Ruling in Louisiana court halts Frisco’s plan for short term rentals

Ruling in Louisiana court halts Frisco’s plan for short term rentals

  Frisco had originally planned to offer a “locals” only license classification for short term rentals.  A new ruling in Louisiana put these plans on hold and could jeopardize many other communities short term rental laws.  What was in the ruling and...
Will higher interest rates impact Colorado ski real estate? One market down 71%

Will higher interest rates impact Colorado ski real estate? One market down 71%

Depending on the Colorado ski town, cash transactions make up between 30-75% of all closed transactions.  With this many cash transactions, what do rising interest rates mean for sales in the various ski towns.  Will there be a slow down  in ski real...
Extreme bidding wars set to continue in Denver, Housing enters a national recession

Extreme bidding wars set to continue in Denver, Housing enters a national recession

The Denver Metro Association predicted “extreme bidding wars” will continue in their August Newsletter.  At the same time the National Association of realtor’s chief economist said: “We’re witnessing a housing recession in terms of declining home sales and home...
Ready to give Colorado 270 million more of your money?

Ready to give Colorado 270 million more of your money?

A new Ballot proposal, 108, will be voted on in November to “divert to” (aka give) the state of Colorado an additional 270 million dollars of taxpayer’s money for affordable housing.  What is in the new proposal?  How effective will a statewide fund be?   What can we...
Aspen prices soar, further limits to development, what are the alternative resorts

Aspen prices soar, further limits to development, what are the alternative resorts

Aspen home prices jumped from 10 million to 16 million from 21 to 22.  At the same time the city council has recently increased restrictions on new construction.  How many demolitions/new builds do you think the city will now allow? Hint, the number is much lower than...
Big changes on where you can buy wine/beer, impact on you and grocery anchored real estate

Big changes on where you can buy wine/beer, impact on you and grocery anchored real estate

Colorado is an odd state, prior to last year, you were unable to buy full strength beer in grocery stores. In almost every other state, you can walk into a grocery store and buy wine/beer, but not in Colorado.  In many states you can even buy liquor in grocery and...