Posted on
October 29, 2021
The Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR)
extends its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of CAR Past President Jolon
Ruch, who passed away on Thursday, October 28th after a brave and
hard-fought 18-month battle against cancer.
Jolon is remembered as a tremendous
organizational leader, taking on the tough task of ushering in a new governance
model for her state association. Jolon cared deeply about...
Posted on
October 28, 2021
Developer Jon Roberts once built
market-rate homes families could afford at light-rail stops in Denver. Attainable,
dense housing is one fix to the affordable housing crisis, and Roberts was
happy to do his part. He’s shifted his
focus to $1 million houses and duplexes — and he’s not thrilled about the
reasons why: Building affordable housing is too risky, too slow and too mired
in bureaucracy.
“I...
Posted on
October 26, 2021
A Realtor.com 2020 survey found that
13 percent of Americans believe their house is haunted, troubled by strange
noises, shadows, cold spots, eerie feelings, and moving items. Roughly half of
them knew or suspected as much before hauling in their boxes and have no plans
to move. Most prefer to avoid the situation: 2/3rds of respondents said they
were unlikely to move into a house...
Posted on
October 22, 2021
When comparing September 2020 and 2021,
Pueblo’s new sales listings were up 24 percent and new building permits have
already matched last year’s numbers, with three more months to go.
“The Front Range is filling up,” said CAR’s
spokesperson David Anderson. “We are probably the last area that has not
really been rewarded with all that growth in Colorado during the last 30 to 40
years,”...
Posted on
October 21, 2021
Realtor®
from Denver Wins National Award for Delivering Weekend Meals to At-Risk
Children
WASHINGTON (October
20, 2021) – Realtor® Bob Bell with Mile Hi Property in Denver is one
of five winners chosen for the National Association of Realtors®
Good Neighbor Award. For nine years, Bell and hundreds of volunteers have been up
at dawn every to pack and deliver weekend meals to 10,000 at-risk
schoolchildren across 72...
Posted on
October 13, 2021
The
seasonal slow-down in housing sales returned this year to Northern Colorado.
REALTORS® saw the amount of home sales drop almost 20 percent from last year at
the same time. There was also a slight decrease in the amount homebuyers are
willing to pay over asking price. In September, they paid only 1.3 percent over
the listed price. Fort Collins REALTOR® and CAR spokesperson Chris...
Posted on
October 13, 2021
A study shows that
record-breaking listings prices and low inventory aren’t just happening in the
Denver metro area, and in fact, the opposite is true: Resort towns and other
larger Colorado cities are showing the same if not more price gains. This includes
cities like Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and cities in Mesa County and the Western
Slope. Headwaters Economics, a research firm from Montana, conducted...
Posted on
October 12, 2021
“While quarantine-limited interaction and the return to ‘normal’ seems to be looming, the stigma of attached living appears, at least for now, to no longer be affected by worry and fear,” Denver-area REALTOR® Matthew Leprino reported in CAR’s monthly Market Trends report. CAR sends this monthly analysis to Colorado news outlets. Townhomes and condos are selling for an average sales price of...
Posted on
October 4, 2021
The Telluride Association of REALTORS® (TAR) is celebrating
its 20th year of providing grants to residents so they can afford to
buy a home in their own town.
There are 155 TAR REALTORS® who are currently giving to the
First Time Homebuyers Assistance Fund. Over the past two decades, TAR has
disbursed $737,467, or about $3,000 per month. Tracy Boyce, a contributing
REALTOR® says, “I...
Posted on
September 14, 2021
In Aurora’s more affordable northern neighborhoods along the Colfax corridor and Delmar Park, the city has half of the inventory it had last year and a median sales price of $400,000, which is up about 30 percent. The southern and eastern areas of Aurora and their newer developments have pushed the new median high to
$706,000. CAR spokesperson and Aurora-area...
