Most Colorado sellers who consider FSBO start with the same math. The average listing commission runs 2.5 to 3 percent. On a 700,000 home in Parker, that's 17,500 to 21,000 they think they'll keep by skipping an agent. The math isn't wrong. It's just incomplete. By the time most FSBO sellers add up what they actually spend, what they net after negotiating with represented buyers, and the time they put in...
Picture this. You've spent three months house hunting, you're 23 hours from signing closing papers on a home in Parker or Aurora, and your agent reminds you about the final walkthrough. It feels like a formality. It isn't. I've seen final walkthroughs catch broken garbage disposals, missing appliances, leaking faucets, and once, a brand new water stain on a ceiling that wasn't there at inspection. Every...
Colorado's mountain markets aren't one market. Here's the real picture on financing, short-term rental rules, and taxes before you write an offer on a vacation home in 2026.
Showing demand drops Memorial Day weekend, but the buyers who do show up are some of the most serious of the spring. Here's how to time your Colorado home listing around the holiday.
You found the house. You wrote the offer. You waited. And then you got the call: the seller went with someone else. If this has happened to you more than once, you're probably wondering what you're doing wrong. The truth is, it might not be your price. I've seen solid offers get passed over for reasons that have nothing to do with the dollar amount. And in Colorado's spring 2026 market, where inventory is...
If someone asked you to explain escrow right now, could you do it? Most people can't, and honestly, that's fine. It's one of those real estate terms that gets tossed around constantly but rarely gets explained in a way that actually makes sense. I hear it come up with almost every client I work with. "What exactly is escrow?" "Where does my money go?" "Who's holding all of this?" These are completely...
Quick answer: Low appraisals are happening more often in Colorado as the Denver market cools and offer prices don't always match the comparable sales. The five most common reasons are limited recent comps, missed value-add features, conservative market-conditions adjustments, condition issues flagged by the appraiser, and offer prices that simply exceeded fair market value in multiple-offer situations. You...
Quick answer: In Colorado, the rights to what is under your land can be owned by someone other than the person who owns the house on top. These are called severed mineral rights, and they are extremely common across the Front Range and the eastern plains. The mineral owner generally has the legal right to access and extract oil, gas, or other minerals from below your property, even if you own the surface....
Quick answer: If you are buying a home in Elbert County, parts of Douglas County like Franktown or Elizabeth, Park County, or rural Larimer County, there is a good chance the home runs on a private well instead of municipal water. Colorado's Division of Water Resources issues the permit that controls what the well can be used for, and the permit transfers with the property. During your inspection...
Quick answer: A backup offer is a secondary contract that automatically becomes the primary contract if the first deal collapses. Colorado uses a specific addendum to make it official, and once signed, the backup buyer puts their earnest money up too. Backup offers can protect a seller from a re-listing nightmare, but they only work in your favor if the backup buyer is genuinely qualified and the primary...
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