by Neil Kearney | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
At this juncture it’s hard to know how to best help our neighbors and friends who have lost everything in the recent Marshall Fire. For starters here is a good article written by someone who lost their home in California a few years ago. It gives a good overview on how to directly support someone you know who has lost their home.
Here are some ways to help out now:
- Donate money. Insurance hasn’t kicked in yet and the immediate needs are daunting. To help you can donate directly to a specific family, contribute to a “Go Fund Me” campaign or contribute to a larger organization such as Community Foundation Boulder County.
- Provide Long Term Housing – This will be one of the biggest challenges going forward. To provide housing to all of the displaced households that is relatively close by and affordable. There are very few houses currently advertised so if you have a house that is underutilized please make an effort to make it available. What blesses one will bless all. Here are a few places online that are actively trying to put together the supply and the demand.
- Instructions for other donations from Coloradogives.org
- How to donate, volunteer or assist with the Marshall Fire recovery. Boulder County is grateful for our community offering to help during the Marshall Fire response and recovery. We ask the community that ALL offers of donations, supplies and volunteer services be directed through the links below. Please DO NOT bring supplies to shelters, fire stations, police stations or other locations. Monetary donations can be made to the Boulder County Wildfire Fund managed by Community Foundation Boulder County: www.coloradogives.org To volunteer to support recovery efforts, please register at: https://coloradoresponds.communityos.org/ To donate materials, food, water, and services (discounted, free, or otherwise) register here: https://bouldercounty.wufoo.com/forms/donations/ If you would like to help provide housing in response to this disaster, Airbnb’s Open Homes Program helps connect those who have been displaced with willing hosts in the area. They are accepting new host sign-ups at https://www.airbnb.com/
by Neil Kearney | Dec 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
What a heartbreaking scene we all watched unfold over the last days of 2021.
My stomach was tied in knots as I watched a wind fueled fire rage through rural Boulder, Superior and Louisville. As I watched the video news dispatches, I could picture the individual streets and the clients I have helped over the years who live there. This morning I’m getting some good reports from some, and news of a total loss from others. The silver lining seems to be that all are safe.
So many families lives have been turned upside down. My thought now turns to how to help. I’ve signed up at ColoradoResponds.org and I’m reaching out to my individual contacts who have been directly impacted. I know that a big need will be housing. As a community, we will need to find a place for between 500 and 1000 families to live while they rebuild their lives.
Do you have a basement apartment? A second home? An AirBNB rental? Or can you consolidate homes among family and friends and make a home available? If so, please let me know. I am in direct contact with families who need housing and there are hundreds more.
We need to all pull together to help our neighbors!
Please send me a message if you hear of ways to be of service in the coming days.
From the Boulder County webpage set up for the Marshall Fire Resources:
“For housing offers register throughAirbnb’s Open Homes Program to help connect those who have been displaced with willing hosts in the area: https://www.airbnb.com/
Here are some community pages on Nextdoor and Facebook that are putting together homes and people.
Next Door Housing Page for the Marshall Fire
Facebook Housing Group for the Marshall Fire
Here are some housing opportunities I have so far from my contacts:
Long Term
- 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in Fourmile Canyon for rent. Mid-Century Modern Design on the creek. Available now $3,000 per month. Not currently listed anywhere else.
- Furnished two-bedroom condo in Gunbarrel – ready to rent. Not currently listed anywhere else
- Two Bedroom Condo in Boulder available February 1. $2,000
- Two – One-Bedroom condos in Broomfield available now.
- Barn space for RV parking. Water hookup, electricity. In rural Boulder County.
Short Term
- Space in large house in Gunbarrel. Enough room for a family with a dog.
- Two spare bedrooms with a private house in Longmont for a +- week.
- Two spare bedrooms plus bath in Indian Peaks Subdivision.
- Basement space with queen bed and 3/4 bath in Arvada
Here are some other short-term opportunities in hotels that were sent out from a Realtor colleague:
HOTELS WITH AVAILABILITY OFFERING DISCOUNTED RATES:
| HOTEL NAME |
ROOMS AVAILABLE |
RATE |
PHONE NUMBER |
NOTES/ HOW TO BOOK |
| Hyatt Regency Downtown Denver |
500+ rooms available starting tonight and also available 12/31/21 and beyond |
$99 for any displaced residents |
303-436-1234 |
Call the hotel and ask for the front desk. The $99 rate is only available through the front desk as it’s a local emergency rate (not available through the website). |
| Grand Hyatt Downtown Denver |
400 rooms available starting 1/2/2022 |
$119 for any displaced residents |
303-295-1234 |
Call the hotel and ask for the front desk. The $119 rate is only available through the front desk as it’s a local rate (not available through the website). A few rooms available for NYE but availability materially opens for the week. |
| Westin Downtown |
Starting 1/2/2022 200+ rooms available |
$99 for any displaced residents |
303-572-9100 |
Call the hotel and ask for the front desk. The $99 rate is only available through the front desk as it’s a local emergency rate (not available through the website). |
| Gaylord Rockies |
500+ rooms available starting 1/2/2022 |
Rate fluctuates daily |
720-452-6900 |
Book online using the promo code LPR. This rate is available only to Colorado Residents |
| Hilton Garden Inn Denver Union Station |
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720-643-1999 |
Limited availability tonight and tomorrow but offering significant discounts to those displaced for future nights |
Here is a link to a Red Cross page titled “Recovering After a Fire”
I will update this page as I learn more. Please contact me if you have ideas, housing options or want to be connected with the housing options listed.
Take good care,
Neil Kearney
303-818-4055
by Neil Kearney | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Amid other pressing matters, here is a quick update on the Boulder County real estate market and statistics using the data available at the beginning of March. The real estate market has been very strong over the last three months. Sales are up double digits from a year ago, inventory is again falling and there have been many multiple offer situations so far this year. Going forward it will be very interesting to see how the worldwide health situation and the stock market drop and volatility will affect the local real estate market. In the short run interest rates will be positively affected. My guess is that higher priced homes will feel a definite slow down and lower price points won’t be as affected. Low mortgage rates help those with high mortgage balances the most, but locally, buyers of high priced homes tend to also have high down payments and money invested in the stock market.
See the ten slide, slideshow below for more commentary and details.
The first graph below shows sales on a monthly basis over the past eight years. The red bars on the left side show the strong sales recorded so far this year compared to past years.
The graph below shows the total number of homes available at the end of each month since 2014. After a showing gains in inventory in 2019, we are seeing a drop due to strong sales.
by Neil Kearney | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
You will love the updates of this bright and large east Boulder garden level condo. Inside you will find extensive wood flooring, updated kitchen, two bedrooms and two full baths. Also included are, in unit full sized washer and dryer, a carport space, extra storage and a nice patio area. Great location near Manhattan Middle School and the East Boulder Recreation Center. Easy access to shopping and transportation and to CU by bus or car.
by Neil Kearney | Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Original ranch home lovingly maintained by the original owner! Located on a lovely .32 acre lot (they had first pick), this is a great opportunity for a remodel in an excellent neighborhood! Bring your ideas for expansion or renovation. The full basement is finished in a rough way but has been partitioned into a rec-room, a workshop, a half bath & 2 non-conforming bedrooms. Wonderful location close to shopping, dining, bike paths, schools (Horizons K-8 Charter) etc. Newer windows. Sold “as is”.
by Neil Kearney | Apr 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the larger floor plans in the neighborhood. A great opportunity to buy a house that has four bedrooms upstairs, has vaulted ceilings in the entry, living and dining room, an eat-in kitchen, separate living and dining areas, and an unfinished basement. The convenient location provides easy access to Boulder, Broomfield and Denver.
