We realize that calling something a “carbon copy” is a bit archaic. Some of us actually remember using carbon paper, probably when typing term papers for college, so that we’d have a duplicate of it after we turned it in. Others have never even seen the flimsy film of black paper that was made obsolete by photocopiers and computers because, thankfully, …
Clint walked up to the front door of his house. It was well after dark. He reached out and twisted the knob and the door opened without a key. He knows with absolute certainty that it was locked when he left earlier that day. Entry and hallway lights, that he remembered turning off that morning, were on as he walked …
Colorado Home Realty is thrilled, pleased, delighted and excited to announce our family friendly fundraiser to support Promise Ranch Therapeutic Riding. The mission of Promise Ranch is to promote independence and ability of individuals of all ages with physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities. Participants come to Promise Ranch after hearing, “No,” over and over due to their special needs and challenges. …
WARNING! Heads up on a growing scam! “Wire Fraud” (when you wire money to someone), can affect you during a real estate transaction, but also in many other financial dealings. The latest online threat is costing consumers more than a billion dollars a year. Here’s an example of how wire fraud can affect you – we’ll use a real estate transaction …
The news from the metro Denver real estate market in March is that there is no real news. The market continues to sail along in much the same way as it has for the last few years. Here are just a few stats that prove the point: There were 4,520 properties that closed in March of this year versus …
More homes are selling. Prices are rising. That’s been the trend for 3+ years and the trend continued in February. No surprises there. However, here is a trend that is not getting much coverage: There is more than the normal amount of transaction fallout occurring right now. Fallout is when a property goes under contract but then fails to close. …
There are a lot of homeowners that want to sell their current home and move to another place within the metro Denver area. It’s known as “re-positioning” because it has a person going from one part of the market to another. It may be a shift in size, location, price or property type (single family vs. multi-family). The re-positioning need …
Hold on to your hats! If the January 2016 performance of the metro Denver real estate market is any indication, this year is going to make 2015’s record setting year look anemic … at least in terms of the number of sales. There were 3,141 closed transactions in January this year compared to 2,722 in January a year ago. That …
A garden. More privacy. These had increasingly been on Terri’s mind. She wanted both and had neither. Her current house was a townhome purchased twelve years earlier. It worked great at the time, but now … not so much. She wanted to grow some veggies and plant some flowers. She didn’t want common walls any more. So, she looked into …
The 2015 Denver real estate market lived up to expectations with a 6.74% increased number of homes sold in 2014, totaling 59,624 and a single family home price value up by 11.23% with the average sales price of $398,044. Interest rates remained low with 30 year fixed rates hovering around the 4% range and with an increase of available mortgage …
December found us treated to the next installment in the Star Wars saga with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which turns out to be a very apt name. The movie has beaten all box office records with revenue of $812 million in less than four weeks. And that is just what it has done in the United States! It kind …