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Funding Available for Projects Addressing Forest Health, Wildfire Risk

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – August 26, 2019 – Wildfires are both natural and inevitable – including in wildland-urban interface settings where millions of Coloradans live. These fires can be particularly destructive in areas where forests are unhealthy, unmanaged and unnaturally dense. For those interested in taking action, but who have lacked the means, funding is now available to help address...

Hot or Not? Depends on Local Market Down to the Neighborhood

July housing sales strongest in years for select local markets while falling interest rates can’t overcome long-term inventory issues Contact:  Marty Schechter for CAR marty@schechterpr.com ENGLEWOOD, CO. – Aug 12, 2019 – With falling interest rates and less expensive mortgages, sales of single-family homes were strong in select local markets, including a record-setting month in Colorado Springs, but fell off...

Five Millennial Home Buying Trends to Watch For 2019 – Plus One Bonus Tip

By: Simon Kafati  Assistant VP – Mortgage & Consumer Lending, FirstBank It’s official! In November 2018, millennials claimed the lead in mortgage ownership, taking the largest share of new loans by dollar volume at 42 percent. That’s compared to a share of 40 percent for Generation X, and only 17 percent for baby boomers.   Now numbering at roughly 83 million in...

iBuyers Shake Up Denver-Area Market

Providing REALTORS® with Opportunities to Stand Out Technology has always been the great disrupter, forcing established industries to adapt and change with the times. Backed by venture capitalist investment from Silicon Valley and overseas, Instant Buyers, or iBuyers as they’re known, have developed algorithms they say can accurately assess the value of homes. And while their arrival in Denver has...

June Brings Inventory and Price Relief to Colorado’s Housing Market

Following record-setting May, opportunities expand for buyers as appreciation cools and inventory improves ENGLEWOOD, CO. – July 11, 2019 – After reaching record highs for median pricing and new listings across the Denver metro region and state housing markets in May, a slight cooling in June – similar to what has happened in June the past two years – helped...

Demand Devours Inventory Despite Record Number of New Listings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Marty Schechter for CAR 303-882-4585 cell marty@schechterpr.com    Demand devours inventory despite record number of new listings Record number of new listings across state can’t correct housing inventory and affordability challenges as prices continue climb   https://coloradorealtors.com/market-trends/regional-and-statewide-statistics/   ENGLEWOOD, CO. – June 12, 2019 – Despite a record number of new single-family (12,962) and condo/townhome...

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New housing inventory delivers little help to buyers as strong sales continue to drive pricing to new record highs across Colorado

ENGLEWOOD, CO. – May 10, 2019 – The much-anticipated influx of new spring season listings in Colorado’s housing market has had a limited impact for buyers as strong sales and continued low inventory have driven median and average pricing to record levels in the seven-county Denver metro area, as well as markets across the state. Those high-water marks for pricing...

May 4th Marks 6th Annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day

DENVER – With more than half of the state’s population now living in or near areas that are prone to wildland fire, public and private organizations across the state are teaming up as a part of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (May 4) to educate and help Colorado residents to prepare for the growing threats created by wildfires.   According to...

Capitol Connection: April 26, 2019

Senate Bill 19-107: Broadband Infrastructure Installation ### SB19-107, sponsored by Sen. Kerry Donovan (D-Vail) and Sen. Dylan Roberts (D-Avon), authorizes an electric utility that has an electric easement on real property or a commercial broadband supplier designated by the electric utility to act on the electric utility’s behalf, after having provided advanced notice to the owner of the real property and...