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I wanted to pass along a great piece written by Bob Grubb, the CEO of one of our valued underwriters, Alliant National Title Company.  His

Over the last several weeks we’ve heard a lot of news about lower interest rates motivating buyers to look for a new home. In the

On May 20th, Governor Polis signed into law HB19-1118 which changes the cure period for lease violations.  If you’re a landlord, take note! The new

Governor Polis recently signed into law three bills directly aimed at addressing the metro area’s housing affordability challenges.   Noticeably absent from the bills that became

The 2019 Colorado legislature has passed several bills concerning housing and real estate.  Here’s the updated list of bills that became laws in 2019. HB19-1098:

The Colorado Real Estate Commission just adopted new closing instruction forms. Implementation Date You can use the current Closing Instructions form or the newly adopted

As a result of the recent passing of HB19-1098 (Deeds to Convey Real Estate), the Real Estate Commission has amended the purchase and sale agreement

This Spring begins with yet another seller’s market fueled by historical low housing inventory and strong buyer demand.   In some areas homes may not be

Myth: Largest potential homebuyers after married couples are single men. Fact: 18% of homebuyers are single women, twice the percentage for single men (only 9%).

April 24th officially marks our 5th year in business.  Since that day we’ve grown from 1 employee in an executive suite to 31 employees across

Average and median price statistics don’t always tell the full story of our real estate market.  This Denver Business Journal by Andrew Dodson correctly points

The 2019 Contract form mandates that sellers provide several additional HOA documents to buyers.  The problems is that many association managers are unaware of the

The 2019 Contract form contains a new deadline related to inspection, the “Inspection Termination Deadline.” There’s lots of confusion about how to use this deadline.

Denver development dubbed the “American Dream” by Oakwood Homes is targeting entry level-buyers between $220,000 and $260,000. As reported in the Washington Post, builders across the

While we saw some slowing in number of homes sold during the last half of 2018, the average rate of appreciation of home prices remained

Kelcey McClung wrote about January 2019 home sales in the Denver Business Journal.  She provides evidence that real estate market trends point to a more

Colorado 2019 legislative session is up and running.  Here are a few real estate related bills that we’re keeping an eye on this session. Deeds

A while back we analyzed deals that went under contract to determine how many go on to close compared to those that cancel.  We just

2019 Market Conditions May Present a Best-Case Scenario to Make Your Move Selling When the Market’s Hot Over the past three years median home prices

Local mortgage originator, Joe Massey, passed on this Wall Street Journal article about a window of opportunity for lower interest rates.  Joe explained that there

The 2019 Contract forms default to “Special Warranty Deed” as the deed type.  As the buyer, would you want a “General Warranty Deed? What’s the

For the last three years, brokers have been begging for a market where buyers weren’t competing on multiple offers for practically every transaction.  Most have

In Colorado, real property taxes are paid in arrears, meaning that you will pay your 2018 taxes in 2019. Depending on the date of your

It’s that time of year when we look around the house and try to figure out where we’re going to put all the stuff we

Over the last several months we’ve seen the market beginning to cool. Whether the spring season greets us with another strong seller’s market with tight

3D-Printers Earlier this year Adidas introduced its Futurecraft 4D shoe, the first release of shoes made with 3D-printers.  While consumers might ooh and aah over

Trying to understand the real estate market’s unit count decline?   Here is a deeper analysis of the numbers extracted from metrolist for the six

If you’ve been selling real estate for two or three years you’ve grown accustomed to properties going under contract within a couple of weeks.  Our

The Real Estate Commission made substantial changes to the 2019 contract forms.  We have several upcoming CE classes to explain the changes, but here is

There’s a wealth of data on home buyers, sellers and renters in the Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends 2018 — and we’ve pulled

Here are a few slides from our 3rd Quarter Real Estate Trends presentation, and suggestions on how real estate brokers might explain them to clients.