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February 17, 2021
NAR officials say data reinforces need for implementation of key housing policy initiatives to close persistent minority homeownership gaps
Key Highlights
The U.S. homeownership rate was 64.2% in 2019. At 69.8%, the rate for non-Hispanic white Americans exceeds the national rate. However, the Black homeownership rate – 42% – represents a Black-white homeownership gap of almost 30%. The homeownership rates for Asian...
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February 16, 2021
The REALTORS® of Summit, Park and Lake Counties recently raised money to support residents who have been evacuated or have lost their homes during the Grand County wildfires
Dillon, CO — February 16, 2021 — Summit REALTORS®, the leading
advocate of the local real estate industry consisting of Park, Lake, and Summit
County members, executed a donation campaign to raise money for those...
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February 16, 2021
Marketing tools and technology are changing daily, don’t fall behind by using the wrong ones!
Marketing for real estate
professionals used to be simple and consisted of business cards, newspaper ads,
and maybe even the odd bus stop display. As we know, things are radically different today. While most REALTORS®
have caught up with the times by launching personally branded real estate
websites and trying social media...
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February 16, 2021
Over the past decade, the U.S. has witnessed a steady increase in wildfire activity. Experts predict this trend will remain. Despite the $2 to $3 billion per year to support wildland fire suppression efforts, the number of homes lost in wildfires per year has increased by 163 percent and wildfires now cost the U.S. an estimated $63 to $285 billion...
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February 16, 2021
The National Association of REALTORS® applauded an announcement Thursday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that the agency will enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. HUD’s move effectively expands civil rights protections to LGBTQ Americans seeking housing and housing-related services. The decision follows an executive order from the Biden...
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February 16, 2021
“There are tons of millennials who are out there looking to buy,” said Boulder-area REALTOR Kelly Moye. “It’s hard to save for a down payment when you’re trying to compete with multiple offers and you have a low down payment or you’re struggling to even get some money at all — it makes it really hard for them. ...
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February 16, 2021
“It’s a great time to sell because the market is up,” said Dave Anderson, Pueblo-area REALTOR. "It’s a bad time to buy because there’s not much to look at.”
“Prices are up a bunch and that’s because we don’t have a lot of low (price) homes for sale under $200,000," he said. "We have a lot of higher-end homes being...
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February 10, 2021
Tom Brady has more than 2X as many Super Bowl rings as there are houses for sale in southeast Boulder County
ENGLEWOOD, CO – Feb. 10, 2021 – While early February spotlights Groundhog Day and the annual prediction of spring’s arrival, the Colorado housing market just keeps reliving its long-term storyline of low inventory and high demand with no predictable change...
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February 3, 2021
In the interest of the health and safety of our membership as
well as guidance from the State of Colorado and the CDC, CAR Leadership has decided
to make the 2021 CAR Spring Summit virtual.
We realize everyone was looking forward to meeting in-person in Vail, April
19-21; however, after consulting with the Four Seasons Hotel in Vail it became
apparent that holding an in-person...
Posted on
February 3, 2021
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and
Sellers is an annual survey of recent home buyers and sellers who purchased in
the last year, from July 2019 to June 2020. This report allows industry professionals
to gain insight into detailed buying and selling behavior. While every year is
a unique time capsule where buyers and sellers purchase amid a changing
economic environment,...
