of them, buyers...
Hosted by WestWater Research Join us on Jan 14, 2020 as we bring together experts from the water and real estate sectors to discuss some of the major trends both sectors saw in Colorado in 2020. Colorado, especially northern Colorado, is seeing increasingly restricted water supplies for agricultural and urban users, a trend made all the more fraught as out of...
The Colorado Association of REALTORS'® new leadership council has officially assumed their new roles as of December 1, 2020. 2021 CAR Chair Robert Walkowicz CAR's 2021 Chair, Robert Walkowicz, Broker Associate/Partner with the Group in Fort Collins, has extensive experience with the Colorado Association of REALTORS® dating back to 1994. In his new position, Walkowicz will serve...