No doubt the presidential election was the most talked about in history, but the huge changes in Colorado are even more profound and will have major impacts on your daily life and wallet. What initiatives do you need to know about that will impact your wallet and...
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...
In April, Denver County recorded the largest number of eviction filings in one single month. There were 1,665 eviction filings, compared to 1,038 in April 2023 and 576 in April 2022. Why the sudden huge jump in eviction filings? Is this a trend or just a...
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...
Once again, as the legislature returns, the first order of business is housing and a recent bill “just cause for eviction” just passed that will rock the real estate industry. The recent proposal seems innocuous: “just cause for eviction” and yet hidden in the depths...
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...
New vacant building tax immediately implemented Lakewood, CO just implemented the first vacant building tax I have seen in Colorado. It seems a bit counterintuitive to put more taxes on a property owner that is already struggling with vacancy. Why did Lakewood...
Get ready for sticker shock as you open the mail and get your tax bill. As values soften throughout the state, why are your property taxes going up? How can assessed values continue to increase even though property values are softening? Why will your taxes likely...
What does Colorado’s debt load mean for real estate prices? I was surprised to see Colorado exceed every other state in the country on both the amount of debt and debt as a percentage of income. Why do Coloradoans have more debt than others? Why is debt an important...
Of U.S. cities with more than half a million residents, only Denver’s overall violent crime (including aggravated assault, sex assault, robbery and homicide) has risen by more than 90% between 2012 and 2022, according to FBI data. What does the surge in crime mean...
Denver office vacancy exceeds 30% for first time since 1990’s In 2019 office vacancy stood around 16%, lower than the national average. Fast forward and Denver office vacancy has almost doubled to over 30%. Why is the vacancy rate so important to Denver...
Wow, 2023 has been quite the year in real estate. The beginning of the year started out good but as interest rates rose substantially volumes dropped off a cliff and prices began falling. What do the changes mean for Colorado real estate in 2024? Will prices have a...
Although HH, the Colorado tax reduction initiative was ultimately defeated, there was one profound item in the legislation that will have far reaching impacts. One of the biggest changes in the proposal is that second homeowners (non-primary residents) are now paying...
With much fanfare, CO legislators met in a special session to focus on tax relief once again after the searing defeat of HH. As suspected, the agenda was filled with allot of stuff not related to property taxes (Tabor checks, low income tax credits,...
What happens now for Colorado property tax relief? Leading up to election day, millions was spent to try to convince voters to give up Tabor for small tax relief. Voters saw through the games and complexity and in the end the bill failed miserably with over 60% voting...
Colorado is expensive (as shown above for Boulder) and the legislature thinks they once again have the answer. In the last legislative session all eyes were focused on a sweeping land use proposal basically outlawing single family zoning which was ultimately...
A tweet that went viral last week proclaimed "the Airbnb collapse is real," with a screenshot of data attributed to AllTheRooms, a short-term rentals analytics company, showing revenue per available listing at Airbnbs between May 2022 and May 2023 down nearly 50%. ...
Metro Denver apartment rent inflation has outstripped income gains by a higher margin than any other major city in the U.S. since 2009, according to a recent study by Real Estate Witch. Furthermore, Denver has experienced the second highest jump in rents in the...
Nobody is talking about the impending storm coming for Colorado property owners. Even with fixed rate mortgages, payments are set to skyrocket next year. What will cause everyone’s payments to jump in 2024 on top of large increases already for 2023 (hint, look at...
It is not very frequently Denver and Detroit get lumped together for anything. But both cities unfortunately have a few things in common now. In this case Denver and Detroit take top honors as top 10 states in a Redfin study where more people are looking to leave...
Many counties in Colorado are now using an online auction program for foreclosure sales which provides an interesting comparison of where distressed real estate deals are occurring. Denver, the most populous county in Colorado, is not even close to the top of the...
Hopefully many of you on this list took the time to appeal your Colorado property taxes. I absolutely did! For my appeal, I filed the formal appeal and also spoke with the assessor to discuss. I got my letter this week and the assessor refused to adjust the value...
Wow, the first half of 2023 has been relatively good in real estate throughout most markets. Volumes are down substantially, but there has been little movement in prices. Even with higher interest rates, most areas have stayed relatively flat, but the winds are...
