Neil Kearney MBA, CRS
Broker/Owner
Kearney Realty Co./ Metro Brokers
303.335.0446
What makes one house sell while another one lingers on the market? What causes one house to get multiple offers and another to seem to repel buyers? Is it the location? Is it the condition? Is it the marketing? The truth is that it is a complicated mix of these and other factors. When you decide to …
2012 has started in many ways just like it has over the past two years. This year it seems that there is a lot of early activity in the market. In fact, at the end of January, 21.5% of all listings were under contract. This represents a 7% increase from the same time period a …
Word is getting out through the media on why Colorado is a great place to buy real estate right now. People want to live here!! We have not had a real estate bust. (See the graph below) Low foreclosure rate. We don’t need to wade through tons of short sales and REO sales in order …
I just finished my annual analysis of the real estate market in Boulder County. In addition to the overall sales trends, I look at the real estate market in Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont, Erie, Superior, Suburban Plains and Suburban Mountains. The annotated slide show gives all of the detail for each of these areas. Here …
Last weeks headlines read “Colorado Foreclosures Down 28%”. Almost every buyer I work with has an interest in looking at foreclosures. Foreclosures are big news, but are they in Boulder Colorado and the surrounding county? After reading the article I decided to delve more deeply into the issue and give you an idea of how …
Over the past five years homes in Boulder County have appreciated 1.2%. This may not seem impressive but we are in the quarter of all metropolitan areas in the United States for real estate appreciation over the past five years. There are only 70 other communities that beat the Boulder area in terms of home …
Yesterday, I shared with you how different price ranges are currently selling in the Boulder County home market. Today we are going to look at the same indicators but today, we will use the data to find out which town has the strongest real estate market. Under Contract Percentage: This is simply the number of …
Most real estate buyers can’t afford their home. A first time buyer who saves up for a down payment, has good credit still can’t afford their home. Being able to afford their home means paying cash. When a buyer says that they can afford a $300,000 home for example what they actually mean is that …
In order to sell a house in today’s real estate market a house must make a compelling case to the market. Some things like neighborhood and location within the neighborhood you can’t control. But set those aside and you are left with two key variables that are controllable and important to the sale. What I’d …
A Gallup poll on overall well being has named Boulder as the number 1 city in the United States! The index is based on the polling of 365,000 US citizens a year since 2008. The video above is a CBS Sunday Morning feature on Boulder, the number 1 town for overall happiness and Huntington West …
It is my job to help you accomplish your real estate goals with complete integrity, honesty and professionalism. My goal is to do such an amazing job for you that you feel compelled to refer your friends and family so that they can work with me too!
