Property tax bomb awaiting Denver  

Property tax bomb awaiting Denver  

  Denver office vacancy exceeds 30% for first time since 1990’s In 2019 office vacancy stood around 16%, lower than the national average.  Fast forward and Denver office vacancy has almost doubled to over 30%.  Why is the vacancy rate so important to Denver...
Did Breckenridge implement rent control? Did Summit County take “property rights”?

Did Breckenridge implement rent control? Did Summit County take “property rights”?

A federal judge has effectively frozen a legal battle over Summit County’s short-term rental regulations — at least temporarily — after county officials filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by area homeowners. One of the claims of homeowners is that the new...
New CO outlaws housing caps

New CO outlaws housing caps

Colorado is expensive (as shown above for Boulder) and the legislature thinks they once again have the answer.  In the last legislative session all eyes were focused on a sweeping land use proposal basically outlawing single family zoning which was ultimately...
Cannabis quickly coming off its high; the green rush turning red; impact on real estate

Cannabis quickly coming off its high; the green rush turning red; impact on real estate

Cannabis was the new goldmine for many years.  I always am entertained by the chart above form a few years ago showing the sales of marijuana/resident.  Unfortunately, the high does not last and is turning more into a hangover as marijuana becomes more mainstream with...
Colorado Mountain town tax revenue continues to grow, what does this mean for real estate prices?

Colorado Mountain town tax revenue continues to grow, what does this mean for real estate prices?

Regardless of all the talk of a recession, soft landing, or something in between.  Many Colorado mountain towns continue to see record tax sales revenue. How is this happening while domestic tourism is pulling back?  What does this mean for the upcoming ski season? ...
3 Colorado cities top boom-towns in country; what happened to each one?

3 Colorado cities top boom-towns in country; what happened to each one?

  SmartAsset uncovered the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. To identify the top boomtowns in America in 2021, they looked at the most recently available data for 500 of the largest cities across the following seven metrics: population change, unemployment rate,...