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ENGLEWOOD, CO – May 12, 2020 – While the real estate universe paused with bated breath in April, the results of a complicated, pandemic-driven start to the typical buying and selling season weren’t nearly as bad as many in the industry feared, according to the latest monthly market data from the...
The Denver Post spoke with Denver-area REALTOR® Matt Leprino on the uptick of buyer interest now that statewide stay at home restrictions are being relax.
“We’ve already seen plenty of showings; there’s pent-up demand,” Leprino said. “How long that will last is hard to tell, but showings are back up after dropping off.”
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As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in countries across the
globe, including the United States, the state of Colorado began implementing a
wide range of preventive measures to help reduce the spread of the virus in our
state.
Here is a brief timeline of the state of Colorado’s mandates
and executive orders that impacted the residential real estate industry and the
various efforts and outcomes resulting...
May 2 marks 7th annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day and kickoff to Wildfire Awareness Month
While COVID-19 has changed facets of Coloradans’ personal and
professional lives and required residents everywhere to stay at home, for more
than half of the state’s population who live in a wildfire prone area, the stay
at home and safer at home mandates present an opportunity to...
The Secretary of
State’s remote notarization emergency rules have been extended
and will remain in effect until May
30. These rules enable Coloradans to have access
to notary services without in-person contact.
“Remote notarization has
ensured business and personal transactions can continue to take place in the
midst of the coronavirus pandemic,” said Secretary of State Jena
Griswold. “With social distancing guidelines still in place, we are
extending remote notarization to help protect Coloradans’
health.”
At the end of
March, Governor Polis issued an Executive
Order that ordered the temporary suspension of...
Denver7 News spoke with two Colorado REALTORS® on their experiences with the residential real estate market as individual counties slowly begin to open up amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"We were dead in the water for about three weeks," said REALTOR® Amy Salley, the lead buyer's agent with The Prevail Group at HomeSmart Cherry Creek. "But as soon as Douglas County...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world's economy to a screeching halt and Colorado has not been immune. Businesses across the state have been temporarily closed and the state has received a historic level of unemployment claims, resulting in declining tax revenues.
Now, the Common Sense Policy Roundtable just released its study, "Is Colorado's Budget Ready for a Recession" analyzing how...
On Sunday, April 26, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued a "Safer at Home" order, allowing certain businesses and industries to begin re-opening. Polis' orders include in-person real estate showings, but won't allow for open houses. Some counties have chosen to enact their own, more stringent stay-at-home orders.
HousingWire spoke with several Colorado REALTORS® about how they and their clients are...
Enhance Your Cash Flow with the Stimulus
Package, Banking Relationships, and Other Tax-Slashing Tactics
My team and I literally dropped everything to put together this emergency presentation to talk to you about the small business stimulus package and what it means to you as a self-employed person… And I’ll also share some other tips to free up cash flow so you can...