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CAR Provides Fair Housing Solutions with Century of Opportunity Legislative Package

In 1959, Colorado became the first in the nation to pass statewide fair housing laws and to this day has some of the strongest protections against housing discrimination in the country. The Federal Fair Housing Act was signed nine years later. The Colorado Association of REALTORS® continues to promote fair housing and anti-discrimination policies and practices in our advocacy and...

Capitol Connection – March 19, 2021

Government Affairs Update Today marks a big legislative win for the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Colorado’s policymakers introduced a proposal that would allow inclusionary zoning practices and open the door to rent control at the local level. CAR successfully amended the bill to clarify that a local government cannot enact rent control policies on existing units. As REALTORS® know, our...

Sellers Entrenched in Driver’s Seat as Scarce Housing Inventory Pushes Offers, Concessions and Median Prices to All-Time Highs Statewide

Buyers required to have patience, persistence, grit…and cash ENGLEWOOD, CO – March 10, 2021 – Colorado home sellers remain firmly entrenched in the driver’s seat as the inventory of homes available for purchase dropped to all-time lows across the Denver metro area and state, according to the February 2021 housing data from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR). At the...

NAR Finds Black Home Buyers More Than Twice as Likely to Have Student Loan Debt, Be Rejected for Mortgage Loans Than White Home Buyers

NAR officials say data reinforces need for implementation of key housing policy initiatives to close persistent minority homeownership gaps Key Highlights The U.S. homeownership rate was 64.2% in 2019. At 69.8%, the rate for non-Hispanic white Americans exceeds the national rate. However, the Black homeownership rate – 42% – represents a Black-white homeownership gap of almost 30%. The homeownership rates...

The Changing Face of Real Estate Marketing

Marketing tools and technology are changing daily, don’t fall behind by using the wrong ones! Marketing for real estate professionals used to be simple and consisted of business cards, newspaper ads, and maybe even the odd bus stop display. As we know, things are radically different today. While most REALTORS® have caught up with the times by launching personally branded real...

Staggeringly Low Housing Inventory Across Colorado

Tom Brady has more than 2X as many Super Bowl rings as there are houses for sale in southeast Boulder County ENGLEWOOD, CO – Feb. 10, 2021 – While early February spotlights Groundhog Day and the annual prediction of spring’s arrival, the Colorado housing market just keeps reliving its long-term storyline of low inventory and high demand with no predictable...

2020 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Colorado Report

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers is an annual survey of recent home buyers and sellers who purchased in the last year, from July 2019 to June 2020. This report allows industry professionals to gain insight into detailed buying and selling behavior. While every year is a unique time capsule where buyers and sellers purchase...

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Denver Post: Homes in Short Supply Across Colorado

A combination of historically low interest rates coupled with homebuyers’ desire for more space and ability to work remote in the age of COVID have resulted in an unprecedented market in every corner of Colorado. “2020 will go down as the most unpredictable year many of us have ever experienced,” said Colorado Springs-area REALTOR® Patrick Muldoon. Fort Collins REALTOR® Chris...

Unpredictable Factors Deliver Record Setting 2020 Housing Market Across Colorado

ENGLEWOOD, CO – Jan. 13, 2021 – While coronavirus delivered devastating effects on our personal and professionals lives throughout 2020, the oldest laws of supply and demand carried Colorado’s housing market through health-focused restrictions, as well as changing residential and work wants and needs. Coupled with historically low interest rates, the combination of circumstances delivered record-setting results in most measurable...