Friday Fun Facts

The Winner Is… With the Olympics stoking the spirit of competition, we took at look at how Colorado stacks up against the other states when it comes to real estate prices. Our impartial judge for the competition is the Federal Housing Finance Authority who tracks close to 300 real estate markets all over the country. For this […]

  Door Opens for Buyers After a very active (to say the least) spring and summer, the door has now opened for buyers in our market. Buyers who were frustrated during the first half of the year with low inventory and bidding wars now realize a better environment. It's time to step off the sidelines […]

Seasonal Slowdown August marks the end of the busy real estate selling season and the beginning of the traditional seasonal slowdown in our market. The four months of April, May, June and July tend to produce 45% of the year's total sales. This is based on looking back at 5 years of data. If 2016 […]

Money is On Sale Imagine you paying the bank, instead of them paying you, to keep your money. (more on that in a minute). Mortgage rates recently hit near all time lows. Today, rates are near 3.5%. The long-term average, going back 40 years, is near 7.5% So, essentially money today is on sale for half off! […]