DENVER -- Denver and Colorado Springs — are we rivals or friends? And which city is better to live in? Several recent surveys are giving the nod to Colorado Springs. U.S. News and World Report ranked Colorado Springs as the second-best place to live in 2018, and the most desirable city in the country. Meanwhile, Denver was ranked as the third-best place to live and...
Lawrence Yun spoke recently to more than 100 industry professionals from the Pueblo, Pikes Peak, Royal Gorge and Central Colorado Associations of REALTORS®. He talked about housing, for sure, but also favorably about Pueblo's job growth, which he described as improving at a healthy rate, on par with the United States average. Yun noted that the median price for Pueblo area...
Indeed, Denver's popularity is reflected in the ever-increasing cost and competitiveness of buying a home in the metro area BY MATTHEW LEPRINO There are only so many Top 10 lists those of us who adore our city can read. I find myself silently saying “Tell me something I don’t know,” whenever I read one. Sure, Denver is, one of the best place to live in...
By Kelcey McClung – Reporter, Denver Business Journal May saw both a slight bump in inventory and a minute decline in median price of homes for sale in Denver, according to the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Both the median and average price of a single-family residence in the seven-county metro area dipped less than one percent from April to May – $435,000 and $515,204,...
Posted by Marty Schechter on June 16, 2018 The Merry Month of May delivered strong seasonal increases in new listings for single-family residences and condos in both the seven-county Denver metro area and the state. However, home buyers continue to face the same scenario that has dominated the state’s housing markets throughout the past year. Strong sales and record-high median pricing of both single-family homes...
By Matthew Leprino Everybody wants to know when the market is going to change. When will the buyers once again be in control of price, time on market, inspection objections and ultimately, their ability to be picky? When will the era of sellers dictating the majority of the terms, starting to pack before they even list their home and ultimately, a...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – June 12, 2018 – The Merry Month of May delivered strong seasonal increases in new listings for single-family residences and condos in both the seven-county Denver metro area and the state. However, homebuyers continue to face the same scenario that has dominated the state’s housing markets throughout the past year. Strong sales and record-high median pricing of...
Hill poll shows ballot Initiative 66 starting off at only 36% FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 2018 (Denver) – The leadership committee for the campaign organized to defeat a filed ballot measure received a briefing from its pollster indicating that concern over a proposed 1% growth limitation along the Front Range may in fact be short-lived. The measure starts off with only...
A new phenomenon is creeping into Denver that is posing an enormous problem for the 2020-plus buyers and sellers BY MATTHEW LEPRINO Like a game of Whack-A-Mole at Chuck-E-Cheese, it would seem that every time one low inventory-fueled abnormality pops up, another takes its place just as we begin to wrap our heads around it. Desperate buyers seeking to find a way, any...
Mission Homes Colorado to break ground in July on houses starting in mid-$200,000s By Craig Young Reporter-Herald Staff Writer For several years, builders in the region have said that it's not possible to construct a detached single-family home that would sell for less than $300,000. "On the Front Range, the conversation starts in the mid-$300,000s," he said. "But the days of homes in the...