Amazon ditches NY for HQ2, Colorado will be a big winner

Amazon ditches NY for HQ2, Colorado will be a big winner

NY provides 3 billion in incentives to land Amazon.  Colorado offered 100 million.  Amazon selected NY only to break up with them this week and ditch their expansion plans.  Colorado will be a big winner of this recent breakup.  Sounds like the recent Bezos love...
Aspen down 27%, listings in Hamptons up 82%, what does this mean for real estate?

Aspen down 27%, listings in Hamptons up 82%, what does this mean for real estate?

  The Hamptons have increased inventory by 82%  to the highest level in 12 years.  At the same time sales fell 35% last quarter to their lowest since 2009 (Bloomberg).  In Aspen, another ultra-high-end market, sales are down 27% on single family homes from 1.2B...
New Colorado initiative that could destroy Colorado real estate

New Colorado initiative that could destroy Colorado real estate

There is a new initiative in town to drastically limit growth in one metro Denver City.  Lakewood just won major litigation that had derailed a “growth initiative”  that limits new residential development to 1% of the existing housing stock.  Why is this important? ...
Beer in Grocery stores Jan 1, impact on you and real estate, 60% go under

Beer in Grocery stores Jan 1, impact on you and real estate, 60% go under

Colorado is an odd state.  You are 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.  That is all changing come January 1st.  Why the change?  What is the impact...