Home prices fall in Boulder, Denver and Douglas counties. Is it a blip, or a trend?

Home prices fall in Boulder, Denver and Douglas counties. Is it a blip, or a trend?

  If you missed the headline in the Denver Post, it sounds like the sky is falling.  Boulder’s average sales price is down 2.7%, Denver 1.2%, and Douglas 2.1%.  Are lower home prices on the way?  Is this the beginning of the next cycle?  How accurate is the...
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...
Denver loses its shine and secures spot on moving out list, 24% want to go!

Denver loses its shine and secures spot on moving out list, 24% want to go!

Redfin, the online brokerage, released their recent search volume report which shows Denver is losing it’s “mojo”.  Denver topped the list of metros people looked to leave, posting the highest net outflows in the fourth quarter. 24% of all users were searching to move...
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? ...
FAA giving out free frequent flyer “gifts” to you and your real estate

FAA giving out free frequent flyer “gifts” to you and your real estate

Ready to lose 100k+ on your real estate in Colorado? Are you now a member of the “frequent flyer” club without leaving the ground? The FAA is working on their next generation of air traffic control which will drastically alter the approach and takeoffs at airports...
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...