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Residential Housing

Four Colo. Cities Make Top 10 List for Most Competitive Cities for Homebuyers

Littleton, Aurora, Colorado Springs, and Denver ranked in the top 10 most competitive cities for homebuying according to real estate brokerage Redfin. Some of these cities are called “Zoom cities” after the popular video conferencing app, which refers to the popularity of working from home and the subsequent uptick in real estate sales. While many cities across the nation reported some cooling off on the amount...

Colorado Springs’ ZIP 80916 holds 2021 Title of “Hottest ZIP” in the Nation.

REALTOR.com reports that Colorado Springs ZIP code 80916 (on the southeast side) is the nation’s “hottest” market for sales in the entire nation.   The southeast side of the city outranks ZIP codes in Rochester, NY, and Boston, Mass.  According to CAR’s July Market Trends Report, the median home price for homes in all of El Paso County is $450,000.  In the 80916 ZIP code, the...

The Denver Channel 7: Realtors shift to mini-drones to showcase properties to homebuyers in increasingly hot housing market

We all know Denver’s real estate market is about as hot as the sweltering temperatures outside, but realtors are hoping it could heat up even more when they break out the drones to capture jaw-dropping video of homes for sale. “In construction, drones are very important for surveying, for ICD’s, for everything,” said Vincent Coleson, who’s built and sold dozens of...

KUNC: As Colorado Housing Costs Soar, These Builders Look To Shipping Containers As A Solution

Northern Colorado is short thousands of housing units, according to Crisafulli, and the Common Sense Institute estimates the number is over 175,000 statewide — a number that various people and local governments view as too low or too high. Either way, the deficit is contributing to double-digit percent price increases across the state and stressing out working class families looking for a...

The Pueblo Chieftain: Real Estate sales are ‘crazy’ so far this year

Reflecting on data from the first six months of sales, Pueblo Association of REALTORS Board Director David Anderson admitted, "It is just crazy and that's just the reality." In 2020, 3,082 residential properties sold for $745 million. so far this year, 1,422 residential properties have sold for $365.5 million, which means Pueblo County sales are on track to zoom past 2020's...

FOX 31: Is the Denver real estate market cooling?

But realtors say there is more inventory available now than there was then. “Our market has definitely shifted in the last couple of weeks, significantly,” said Kelly Moye, spokesperson for the Colorado Association of Realtors. Moye said demand has changed as well. Some buyers are tired of the process. Others are traveling. Plus, the market typically slows in late summer. Watch or read...

Westword: Home Affordability in Denver and Colorado Getting Worse

Colorado Association of Realtors members are just as confused by what's going on as anyone else, as is clear from statements collected by the group. "If you speak to your local realtor, you will hear that perhaps the frenzy is slowing," notes Sunny Banka, who works in the Aurora area. "It is hard to tell if that is the typical July...

Post Independent: Parachute, Battlement Mesa developments could help with county-wide housing shortage

But what is more concrete is that both Battlement Mesa and the town of Parachute do in fact have enough open space to fit the needs of the tight housing market of Garfield County. In most of Garfield County, the chances of finding a single-family home for less than $500,000 are slim to none. Latest data from the Colorado Realtors Association,...

The Center Square: Increasing inventory isn’t slowing Colorado’s housing market

According to the latest monthly figures from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR), housing inventory increased by 24% in June, with the statewide median sales price for a single-family home increasing nearly 24% year-over-year to $530,000. At the same time, the number of homes under contract eclipsed 10,000 in June, CAR figures show. Another 9,875 units were sold across the state which...