Blog July 15, 2016

People are refinancing like crazy!

Are you on the fence about buying a new home? Rates are at an all-time low and just dropped to 3.41%! Time is running out though, history shows that rates will have to increase to keep the economy going strong.

Check out the link to read more. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-refinancing-mortgages-crazy-000000183.html

 

Time Is Money

BlogFun Facts July 15, 2016

Mis-Match

Our market is under-supplied. Plain and simple. There is a 1 to 2-month supply of homes across Northern Colorado. A balanced market would have 6 months.

So, home builders to the rescue right? Not so fast. Home builders, for various reasons, have a very hard time matching the market.

75% of sales in Northern Colorado are below $400,000. Only 16% of new home inventory in Northern Colorado is below $400,000. That is a mismatch.

Builders are faced with high land costs, high materials cost, high labor costs, high permitting costs and high water costs. It’s pretty much impossible, in most parts of our market, to deliver a new home under $400,000.

So, condominiums to the rescue right? Not so fast. Because of onerous construction defect laws, developers do not want to build multi-family, for sale product. It’s too risky. They’d rather build apartments.

Our market is under-supplied. Plain and simple.

This is really good news if you are a seller who wants to move up. This is especially good news if you are a seller of a condominium.

Contact us to find out what our under-supplied market has done to the value of your home. We’ll put together an Equity Snapshot which will show you, in detail, what your home is worth in today’s market. It’s valuable information to have whether you are thinking of selling or not. Just call 970-460-3033 or e-mail us at fortcollins@windermere.com.

 

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BlogFun Facts July 8, 2016

Versus Boulder

When it comes to real estate, many say that Fort Collins is the “next Boulder.”

spring-342610Let’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.