Zoom towns become boom towns: Colorado excels

Zoom towns become boom towns: Colorado excels

As well-paid knowledge workers who can do their jobs anywhere now flock to these “Zoom towns,” home prices are surging and housing inventory is dwindling.  What is a “zoom town” ?  How is Colorado benefiting from this new  trend?  What towns qualify as...
Ready for a 60% increase in Colorado property taxes?

Ready for a 60% increase in Colorado property taxes?

I saw a headline that property taxes would decrease 18%, I was skeptical to say the least and you should be too. Colorado is unique in how property taxes are calculated requiring a balance between commercial and residential property taxes, with commercial values...
The great urban exodus, one Colorado ski town increases 18%

The great urban exodus, one Colorado ski town increases 18%

Do you know where I took this picture in Colorado?  I wrote back in June about big changes coming to Colorado’s resort communities.  What has happened since June? Were the predictions accurate?  Where does ski real estate go from here?  The great urban exodus is...
Denver a top “gentrifying” city in the US

Denver a top “gentrifying” city in the US

Denver Colorado is the second fastest “gentrifying” area in the country just behind San Francisco.  Furthermore, Denver beat out Boston, Miami, New Orleans, Austin, and countless others due to the rapid gentrification of the downtown core.  What is Gentrification? How...
No more “festivals” in Colorado; what does this mean for real estate?

No more “festivals” in Colorado; what does this mean for real estate?

Colorado has become the “festival capital” using events to draw an increasingly larger number of visitors from the wine festival to arts festivals to music festivals to car festivals, etc… every weekend was a festival in Denver and mountain resort communities.  With...