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Another One Bites the Dust

The big news nationally is the inauguration, but locally in the Colorado Springs real estate community, the buzz is about John Laing homes closing up shop here in Colorado. New construction is obviously hurting all over the country, and it is no different here. John Laing has had 4 communities they were building in here [...]

A Better Year in Colorado Springs

Low interest rates promise to make this a better year for Colorado Springs real estate. While we don’t know how low or for how long, the current rates are around 5%, which is unbelievably great. Add that to the great selection and prices we currently have, this will definitely be a better year. Yesterday [...]

Halloween Snow a Tradition in Colorado Springs

It look like Colorado Springs is going to miss it’s annual Halloween snow storm this year. It is one of the more predictable weather events here. Moreover, it looks like we may even be back in the 70′s for most of the week, which is even more rare. Don’t get me wrong, it is [...]

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One of the reasons I like working with Colorado Springs local builders is that I like how they think. There is a commitment to community, to the customer and to their suppliers that gives you that “warm fuzzy” feeling you are working with someone who cares. A case in point was a conversation I [...]

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We wrote a contract for another new build this week, in the Falcon area, northeast of Colorado Springs. The ability to get a nice new home on a 1/2 acre lot in the mid 300′s is still very attractive. I think the builder wrote 3 contracts this week on that site.

Fall weather [...]

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As Colorado Springs largest real estate office, our monthly sales meetings and marketing forums really are good, even though I usually am not a fan of meetings. The RE/MAX Properties Chapel Hills office marketing forum was this morning, and I thought I’d share a few things that were of interest. We actually had the meeting [...]

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There are a surprising number of good options for new construction on the eastern plains of Colorado Springs these days. Yesterday we wrote on a spec home in Banning Lewis Ranch, after a survey of neighborhoods that included Forest Meadows, The Gables, Meridian Ranch and Woodmen Hills. We looked at models from Legendary Homes, Capitol [...]

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New construction here in the Springs has been a really big portion of our business for the last 15 years. Even in this slower year, a large percentage of my own practice has been new construction. Over the last couple of days I have spent a lot of time on new construction in the School [...]