Budding trees, singing birds and swarms of home buyers. These are the signs that spring is just around the corner. The first two happen every year but this year especially home buyers are our early and in droves. As we learned from the ‘birds and the bees’, ying and yang …
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Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required. It’s easy to find homes on the internet. Search sites are everywhere but I know it is frustrating when the information is outdated. It also is a big job to sort through all of the homes each time to find the new listings …
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Even though we are in a slower time of year, houses are still selling. All year I have been seeing a shortage of good listings in the market. Right now there are 15% fewer available homes on the market than last year at this same time. This means that if …
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Once you have found a home and had a successful negotiation of the offer there are still many steps that need to be completed before you can move in. Here is a primer on the steps that take place between contract and closing from the buyers perspective. Set The Inspection- …
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The quick answer is that the supply of new homes in the Boulder area isn’t meeting the demand right now. At the beginning of every month I run some comparative statistics and this month the results were very illustrative. The chart below shows the percentage of listings that are under …
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This infographic was created by the good people at ActiveRain which is an online social space for Realtors. It is the result of a survey of real estate agents from around the country. The consensus for 2012 are that; the number of transactions will increase, real estate values will be …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Right now the broad trends in the Boulder area real estate market are: Sales at a consistent although not spectacular rate. (Down roughly 5% from last year) Inventory decreasing (normal for this time of year) Prices are fairly stable but with a nudge toward the negative. Buyers market with the …
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