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Colorado’s August housing numbers prove ‘all real estate is local’

Posted on September 13, 2018

Consumer Awareness, Local Association, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Uncategorized

August housing reports from across the state reflected the same levels of diversity and at times extreme fluctuations of our Colorado weather at this time of year. For buyers and sellers alike, the message remains the same: understand what the conditions will be like in your neighborhood. While the market reflects springtime conditions in areas like Boulder and Broomfield counties, a...

Colorado Measure Would Make Most of State Off Limits to Drillers

Posted on September 10, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Government Affairs, REALTOR® News

Come November Colorado voters will consider banning oil and gas drilling within 2,500 feet of homes, businesses and many green spaces, a move that would effectively prohibit it in most of the U.S.’s seventh largest oil-producing state. The Colorado Secretary of State’s office said Wednesday that antifracking activists had collected enough valid signatures from state voters to put the issue on...

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Colorado Springs-area home supply hits 2-year high

Posted on September 10, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Local Association, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News

The number of Colorado Springs-area homes for sale climbed to a two-year high last month, a sign that buyers finally might be in a better position in a housing market that’s favored sellers for the last few years, some real estate agents say. In August, 2,416 single-family and patio homes were listed for sale, a nearly 6 percent increase over the...

Initiative 97/REMI Study

Posted on August 30, 2018

Capitol Connection, Consumer Awareness, Environment, Government Affairs, REALTOR® News

Colorado’s oil and gas industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state across nearly all sectors of the economy. In addition, the industry operates within some of the nation’s strictest regulations regarding safety, water monitoring and air quality. Proposed Ballot Initiative 97 would increase the distance between oil and gas operations and vulnerable areas or occupied structures. Setbacks have...

What $1 million will buy you in today’s Denver housing market

Posted on August 28, 2018

Consumer Awareness, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, Residential Housing, Stats & Trends

Denver's housing market is hot and everyone knows it. But how far does your dollar really go these days? Currently there are fewer homes for sale now compared with a year ago, and that low supply means higher prices. According to the Colorado Association of REALTORS®, the median home price in the Denver metro area was $440,000 in July, significantly more than the...

Summit County sees record number of luxury homes sold in July

Posted on August 28, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Local Association, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, NAR, REALTOR® News, Stats & Trends

July is always one of the best months for property sales for Colorado's High Country, and that was exactly the case in Summit County's exploding real estate market. Defined as any home sold at or above $1 million, luxury housing sales boosted the overall real estate sales volume to more than $150 million, a $5.2 million increase over July 2017 and...

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How I Bought a Home in Denver

Posted on August 22, 2018

Consumer Awareness, REALTOR® News

Meg Schubert, an architect who’s married to architect Drew Allen, shared the couple’s homebuying journey to purchasing a two-bedroom condo in the Mile High City. Denver’s real estate market was a little crazy when we started thinking about buying. Homes were selling in a day, and almost always above asking price. We wanted to make sure we had all our ducks in a row...

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High-flying markets in Pueblo, elsewhere in state turn choppy

Posted on August 15, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

The red-hot housing market in Pueblo and other Colorado communities shows more signs of leveling or, possibly, starting to cool. "An early peak housing season (in April and May) has been met with an earlier than normal seasonal slowdown as buyer and seller behavior is changing amid the latest market conditions," the Colorado Association of REALTORS® said Friday in releasing the...

With no leader, no employees and no money, what will happen to Boulder County’s public trustee?

Posted on August 15, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Government Affairs, REALTOR® News

Governor's office: We have a plan, but no details available By Shay Castle Numbers have been dwindling for years inside Boulder County's public trustee office. As the revenue from fees on ever-shrinking sales and foreclosures grew smaller, so, too, did the staff: down from five in 2012 to two today. Next week, staff will drop further, to zero. Trustee Jim Martin announced his resignation...

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Is Denver’s Peak Selling Season Shifting?

Posted on August 15, 2018

Communities, Consumer Awareness, Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing, Stats & Trends

By Matthew Leprino The change you’ve been waiting for is here, but it may not be the one you’ve been expecting. Since 2008 and the subsequent recovery, many have been on the edges of their seats waiting for the doom, gloom and yes, opportunity that another bust may bring. Any sign of a change would be welcome as the market and the corresponding...

Consumer Awareness

Colorado’s August housing numbers prove ‘all real estate is local’

Colorado Measure Would Make Most of State Off Limits to Drillers

Colorado Springs-area home supply hits 2-year high

Initiative 97/REMI Study

What $1 million will buy you in today’s Denver housing market

Summit County sees record number of luxury homes sold in July

How I Bought a Home in Denver

High-flying markets in Pueblo, elsewhere in state turn choppy

With no leader, no employees and no money, what will happen to Boulder County’s public trustee?

Is Denver’s Peak Selling Season Shifting?

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