Denver-area REALTOR® Matthew Leprino spoke with CBS4 on ways REALTORS® are assisting clients in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Nowadays don’t just happen via title companies anymore. They’re occurring via remote notaries and curbside closings and you’re signing papers in your car and handing them back,” he said. "March-April is really our highest inventory and really our craziest time...
Fox31 spoke with Denver-area REALTOR Grant Muller after he helped a client close on a home shortly after being diagnosed with COVID-19. "We had to scramble a little bit but I thought, 'What if we could get a power of attorney to sign on the buyer's behalf?'" Muller said. Muller's solution to the challenge worked out for both buyer and seller....
Grand Junction-area REALTOR® Marjorie Genova spoke to the The Daily Sentinel about the effects of COVID-19 on the Grand Valley. Genova, who has been working from home, said “I haven’t been anywhere in over a week, but I’m on the phone every day. That’s the new normal." She says she and other REALTORS are still assisting clients who may have questions....
"It's challenging all of our regular rules," Boulder-area REALTOR® Kelly Moye told Denver's 9News. "There are buyers who are still willing and needing to buy but no they're not looking at them. They're looking at them online." "The people that didn't need to buy, they're holding off, they're waiting," said Moye. "We'll have this pent up demand...
Brad Inhulsen, Broker Associate/Partner with Sears Real Estate in Greeley, has been named to NAR's 2020 30 Under 30 Class. Each year, REALTOR® Magazine features 30 rising stars in the real estate industry. NAR states, "A common thread among the 2020 honorees is their steadfast advocacy for the real estate profession. Many have served on committees and in leadership positions...
Denver-area REALTOR® Lane Lyon spoke with 9 News about metro Denver's hot housing market and how millennials can get a piece of it. For those looking to get into their first home, Lyon offers this advice: "Get pre-qualified. Talk with a lender. Know what your options are. With interest rates the way they are, you may be able to afford...
Earlier this month CAR Vice President of Government Affairs Liz Peetz appeared as a guest on KLZ 560 AM's The Kim Monson Show to discuss barriers to affordable housing in Colorado and what state legislators are doing to address it during the current legislative session. Peetz is joined by REALTOR ® Karen Levine, and Lorne Levy, Senior Loan Originator with...
“Overall, the 2019 Pueblo market was about the same as 2018, plus or minus 2%. The two big differences were median sales price, which rose just more than 13% to finish the year at $210,000, and days on market, up 8.6% over 2018. The 2019 sold listings slipped a total of 45 from 2018, just a 1.6% dip. We are...
“While our market continues to struggle with low inventory, which of course results in higher prices, we are starting to see some new construction which brings hope to first-time homebuyers as well as move-up buyers,” said Erin Bassett, president of Glenwood Springs Association of REALTORS. “Spring should bring new resale inventory as well.” “We just, honestly, have no inventory,”...
“Our Colorado market has become so tough and unaffordable that the U-Haul report showed that people are now coming here less than they were just last year. In 2018 Colorado ranked number 16 on the list of states to move to. We now sit at 42 as word on the street is, we cost too much,” said Patrick Muldoon, a...