Are Colorado mountain towns “closing the doors” impact on tourism and real estate        

Are Colorado mountain towns “closing the doors” impact on tourism and real estate        

Travel Crested Butte put up a social media post last weekend that messaged Crested Butte was not all sunshine and rainbows. “As beautiful and breathtaking as Crested Butte is, the community you love to visit is hurting,” This is not your typical warm and fuzzy...
New tax plan in Congress will hit Colorado real estate hard.

New tax plan in Congress will hit Colorado real estate hard.

Colorado real estate is on a tear, with appreciation off the charts.  In Denver appreciation is up 25% year over year.  Unfortunately, all this appreciation could cause some large tax hits based on the new legislation.  How will the new legislation...

Frisco, CO considers declaring state of “emergency”; it is not for what you would expect.

City officials in mountain communities are worried rising home prices are pricing the workforce out of the market. “We’re really at risk of creating the modern era-ghost town in our mountain towns, where the lights are on and no one has a home to live in,” Hunter...
Are Colorado mountain towns “closing the doors” impact on tourism and real estate        

Will new Fannie/Freddie rules put the brakes on Colorado ski real estate?

Do residential rental properties with one to four units and second-home mortgages carry more risk? Apparently so says the U.S. Treasury Department.  Such loans underwritten by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will end up costing you more under restrictions quietly announced...
Vail resorts drops prices 20%,Breckenridge imposes nightly rental moratorium; who wins the battle and the war?

Vail resorts drops prices 20%,Breckenridge imposes nightly rental moratorium; who wins the battle and the war?

I thought it was ironic that Vail resorts announces a giant price drop to increase sales volumes of their passes while at the same time Breckenridge announces a proposed moratorium on nightly rental licenses.  The opposing announcements were not coincidental and...

Denver fines short term rental companies 1k, mountains and burbs not far behind

Denver officials will now fine short-term rental companies $1,000 for each illegal short-term rental transaction, City Council determined 11/20.  Littleton also passed a new ordinance to regulate short term rentals.  Is the new focus on nightly rentals unique to...