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Wow. Where do we go from here? July 2022
It’s been a crazy spring in the real estate market in Northern Colorado. A few months ago, I would have reported double digit annual appreciation in all market segments. In March, the local Board of Realtors reported the one-year change in single family median home...
August 2021
What is the market like today? Here is a look as of July 2021. Each month the Fort Collins Board of Realtors releases statistics regarding the local real estate market. This includes a large geographic area. This data is collected from the markets for Windsor,...
One Half Down – One Half to Go
One half of 2020 is in the books and it feels like it's been a decade. The events of the last few months with Covid, and the political scene, and race relations, have been stressful on everyone. I don’t need to tell you that! If there are a few bright spots, the...
May 2020
My, what uncertain times. The real estate market in Fort Collins and the rental and property management market has been interesting in the last few month to say the least. We went through a period where we could not show properties, everything had to be done...
December 2019
We are approaching year end, and the statistics for 2019 will be available to me in January 2020. So, my first blog in January will be recapping the past years real estate statistics for the Fort Collins, Greeley, and Loveland area. The market still appears to be very...
Market Update Fall 2019
I have good news and I have bad news. I am not one of those realtors that only talks with “Happy Talk”. The market is not always wonderful, as we were well reminded in 2008, although that spurred the “Fix and Flip” industry. The market does always have...
Let’s Do The Numbers!
Well, it’s time for my two cents worth. We are at the end of the first quarter of 2019 so let’s see what’s happening. I know this is a little dry…but hey, it is statistics! Every day I get a download online from the local MLS service, locally known as...
Market Update Winter 2018
Let’s do the numbers (Disclaimer! I did the math below. I cannot guarantee it's accurate…don’t take it to Vegas!) Well...here we are at the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018. As many of you know, I also complete real estate appraisals as a Colorado licensed...
Millennials are restless!
Metro Denver is a Millennial hub. Upscale, trendy, hip urban area, and of course the Rockies, Aves and Broncos! Yet a recent report stated that Millennials renting in Denver, see their future somewhere else. They feel the need to move because, while its...
A Little About Me
This is a bit of a diversion from Real Estate, but given the events of the past few weeks in our nation’s capital, I’ve had some thoughts. Those thoughts are not political, they are spiritual. But don’t worry, I am not going to preach to you. Just...