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REALTORS® in the News

Developer Quit Building Multifamily Market Rate Apartments – Here’s Why

Posted on October 28, 2021

REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing

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...

Don’t Want to Buy a Haunted House? Do Your Research

Posted on October 26, 2021

REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing

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...

Slow Markets a Non-Issue in Pueblo

Posted on October 22, 2021

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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,”...

Denver’s Bob Bell Wins NAR’s Good Neighbor Award

Posted on October 21, 2021

Community Giving, Consumer Awareness, NAR, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News

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...

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Northern Colorado Shows Slower Homes Sales and Decreased Highest Prices

Posted on October 13, 2021

Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Stats & Trends

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...

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Denver Post: Colorado Home Prices Record-Setting and Widespread

Posted on October 13, 2021

REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing

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...

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Townhomes & Condo Sales Return, Prices Increase

Posted on October 12, 2021

Market Trends, Market Trends & Statistics, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing, Stats & Trends

“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...

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Telluride REALTORS® Fund Homebuyer’s Assistance Fund for 20 Years

Posted on October 4, 2021

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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...

Market Trends Shows Median Sale Prices in Aurora’s Most Affordable Neighborhoods Rising

Posted on September 14, 2021

Market Trends, REALTOR® News, REALTORS® in the News, Residential Housing

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...

Lower Tax Rate is One of the Factors in Mortgage Approvals in Colorado

Posted on September 9, 2021

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The highest rates of mortgage approval are occurring in Summit, Routt, Grand, Boulder and Douglas counties, according to Fox31’s Kevin Torres, who used data from a company called Smart Asset. The news story credited CAR by saying that the listed counties tend to have low tax rates and fairly high income levels. Kelly Moye, a spokesperson for CAR, was also quoted in the news story,...

REALTORS® in the News

Developer Quit Building Multifamily Market Rate Apartments – Here’s Why

Don’t Want to Buy a Haunted House? Do Your Research

Slow Markets a Non-Issue in Pueblo

Denver’s Bob Bell Wins NAR’s Good Neighbor Award

Northern Colorado Shows Slower Homes Sales and Decreased Highest Prices

Denver Post: Colorado Home Prices Record-Setting and Widespread

Townhomes & Condo Sales Return, Prices Increase

Telluride REALTORS® Fund Homebuyer’s Assistance Fund for 20 Years

Market Trends Shows Median Sale Prices in Aurora’s Most Affordable Neighborhoods Rising

Lower Tax Rate is One of the Factors in Mortgage Approvals in Colorado

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