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Luxurious Landmark Loft!
2830 E College Ave #402 is an unbeatable Boulder location across from CU. Top floor end unit, with breathtaking views of the flatirons. Walk-out to your private patio perfect for entertaining or relaxing and taking in the sunsets after a long day. Enjoy the brand new carpet throughout this amazing home. This luxurious landmark loft condo features 2 master suites both equipped with their own private bathroom. Open and inviting floor plan with an abundance of natural light. There is an additional flex room that allows for office space as well. Large kitchen with an abundance of cabinets with all stainless steel appliances included. 2 spaces in the underground, covered garage with a storage locker. Walk to CU, restaurants and shops. This is the one you have been waiting for! Contact Alexis Foster at (970) 310-6999 for your private showing for more information or click the link below for more details.
Still Up
All the talk of the market cooling off might make someone think that prices must be going down.
The truth is prices are still going up.
Here are the latest year-over-year appreciation numbers from the Federal Housing Finance Authority (they track 243 markets all across the Country):
Colorado Springs 11.44%
Greeley 10.53%
Denver 9.97%
Boulder 9.89%
Fort Collins/Loveland 8.64%
The Next Boulder?
The hottest question we get in Northern Colorado is this “do you think Fort Collins is the next Boulder?”
Let’s look closely at that question and start with what is similar. They are both beautiful college towns nestled against the foothills. They both have affordability issues which push real estate buyers to satellite communities (what is happening is Wellington is not unlike what happened in Louisville).
Yet there are differences at a fundamental level that will forever keep these two places very different from each other. For example the average Household Income in Boulder is 60% higher than Fort Collins. Here is another big deal, Boulder is only half the size of Fort Collins (25 square miles versus 57 square miles). And get this, the City of Boulder owns 71 square miles of open space in and around the City.
Essentially Boulder is a small island surrounded by an ocean of open space inhabited by very high income-earners. That is why the average price of a single family home in Boulder is now over $1 million.
We put together a short video which shows you more detail about this hot question. Check it out:
Top 5
A new report from Veros Real Estate Solutions, which works in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, shows the strongest and weakest markets for the next 12 months ending in Sept. 1, 2017.
Their Top 5 Markets:
At the bottom of their list is… Atlantic City.
Hot and Not
Where are the hottest markets in Northern Colorado?
Hint – it starts with “W”
Turns out the communities with the largest increase in year over year sales are… (drum roll please)
Windsor and Wellington!
Windsor transactions are up 22% more than last year. Wellington has seen an 11% increase.
All other NoCo communities are flat or lower than last year.
For example, Boulder transactions are down 9% compared to 2015.
Certainly one of the reasons for the uptick in Wellington and Windsor is the amount of inventory available to choose from and specifically inventory in the lower price ranges.
So, while prices are up everywhere, only two places have seen more sales than last year.
Versus Boulder
When it comes to real estate, many say that Fort Collins is the “next Boulder.”
Let’s look at the 2016 numbers* and do a little side-by-side of Fort Collins versus Boulder.
The Fort Collins average price is less than half of Boulder’s ($355,000 versus $890,000)
Fort Collins has 4 times as many transactions (1,108 versus 251)
Fort Collins has 4 times as many homes for sale (715 versus 175)
Homes in Boulder sell 25% faster (62 days versus 82 days)
*These numbers come from IRES and are through May 2016.
