Denver inventory jumps 81%, are declining prices next

Denver inventory jumps 81%, are declining prices next

Spring has come in with a roar in the Denver metropolitan area as inventory from February to March jumped 81%.  What has caused the huge jump in inventory?  What does the change in inventory mean for prices?  How will Denver real estate perform compared...
Cars, tents, vessels now considered homesteads; big impacts on real estate and property owners

Cars, tents, vessels now considered homesteads; big impacts on real estate and property owners

Thanks to one of our readers, Randy, for bringing the recent homestead exemption legislation to my attention as the changes are profound and yet there has been zero media coverage.  The Colorado legislature has just passed a new bill radically changing the meaning of...
What will cause Colorado ski real estate prices to fall

What will cause Colorado ski real estate prices to fall

If you’ve been reading the news, it seems to be everywhere, complaints against vail resorts are plastered all over the media.  With Vail the largest owner of resorts in Colorado and the United States will this derail the real estate party in ski towns or is there...
What happens to house prices after Colorado’s most expensive wildfire

What happens to house prices after Colorado’s most expensive wildfire

The recent fires in Boulder County were astounding in regard to location, destruction, and time of year.  Typically, when we think of fire in Colorado we think of the foothills/rural areas and the urban/forest interface in the Spring through Fall.  The recent fires in...
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...