Frisco, CO considers declaring state of “emergency”; it is not for what you would expect.

City officials in mountain communities are worried rising home prices are pricing the workforce out of the market. “We’re really at risk of creating the modern era-ghost town in our mountain towns, where the lights are on and no one has a home to live in,” Hunter...
Is help on the way for spiraling Colorado real estate taxes? What is Initiative 27?     

Is help on the way for spiraling Colorado real estate taxes? What is Initiative 27?     

If you got your recent tax assessment, I am sure you have a little sticker shock.  Not only are values going up but so are your property taxes.  Fortunately, there could be some relief on the way.  What is in the new ballot initiative 27 and how much will this save...
Is this property worth 550k? Three free real estate tools you must use to evaluate CO properties

Is this property worth 550k? Three free real estate tools you must use to evaluate CO properties

Unfortunately, as the Colorado real estate market has heated up, so have the number of “questionable” appraisals. I was recently sent an appraisal with a value of 550k on the picture above, just the garage looking structure in the picture.  Fortunately, there are...
Long Term Rental licenses now required in Denver; Costs and requirements skyrocket; affordable housing reduced

Long Term Rental licenses now required in Denver; Costs and requirements skyrocket; affordable housing reduced

Denver is making waves again with the passage of a new law that requires all long-term rental properties to meet “min housing requirements”.  On the surface the new law sounds innocuous, but the reality is far different.  How will these new requirements impact the...
Will new Fannie/Freddie rules put the brakes on Colorado ski real estate?

Will new Fannie/Freddie rules put the brakes on Colorado ski real estate?

Do residential rental properties with one to four units and second-home mortgages carry more risk? Apparently so says the U.S. Treasury Department.  Such loans underwritten by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will end up costing you more under restrictions quietly announced...
Long Term Rental licenses now required in Denver; Costs and requirements skyrocket; affordable housing reduced

Rent control coming to Colorado; Impact on real estate, your property taxes will skyrocket

  It is no secret that rent in Denver and throughout the state has increased.  A one bedroom in 2010 leased for 800, fast forward to 2021, that same one bedroom is now leasing for 1646 a month, a 106% increase.  The legislature has taken up the fight with...