Colorado property values soften.  Property taxes increased 36%-82%

Colorado property values soften.  Property taxes increased 36%-82%

Get ready for sticker shock as you open the mail and get your tax bill.  As values soften throughout the state, why are your property taxes going up?   How can assessed values continue to increase even though property values are softening?  Why will your taxes likely...
Is Colorado setting up buy now pay later for property taxes

Is Colorado setting up buy now pay later for property taxes

The legislature passed a little known bill to allow property owners to defer their property taxes above 4% increase starting in 2023. To get the message out, they sent out the flier above that I received this week.  On the surface, this sounds like an amazing plan. ...
Second homeowners charged higher property taxes in Colorado

Second homeowners charged higher property taxes in Colorado

Although HH, the Colorado tax reduction initiative was ultimately defeated, there was one profound item in the legislation that will have far reaching impacts.  One of the biggest changes in the proposal is that second homeowners (non-primary residents) are now paying...
Ready for Colorado property taxes to increase 35%

Ready for Colorado property taxes to increase 35%

    With much fanfare, CO legislators met in a special session to focus on tax relief once again after the searing defeat of HH.  As suspected, the agenda was filled with allot of stuff not related to property taxes (Tabor checks, low income tax credits,...
Colorado property tax bill fails in stunning defeat

Colorado property tax bill fails in stunning defeat

What happens now for Colorado property tax relief? Leading up to election day, millions was spent to try to convince voters to give up Tabor for small tax relief. Voters saw through the games and complexity and in the end the bill failed miserably with over 60% voting...
Live like a local, pay hotel property taxes on nightly rentals

Live like a local, pay hotel property taxes on nightly rentals

Big changes in store for Colorado real estate in the upcoming legislature   Colorado Governor Polis, in a recent interview, called short term rentals paying residential rates a “loophole” that he supports closing.  “Residential properties that work like hotels...