First, happy belated Halloween. For all the parents out there that think they have the best costume, try topping this one that I saw while trick or treating. A real horse in costume cruising the streets 🙂 This will be tough to beat! On to the blog. What does...
I’m looking out the window at a smoke-filled valley as I write this article. Major wildfires in Colorado and throughout the West will create a catastrophe for many property owners. Are you ready for a shock on your property insurance? What can you do...
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...
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...
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...
I have gotten many e-mails letting me know that they got their property tax bills and they didn’t go up nearly as much as I said they would. Do not worry, I’m not lying that your property taxes are going to skyrocket. When will you see the tax increases? How does...
I’m amazed that there hasn’t been any major press on the impending time bomb heading for Colorado’s real estate especially in Denver and the resort communities. Nearly 500,000 federally assisted apartments or rental homes can revert to market rents over next five...
Like many of you I was excited to finally hear my property taxes were going down as this never happens! Colorado is unique in how property taxes are calculated requiring a balance between commercial and residential property taxes, with commercial values...
I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe and healthy. Fortunately, our new “employee” Luna continues her hard work unfazed by the Coronavirus 😊 The Colorado Attorney General’s office issued a letter that effectively prohibits real estate property...
We are still lending. First, I want to give a hats of to these folks for their creativity, they took their bikes down a black run. This pic is the only time I saw them upright from top to bottom! I hate to update predictions only three months into the year, but...
I was recently at a major grocery store in Steamboat and toilet paper and water were both sold out; this is a bit perplexing as if there is no water, how are you going to flush the toilet? Did you know that Colorado has a metric to predict the next recession that is...
Vail resorts, the owner of Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone, and Crested Butte in Colorado, has fallen 39% percent from its peak and recently fell 13% in one day. At the same time lift ticket revenue was up 12% and visitation up 17%. Why is revenue declining when this...
First, I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season. I was driving towards Breckenridge and stuck in the Eisenhower tunnel before going down the pass when I took this picture. What does this mean (read more). I spend lots of “windshield time” throughout...
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