Tag: Colorado Exclusive Buyer’s Agent

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Real Estate Market Update, Colorado – May, 2013



April 26, 2020Everyone will likely agree that the real estate market here has shown excellent signs of recovery.  The return back to a thriving market in Colorado has not come without some challenges. Real Estate Market Update The first challenge is the inventory shortage we are seeing in many areas of Colorado.  It is widespread and the cause is easy to identify, savvy homeowners have, up to this...

Summit County Real Estate – Best Place To Buy A Home In Colorado



April 26, 2020Many of the greatest ski communities in the United States are located in Summit County, Colorado. These would include Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, and Keystone, plus over 8000 acres of premier skiing. For those who don’t ski, Summit County also offers plenty of other activities to keep residents and visitors happy. Including hiking, sight-seeing, nature and bird watching, and...

Mid-Summer Sees Real Estate Cool-Off



April 26, 2020  Combining factors - rising interest rates, increasing inventory, median house prices rising and a bit less urgency in the real estate market is calming the turbulent waters seen earlier this summer in a VERY active real estate market.  But what does that really say where the numbers are concerned. Real Estate Interest Rates Looking back earlier this year, it was not uncommon to see...

Real Estate Market Update – 3rd Quarter



October 7, 2013We are quickly entering the 'new normal' zone, described by many close to the industry and explained in the following real estate market update report for the 3rd quarter of this year.  Many brokers are reporting continued traffic but not at the same pace they saw from February and March forward.  According to Corelogic, the one predominant factor in the downslope is the rising interest...

The Million Dollar Question: Who Pays Buyer’s Agent?



June 9, 2010Please see our page "How Colorado Buyers Agents get Paid" for the latest 2024 changes as a result of the $418M NAR settlement, set to take effect in mid July, 2024 The way your buyer agent will be paid is included in your buyer’s agent agreement.    These can be: 1)     A commission paid at closing to the buyer's agent based on the total sales price of the...

First Day of Viewing Houses with our Buyer’s Agent



April 28, 2010Our House Gained Twenty Pounds since the Listing Picture was taken. I realized that house hunting through listings is probably what it’s like to use an online dating service.  Yeah, you look incredible in your profile picture- but that was taken when you’re 18 and now you’re 40.  Or, it says here that you like long walks on the beach… but, you look like you haven’t gone on a walk in...

Real Estate Fairy Godfather: We met our Exclusive Buyer’s Agent



April 28, 2010We met with our exclusive buyer’s agent for the first time last night, and I have to tell you, it was better than I expected.  Besides the fact that our agent didn’t mind that my two month old had a lot of input during the meeting (little one came along, she’s a part of the family too!), I learned a lot about real estate in Colorado and feel like I am going into this the way a Responsible...