Colorado has gone from red to purple, to now ultra blue. The headline in the Wall Street Journal says it all. Not only did a socialist win for Congress, but the governor’s race also went much farther left than predicted. Will changes in Colorado laws...
2025 was the year for housing in the Colorado legislature; the underlying theme is that more regulation of everything will somehow bring costs down. Unfortunately the opposite is occurring with many lower priced rentals drastically increasing prices to comply with...
Our legislature recently enacted a new law that will impact large property owners starting this year. Who is impacted by the “Decarbonization law” Who will be paying millions for building upgrades (hint not the government)? Who will be on the hook for fines up to...
Last year the Colorado Legislature passed a law “cause for eviction” that has radically altered the residential real estate industry and has led to over 200 police calls just at one apartment complex. Because of this new law, property owners and the police are...
First, thank you to everyone who reads my blogs and has contacted your legislatures and various associations to ensure that the real estate industry is being heard at the Colorado Capital. Many of the original proposed bills have been...
Every time I look at the docket of new bills in the Colorado Legislature I am amazed. This new bill will radically alter rental contracts in Colorado and changes the real estate market profoundly. The proposed bill not only impacts property owners but also lenders....
It is crazy that in Colorado we should be looking at a third world country on how to solve our affordable housing crisis. Is Colorado making the same mistakes as Argentina made in the past? What did Argentina learn that drastically lowered rental prices and increased...
Every time I open the news, I’m amazed at what is happening in the Colorado legislature. As a rental property owner, I cringe as it is becoming next to impossible to cost effectively operate a rental property. The new law is titled “safe housing”. Who doesn’t want...
It has been quite the session with a ton of bills that have huge ramifications for property owners throughout Colorado. The proposals ranged from increasing taxes on nightly rentals, evictions protections, habitability, right of first refusal and various others. The...
There is yet another proposal in the statehouse on affordable housing. This new bill would allow governments the first right of refusal on basically any multifamily property and require notice to the government of any intent to sell prior to listing with huge fines...
The Colorado legislature is out of control with their housing bills. The newest bill: “Real Property owner unit association collections” will drastically increase HOA fees for every property owner and likely could bankrupt many homeowner associations. What is in this...
Every time I open the news, I’m amazed at what is happening in the Colorado legislature. As a rental property owner, I cringe as it is becoming next to impossible to cost effectively operate a rental property. The new bill is titled “safe housing”. Who...
Once again, as the legislature returns, the first order of business is housing. Unfortunately, there is now a pervasive agreement that only the legislature can fix the housing crisis we are experiencing in Colorado and the number one tool is more legislation. The...
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...
In a recent survey done by New Era Colorado where they polled 506 Coloradans between 18 and 34, a whopping 91% supported “rent stabilization” policies. The legislature is hearing this drumbeat loud and clear. The biggest focus of this legislative session has focused...
Every time I turn around there is yet another proposal to implement rent control. The newest house bill concerning requiring just cause for an eviction recently passed its first hearing. On the surface it sounds harmless, but the details are the most troublesome of...
