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But addressing the shortfall will require unprecedented actions and intense coordination among the public, private and nonprofit sectors, a new white paper the Common Sense Institute released on Friday argues.
“We have to act with a sense of urgency. If we don’t act now the decisions will get harder,” said Peter LiFari, executive director of Maker Housing Partners, who co-authored a housing development...
“I think that everyone wants to say there’s no inventory and everyone is fighting for the same listings, but the fact is that we’re selling more properties than we have in the last…(two years),” said Dana Cottrell, real estate broker for Summit Resort Group and past president of Summit REALTORS®.
Read more at the Summit Daily.
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Routt County was Colorado’s hottest vacation-home market, the National Association of REALTORS® found
“As we enter the month of June, buyers and their agents are hopeful for more inventory — reminiscent of thoughts we have about snow — when it is going to come and how much we are going to get?” said Steamboat Springs-area REALTOR® Marci Valicenti, in...
There is a lot to celebrate this year as CAR honors our 100 years of service to Colorado consumers and looks ahead at how to serve our clients and communities in the century ahead. Over the past several months, CAR and Habitat for Humanity worked to push forward four legislative solutions aimed at helping improve homeownership opportunities for all Coloradans....
The unprecedented housing crisis in Colorado will soon see an equally extraordinary flood of cash. In Colorado's high country, where affordable housing is a decades-long issue that exploded into a catastrophe last year, an army of developers on the front lines of a complex campaign to build workforce housing are ready to help guide the sudden influx of funding.
Once the...
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Watch REALTOR® David Madone explain the benefits of owning home in Royal Gorge area on Denver7 news.
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The highly competitive market is forcing agents and buyers alike to get creative in their approach, which is introducing new strategies, said Kelly Moye a REALTOR® , who heads The Kelly Moye Team at Compass Real Estate in Broomfield and is representing the Paynes.
For example, some buyers try to force their offers to the top of the stack by putting a...
"In spite of all the reporting of low active inventory numbers, the Fort Collins market is selling more homes each month than in each of the past two years,” said REALTOR® Chris Hardy. “Nearly every home that comes on the market is sold in the same month and there isn’t much left to choose from. As I heard...
Estes Park average home price up 22% year-over-year
“The average sale price for a single-family home has jumped 21.9% compared to last year, townhouse/condos also saw an increase of 29.6%. While this is not quite as rapid of growth as other areas of Colorado, it is an incredible increase to the overall pricing in an already tight market. New listings are down...
Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol
2021 Legislative Session Comes to an End
The 2021 legislative session came to a close late Tuesday. Over
the past 116 legislative days, the Colorado legislature tackled several huge
issues such as statewide transportation funding that has plagued the state for
many years. Policymakers also allocated large state and federal stimulus
dollars as our state works toward pandemic...
