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Safety Warning: Fake Clients Targeting REALTORS Working Alone

Posted on January 25, 2019
REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News

  A warning is going out to REALTORS® across Colorado to beware of fake clients targeting women working alone. But men should also take important safety precautions.   Larina McClain, managing partner of the noted Madison & Company Properties spoke with FOX31 about a mysterious client who asked her to show a property, exhibiting strange behavior and acting inappropriately.   McClain, who brought along an associate, says the man exhibited...

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FirstBank’s Assistance Program Helps Federal Workers Skip Payments

Posted on January 22, 2019
Business Services, Consumer Awareness, Government Affairs, REALTOR® News, Uncategorized

In response to government shutdown, FirstBank offers 0 percent interest   Like Americans across the country, Coloradans are feeling the pinch of the government shutdown. Paychecks are on hold for more than 800,000 people nationwide and an estimated 15,000 federal workers in Colorado have been forced to go on unpaid leave or have been working without pay since December.   As one of the...

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Waves of uncertainty rise from seasonal factors and government shutdown

Posted on January 22, 2019
Consumer Awareness, Government Affairs, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

By Matthew Leprino January 2019   There is little that markets like less than uncertainty, be it real estate, or otherwise. So when a segment of the population isn’t working, and worse, when they aren’t spending money, uncertainty grows and creates a ripple effect throughout our economy. As the partial government shutdown nears ever closer to a month, the likelihood that it will...

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Denver fifth among most popular moving destinations in U.S.

Posted on January 22, 2019
Communities, Consumer Awareness, General, REALTOR® News

Denver moved up three spots to rank fifth last year in an annual survey of the country’s top moving destinations from Penske Truck Rental.   Two colder climate cities, Denver and Portland, Ore., made the list despite their higher real estate prices compared to other cities on the list. Denver ranked 8th in 2017, 4th in 2016 and 6th in 2015.   A separate survey from Atlas...

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2018 brought fewer sales, rising volume to Summit County’s real estate market

Posted on January 22, 2019
Communities, Consumer Awareness, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

The Colorado Association of REALTORS has pegged 2018 as a year of "tremendous contrasts" across the state. Down to the zip code, location mattered as much as anything else. While some experts and economists have predicted a downturn in 2019, evidence of softening real estate markets was not universal across the state, according to the association. ### In Summit County, the total...

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Capitol Connection: January 18, 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019
Capitol Connection, Consumer Awareness, Government Affairs, REALTOR® News

House Bill 19-1075: Tax Credit Employer-assisted Housing Pilot Program   HB19-1075, sponsored by Representative James Wilson (R-Salida), creates a pilot program to increase employer-assisted housing projects in rural areas of the state from 2019 to 2023 tax years. It creates a state income tax credit to any taxpayer that donates to a state housing authority, Colorado and Housing Finance Authority (CHFA), a...

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Home sales slowed across most of Colorado in 2018

Posted on January 16, 2019
Communities, Consumer Awareness, Local Association, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

Despite drop in sales, median prices continued to climb   Metro Denver’s housing market saw sales slide and prices continue to rise last year, and that pattern dominated across much of the state, according to a monthly update from the Colorado Association of REALTORS.   Colorado Springs and El Paso County, the next biggest housing market after metro Denver, suffered a 5.5-percent drop in single-family...

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Colorado real estate markets to vary locally in 2019

Posted on January 16, 2019
Consumer Awareness, Local Association, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

Despite market trend predictions from experts and economists of a possible downward shift in real estate in 2019, the Colorado Association of REALTORS® doesn’t expect that to be the case for all of Colorado.   While there was an increase in listings statewide in the second half of 2018, new listings went down in December with 3,868, down 36.5 percent from the...

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Remembering and Honoring Former CAR President, Bill Moore

Posted on January 15, 2019
Consumer Awareness, NAR, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Uncategorized

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of William M. Moore.   Moore was a valued and respected member of the CAR family and a legacy and inspiration to many in the Real Estate community. Not only did Moore build and sell more than one iconic Real Estate brand in Colorado, he was a father of two daughters,...

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The Economic Impact of a Typical Home Sale in Colorado

Posted on January 15, 2019
Consumer Awareness, NAR, REALTOR® News, Stats & Trends

The National Association of REALTORS® released state-by-state reports outlining the total economic impact of real estate related industries on the state economy, as well as the expenditures that result from a single home sale, including aspects like home construction costs, real estate brokerage, mortgage lending and title insurance.   The real estate industry accounted for $70,517 million or 20.4% of the gross state product...

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