One of the most common things I see at the first meeting with a new buyer is the moment they realize Colorado works differently than every state they've lived in before. They expect their agent to be their advocate, full stop. Then I explain that in Colorado, by default, I'm actually something called a transaction broker, and the conversation gets quiet for a second. This isn't a small distinction. It...

Most homeowners think their only options for lowering their monthly mortgage payment are refinancing or paying off the loan early. There's a third option, and almost nobody talks about it. It's called a mortgage recast, and for a small subset of Colorado homeowners right now, it can be the cleanest move on the table. I've had this conversation three times in the past month, all with clients who came into...

Most buyers I work with read the HOA monthly dues line on a listing and stop there. They see a $600 monthly dues number and figure that's the cost. But the line that can actually break your budget is the one nobody talks about until it lands in your mailbox: the special assessment. In Colorado right now, those assessments are spiking, and a lot of buyers are walking into purchases without knowing what they...

Memorial Day weekend always feels like a turning point for the Colorado market. The spring rush is winding down, summer is right around the corner, and both buyers and sellers tend to take stock of where things actually stand. So here's what I'm seeing as we head into the long weekend. Rates Have Stayed in the Mid-6s 30-year fixed mortgage rates have been hovering in the mid-6% range for most of May, and...

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...