SB-215 – Sunset Licensed Real Estate Brokers & Subdivision Developers - Signed by Governor Hickenlooper
[caption id="attachment_23838" align="alignleft" width="300"] Governor Hickenlooper signs SB-215.[/caption]
Every 10 years, the Division of Real Estate and the Real Estate Commission (Commission) are up for review at the Legislature. In 2017, CAR was actively involved from the very beginning to define the components of the legislation that will...
Citing Housing Shortage, Builders Push for Friendlier Laws
The real-estate industry argues laws making it easier for homeowner associations to sue over alleged shoddy construction drive up insurance costs and builders’ expenses
Construction at the Regional Transportation District’s Westminster Station in Metro Detroit in early July 2016. While home prices have risen at a double-digit rate for three years, the head of...
Supreme Court makes landmark ruling for condo developers
Jun 5, 2017, 1:14pm MDT Updated Jun 5, 2017, 1:29pm MDT
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of condominium developers to require disputes go to binding arbitration, essentially putting into state law a contentious provision that construction-defects reform advocates said was the key to reviving a largely defunct condo market...
Top 5 Legislative Successes at the Capitol
Straight from CAR Government Affairs
1) Construction Litigation Reform
CAR, along with the Homeownership Opportunity Alliance championed compromise legislation that is the first step in the right direction to building more attainable housing for all Coloradans while also protecting homeowners and giving them a voice in whether or not to pursue litigation. After more than...
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...
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...
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...
