Denver – Members of the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR), as part of the Homeownership Opportunity Alliance (a bipartisan statewide coalition of housing advocates, business leaders, metro area mayors and builders), stood with Gov. John Hickenlooper in the West Foyer of the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday as he signed HB 1279, the Construction Defect Actions Notice Vote Approval bill, into...
Local housing market grows tighter
By DENNIS DARROW | ddarrow@chieftain.com | Dennis Darrow | May 19, 2017 Updated May 20, 2017
[caption id="attachment_23707" align="alignleft" width="294"] GOODThe percent of people who plan on buying a home by age group.[/caption]
The Pueblo area housing market remains hot -- and the supply of available homes continues to shrink.
Building on the gains of the past two years, home...
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: May 8, 2017
Tips to stay money smart after storm damage
Division of Insurance reminds consumers to be wary of unscrupulous contractors.
DENVER - Springtime in Colorado and severe weather -- hail storms, heavy snowstorms, tornadoes and floods -- often go hand in hand. The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI), part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), encourages...
Sine Die!
Wednesday, May 10th, the final gavel came down on the first session of the 71st General Assembly. By many accounts 2017 was an incredibly intense, active and even sometimes challenging session. In total, 793 bills were introduced. CAR tracked 87 bills this year and the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) took a position on 44 of them.
Here were the top...
HB 1279 Construction Defect Actions Notice Vote Approval Headed to the Governor’s Desk
After more than four years of negotiations on construction litigation reform, HB-1279 sponsored by Representatives Garnett (D-Denver), and Saine (R-Firestone) and Senators Tate (R-Centennial) and Guzman (D-Denver), has passed through both the House and Senate unanimously and is now on its way to the Governor. We expect the Governor...
The Colorado Association of REALTORS® is celebrating 16 future leaders who graduated from their 2017 Leadership Academy program. The Leadership Academy is an exclusive four-month training and development program designed to nurture future association leaders. It is focused on developing participants’ industry and association knowledge.
Being apart of the Leadership Academy, the participants gained the skills to transform connections into involvement...
Forecast predicts drop in Denver-area home prices in 2019
Research firm projects declines of more than 30%
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DENVER -- A real estate data company projects Denver's hot housing market will start to cool off in late 2019, with home prices in some areas dropping more than 30 percent.
Location, Inc., a...
HB 1279 Construction Defect Actions Notice Vote Approval
HB-1279. This bill, sponsored by Representatives Garnett (D-Denver), and Saine (R-Firestone) and Senators Tate (R-Centennial) and Guzman (D-Denver), passed the House unanimously on Monday April 24th and will now be heard Monday, May 1st in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee.
Nothing in HB 1279 stands in the way of individual owners who...
This week at the legislature...
Senate Concurrent Resolution 17-002: Real Estate Transfer Tax For Affordable Housing
SCR 17-002, sponsored by Senator Kefalas (D-Ft. Collins), was introduced on April 12 is scheduled to be heard on April 27th in the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee. The LPC today voted to oppose this concurrent senate resolution. SCR 02 deletes the prohibition in TABOR on new or...
