New tax plan in Congress will hit Colorado real estate hard.

New tax plan in Congress will hit Colorado real estate hard.

Colorado real estate is on a tear, with appreciation off the charts.  In Denver appreciation is up 25% year over year.  Unfortunately, all this appreciation could cause some large tax hits based on the new legislation.  How will the new legislation...
Steamboat Springs imposes nightly rental moratorium: impact on real estate

Steamboat Springs imposes nightly rental moratorium: impact on real estate

Last summer was a tipping point with mountain towns overflowing with tourists and their impacts becoming more noticeable including traffic, crowded trails, etc…  As more people move to the mountains full time there is a bigger push to diversify the mountain towns away...
Where does Colorado real estate go from here as Covid subsides?

Where does Colorado real estate go from here as Covid subsides?

Wow, what a wild ride Colorado real estate has been on the last year.  The statistics are astounding!  Denver county average sales price is up almost 30% year over year while days on the market has plummeted 40%.  In the mountains, in places like Summit County prices...
Rent control ordinance passed in Colorado; Cities scramble to implement, Affordable housing declines, Who pays?

Rent control ordinance passed in Colorado; Cities scramble to implement, Affordable housing declines, Who pays?

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 hb21-1117...
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...
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...