Last week, the Colorado Association of REALTORS® Foundation donated $125,000 to three Colorado non-profit organizations to help those Coloradans in need of housing assistance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We just knew that there were people needing assistance, and we wanted to get this done in a timely manner,” said Chris Djorup, Denver-area REALTOR® and Foundation Chair. “The...
“In spite of the inability to show homes and the stay-at-home order, our market remains strong,” Kelly Moye, a Boulder-area REALTOR®, told CBS 4. “We’re still a little bit early right now … everything looks just peachy as if nothing happened.”
“I think a lot of folks were maybe expecting a larger shift than occurred when, in fact, it wasn’t...
A new poll shows more people are considering moving to rural areas from larger cities due to the pandemic.
“I do know there are some folks in NYC who seem to be flocking towards the country, which is understandable since it’s such a densely populated area,” Boulder-area REALTOR Kelly Moye told Fox 31.
“Here what we’re really seeing more of is people...
Stay-at-Home orders resulted in decreased home sales across the Denver region, according to the April 2020 market statistics from CAR.
“Everybody expected there would be this massive tanking of our market when it opened back up, but on the contrary, we are back to where we were. It isn’t doom and gloom,” Denver-area REALTOR Matthew Leprino told the Denver Post.
He added,...
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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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...
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...
CBS 4 Denver spoke with several Colorado REALTORS® regarding conducting real estate showings during the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home orders.
“It’s really been trying to figure out what the different orders are,” said LeAnn Gunnell, a licensed REALTOR® with Keller Williams. “That has been the biggest challenge for me this weekend.”
She added, "That could encompass three different counties and those different counties...
The Colorado Sun recently spoke with several Colorado REALTORS on the state of the Colorado housing market in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they're working to meet the needs of their clients.
“The last recession in 2008 almost shut us down,” said Ann Hayes, a REALTOR® in Grand Junction. “It’s very different (now). They (home sales) weren’t...
March numbers reflect a pause to the momentum of a healthy first
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ENGLEWOOD, CO. – April 10, 2020 – From a cold and snowy Colorado February to the COVID-19 pandemic in March that has impacted virtually every person and every community, the state’s residential real estate market found a way to persevere with...
