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REALTORS® in the News

Early spring housing market delivers strong volume of new listings, active buyers, and higher prices across metro area and state

https://www.coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – The early spring housing market kicked in during March with solid double-digit increases in new listings across the seven-county Denver metro area and state with a highly active buyer market, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from the Association’s spokespersons across the state. The combination of...

A Message from Your CAR Leadership on the NAR Settlement Agreement

Dear Members,Your Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) Leadership Council and Board of Directors have heard from many of you, our members, who have asked CAR to address the March 15th announcement by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) of an agreed settlement with the class action plaintiffs.The NAR settlement represents a very significant development for REALTORS® throughout the country. If...

Housing pipeline begins to fill as sellers step off the sideline

https://www.coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – New listings continued to fill the housing pipeline as the spring selling season ramps up and sellers step off the sidelines, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from the Association’s spokespersons across the state. February’s 3,807 new single-family listings in the seven-county Denver metro area represented a...

House sellers re-engaged in January and buyers responded

Conditions set the stage for a busy, competitive spring market https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – With the turn of the calendar and a dip in interest rates improving both attitude and buying power, sellers re-engaged, and buyers responded, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from the Association’s spokespersons across the state. The...

Interest rates defined 2023 housing market and will likely drive the story again in 2024

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – Defining the 2023 Colorado housing market came down to one major factor: interest rates. No other single component of the housing equation had as far-reaching effects on the market as the Federal Reserve’s raising of the Federal Funds Rate, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from...

Fort Collins REALTOR® Sean Dougherty Appointed to Commission on Property Taxation

Colorado's newly established Commission on Property Taxation is set to begin work this month on a solution to rising property tax bills in Colorado. Fort Collins REALTOR® Sean Dougherty, a longtime REALTOR® leader and former Larimer County commissioner who also serves on the Legislative Policy Committee for the Colorado Association of REALTORS®, has been appointed to serve. Dougherty was appointed...

The Folly on Rent Control: Insights from CAR Past President Natalie Davis

In a Denver Gazette opinion piece, CAR Past President Natalie Davis discusses the negative impact of rent control policies on Colorado's housing market. She argues that such policies, which have been prohibited in Colorado for over 40 years, lead to reduced housing availability, stalled development, and lower property values. Citing studies, the article shows rent control's historical failures, including decreased...

Buyers and sellers exercising patience as they hibernate through the winter

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – A combination of economic factors magnified the typical seasonal slowdown in the housing markets with new listings plummeting more than 25% across all property types in the seven-county Denver-metro area and statewide markets, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from the Association’s spokespersons across the state. And,...

Home Sales Drop Across Colorado as Mortgage Rates Continue to Stymie the Market

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – Despite inventory beginning to reach healthier levels in select metro and mountain areas of the state, other markets are seeing reductions in inventory of up to -63% in some neighborhoods due to the lack of new listings, proving yet again that all real estate is local, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado...

With slowing activity across the state, housing prices buoyed by luxury market sales

https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/ ENGLEWOOD, CO – Despite small increases in the overall inventory supply, higher mortgage interest rates continue to broaden the traditional seasonal slowdown in housing markets across the seven-county Denver metro area and in markets statewide. As a result, buyers willing to come off the sidelines have gained a little advantage and sellers, willing to sacrifice their 3.5% and lower interest...