Spring is here, or at least in Fort Collins, Colorado, where it’s 70° today on March 9, 2017. The home buying season is heating up (as well as the weather), and I’m asked daily, “will the appreciation in home prices slow down?” I wish I knew because I would advise my clients to either buy anything you can right now OR ‘take your time, no one else is looking.’ I won’t be saying that last part for a while. But if you have great credit, some down payment and you’re willing to offer a few …
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Over 50? What Does Your Housing Future Look Like?
Are you over 50? What are your housing plans for the next 20-30 or more years? That’s the question we addressed for two days in Boulder while getting our Senior Real Estate Specialist certification. The National Association of Realtors created a course that set out in detail the issues and concerns that come with aging and housing. We covered everything from the impact on retirement funds from the economic downturn to housing options to the ins and outs of reverse mortgages. But I …
Going Greige
Greige? Attic insulation? Garage door replacement? Front door replacement? Per Remodeling magazine, those are a few of the top improvements you can make to your home for the best bang for your buck. Really? Greige is a combination of beige and gray and apparently, it sells a house like bread baking in the oven. I painted the interior of my house that color eight years ago, so I now consider myself a visionary. I also painted my front door an odd combination of purple and red mixed with a …
Home-Buyers Motto: Be Prepared!
The home-buying market hasn’t slowed down too much over the holidays and cold weather. Investors are still out there looking for opportunities to fix ‘n flip or buy and hold. First-time home-buyers are looking at town-homes and condos and, we hope (!) some people are moving up to higher prices and putting their $300k-$400k house on the market. I asked Kevin Francis of The Francis Team at Horn Funding to expound on the merits of getting your financial life in order so the spring home-buying …
Up, Up and Away Go Home Prices in NOCO
Real estate prices keep going up in northern Colorado. In 2016, Boulder saw a peak in October of $921, 500 as a median price. For the year, it was $885,000 for single family home. Greeley had the lowest median price at $250,000 though it was up by 16%. Fort Collins is up 9% to $356,000. Loveland was up 10% to $345,000. Overall, the number of listings were down thus causing much of the uptick in prices. So, what’s a buyer to do? Well, they should buy. It doesn’t look like things are going …
Selling & Buying Homes in the Snow
Nobody wants to look at homes when its snowing and zero degrees outside. So, it’s great time to buy. And if you’re selling, make sure your home is the warm and welcoming oasis buyers are looking for. Sounds obvious, but sometimes we forget that it’s not always about price, terms and location. Sometimes it’s about making the potential home buyer feel like, well, that they’ve come home. Take a few tips from RISMedia’s Housecall column and make sure your home feels like home to someone …
