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Winter Home Heating Costs in Colorado: What To Expect In 2013-2014



April 25, 2020If you are in the market for Colorado residential real estate, you have likely calculated many homeownership costs, including winter home heating costs.  Those connected to the energy market are actually projected stabilization of these costs as oil is not expected to rise this year, and evidently, in an article published by Forbes, it’s possible they may actually be less this coming winter...
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Future Real Estate Buyers – 2014



April 19, 2020Much information has been gleaned over the past couple of years. It is very clear that there are new real estate buyer profiles and preferences to consider in 2014.  As inventory continues to rise in many parts of the country, selling will eventually become more high and this is partly a result of buyer preferences that have come out. Future of Real Estate Gone are the preferences for...
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buyer’s agents track houses in Colorado



April 16, 2020Median price for the detached home in Denver Metro Market in 6 cities in Colorado in August 2018: Denver Metro Market ($460,000) Aurora ($385,000) Boulder ($1,030,000) Colorado Springs ($320,000) Denver ($460,000) Fort Collins ($400,000) Longmont ($405,000) Data From the Barry and Larry Consumer Real estate...

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...

Does This Price Tag Make Me Look Phat?



June 15, 2010First of all, “Phat” is pronounced fat and is slang for highly attractive.  And the answer is, “maybe”.   It’s tough trying to sell your home in a buyer’s market.  In today’s market you need to know quite a bit more than in previous years. Webster’s Dictionary states that “value” is: 1 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged; 2 :...

buyer’s agents Serve As Your Guide



June 3, 2010When your favorite fantasy character seems like a good person to turn too, it’s time to call an exclusive buyer’s agent. One thing that I wished I could find when I first decided to buy a home was a simple list of the steps involved in buying a house.  How do I get started?  Should I call a bank? Should I look online at houses? Should I call a real estate agent?  All I knew is that I...

Top 5 Things to Look for When Viewing Houses



June 1, 2010After looking at what feels like a million homes with our exclusive buyer’s agent, we became very efficient house hunters.  At first, it was hard to strip away the bad decorating or the incredible upgrades to the bathroom and see the house for what it really was.   Over and over again, I keep hearing this advice “Look at the things that you can’t change.”  Again, I have to go back to...