Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Shown below are three graphs of the status of each of these markets (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of Colorado …
Decline Continues in the Front Range Housing Market, Part II !! Read More »
This is just another instance of playing cat and mouse with “well-meaning” government bureaucrats. Actually, it’s more like Goedel’s Theorem, but that’s for another day. The problem began with the infamous “due on sale” clause instigated by lenders in the 1970s when interest rates went sky-high. Remember interest rates of 14%?? People were assuming low-interest loans and …
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Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Shown below are three graphs of the status of each of these markets (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of Colorado …
The Decline Continues in the Front Range Housing Market!! Read More »
When I started investing in real estate in the mid-1990s, things were very different. The World Wide Web was just starting up. Most investors relied on the local newspaper to find deals. Fast forward to today and many of those local newspapers are gone. Everything is now done on the web. But there are so …
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SB23-303 – Reduce Property Taxes and Voter-approved Revenue. This bill introduced by Colorado Governor Jared Polis in the last week of the legislative session takes the refund money you’re supposed to get from TABOR and spends it on your property taxes. This way the state still gets the huge windfall in property taxes, but says …
Polis’ Property Tax Relief Proposal Depends on TABOR to fund it!! Read More »
Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Shown are three graphs below (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of Colorado from Denver to Pueblo, I’m including snapshots of …
Don’t Look Now, but Decline Continues in the Front Range Housing Market!! Read More »
You see it all the time. Some real estate guru touting the latest and greatest technique for getting rich. They all sound like it’s a piece of cake to buy and sell real estate. Let me tell you, it ain’t. The latest big thing is AirBnB. Just get a property and do short-term rentals. There’s …
What’s best: a Tortoise or a Hare Real Estate Investor? Read More »
(Last updated 12/15/2022) Current Status of Front Range Cities Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo This page is a snapshot of the state of the real estate market from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Shown are three graphs below (Figure 1.) As I’m most interested in the Front Range of Colorado from Denver to Pueblo, I’m …
Wow! Huge Changes to the Colorado Real Estate Market in just 3 months! Read More »
We are entering a new era in home sales. Interest rates have doubled in the last year and are expected to go up even more. The Fed is expected to raise interest rates two times after the mid-term elections and before the New Year! Happy New Year!! But, you still have to sell your house. …
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From everything we’re seeing in the news and hearing on the internet, the U.S. is headed for a recession. And, not a mild one, either. Part of the reason for this is the rise in interest rates. Last year interest rates were around 2%, now they are above 20-year highs at 6%. They only look …