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Uncategorized Seller Beware As interest rates have gone up, buyers’ tolerance has gone down. Generally speaking, the mindset of buyers now is dramatically different from two to three years ago. Buyers used to be more open-minded and flexible and now that has changed. Higher rates have caused them to be far less tolerant of: Aggressive pricing Wear and […]
Uncategorized Home Prices Forecast To Climb over the Next 5 Years If you’re worried about home prices this year – don’t be! The Home Price Expectation Survey (HPES) from Fannie Mae shows that experts are forecasting that home prices will continue to rise through 2028.   For more insights regarding these home price predictions, click here  https://bit.ly/423PRXy
Uncategorized Home Prices Forecast To Climb over the Next 5 Years If you’re worried about home prices this year – don’t be! The Home Price Expectation Survey (HPES) from Fannie Mae shows that experts are forecasting that home prices will continue to rise through 2028.   For more insights regarding these home price predictions, click here  https://bit.ly/423PRXy
Uncategorized A Rate-Induced Pop The recent drop in mortgage rates triggered a measurable uptick in sales activity. So far through the first 10 days of November, pending activity in Northern Colorado is up versus the same 10 days last year. This is despite interest rates being higher than they were last year. Mortgage rates just had their biggest one-week […]
Uncategorized MOI is Still LOW Despite decreased buyer activity driven by normal seasonal patterns plus higher interest rates, the key stat of Months of Inventory continues to stay relatively low. Months of Inventory (MOI) is the simple measurement of how long it would take to sell the current inventory of homes for sale at the current pace of sales. Along […]
Uncategorized Larimer Resilience To see the resilience of the Front Range market, look no further than Larimer County. The average price for closed single-family homes in the month of July was $724,000. This is only the third time in history Larimer County has exceeded $700,000 for average price in a month. July’s average price is a whopping 12% […]
Uncategorized Jobs Bounce As the job market goes, so goes the housing market.  This is a fact about any primary housing market. If employment is growing, the housing market will keep growing. One of the many positive indicators of the healthy Northern Colorado economy is the fact that the jobs lost during the pandemic have bounced back. Not […]
Uncategorized Versus 2019 Because 2021 and 2020 were such unique years in real estate because of the considerably low interest rates, many people in our industry believe it makes sense to compare 2022 to 2019 when looking at the key statistics. Here’s how 2022 looked along the Front Range compared to 2019:                                                Prices                   Number of […]
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Uncategorized Staged to Sell When it comes to selling your home in 2023, there are some best practices you should be aware of. One of them is staging your home properly. 🪑🛏🪞 According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), “Staging is the art of preparing a home to appeal to the greatest number of potential buyers in your […]
Uncategorized Annual Forecast Announced There are four key questions that our clients have right now:1. What will values do this year and is there any chance of a housing bubble?2. When will mortgage rates drop below 6%?3. Will inflation subside this year?4. Is now a good time to buy or sell? All of these questions will be answered by our […]
Uncategorized Mis-Led The most misleading stat about the housing market is increase in inventory. The number of properties for sale is up significantly compared to last year.  In most locations along the Front Range, inventory has doubled.This is obviously great news for buyers because they now have more choice.This is obviously meaningful for sellers because they now have […]
Uncategorized Remodeling Projects to Avoid When Selling Your Home by Sandy Dodge It’s common for homeowners to feel compelled to remodel their homes before they sell. Renovating the spaces in your home can increase its value and help you compete with comparable listings in your area. However, some remodeling projects are more beneficial than others as you prepare to sell your home. Always talk to your […]
Uncategorized Halfway Check   This is a market which is changing quickly.  We are studying the numbers every day so we can be clear about where the market is heading. Here is a check on the market halfway through October. Compared to last October… Available inventory is up 73% in Northern Colorado and up 112% in Metro Denver.  […]
Uncategorized What Is an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)? An integral part of the formula to successfully buying a home is securing the correct amount of financing. Once you’ve found the home you’d like to pursue, one of your primary tasks is exploring different loan products to see which best fits your situation. Eventually, you’ll come to a fork in the road where you’ll need […]
Uncategorized Price Peek Here is a peek at average residential prices along the Front Range through the first half of September and how they have changed versus one year ago: Larimer County = $663,000 up 11.6% Weld County = $511,000 up 4.5% Boulder County = $1,165,000 up 17% Metro Denver = $668,000 up 9%
Uncategorized Like 1993 Here’s a trivia question… The number of new, single-family homes completed in 2022 will most closely resemble which prior year? If you guessed 1993, you are correct. Yes, the number of homes built and completed this year is no more than the number from 30 years ago. In 2022, there will be just over 1 […]
Uncategorized What Gives?   “I thought the market was cooling off, so why are prices still going up?” This is a frequent question we hear from our clients. They are understandably confused by the fact that average prices have continued to rise at a rapid pace even though sales activity is slower than what it was 6 months […]
Uncategorized Asking Price Drop Data just released by Altos Research shows that 35% of all homes on the market have had to reduce their asking price. This is the highest this number has been since December of 2019. This is also an indicator of sellers adjusting to the reality of the new market where overly aggressive pricing is not […]
Uncategorized More Days A stat that we have expected to change is finally changing. “Days on Market” measures how long it takes for new listings to sell. Over the last two years this stat plummeted to levels we have never seen before. In the height of the market frenzy a year ago, properties were taking 7 days or […]
Uncategorized Weeks to Months For the first time in almost two years, there is more than a month’s worth of inventory on the market. This means that at the current pace of sales, it would take more than a month to sell all of the homes currently for sale. This is certainly welcome news for buyers who have been […]
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