October KEVCO Newsletter

Newsletter – October 2014

Fort Collins Board of REALTORS Installation Party

Me and My Much Better Looking Half!

Good morning! I wanted to inform you that as of last Thursday, I was installed as the Chair of the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS. I look forward to the next year of representing REALTORS and homeownership rights on a local, state, and national level in my new position. I also want all of you to know that I will be just as available to all of my real estate clients needing help buying and selling homes, I’m just going to be working some later nights!

I have spent the last year as the Chair Elect for the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS, and during that time I have been able to build my network of REALTOR partners around the country, and that has been directly beneficial for my clients. I can provide high quality referrals if you are looking to purchase outside of Fort Collins, and have access to listings and opportunities for my clients before other brokers just by building these relationships.

I look forward to protecting your housing rights and future in Fort Collins, as well as continuing to find and sell homes for all of my awesome clients! If you have any questions or just want to grab lunch, give me a call and we can get together!

September KEVCO Newsletter

Newsletter – September 2014

NAR Leadership Summit Recap From Chicago

NAR Building in Chicago

I got back last night from this trip representing the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS as the 2015 Chair. It was fantastic to get to see the Association Staff and REALTORS that I met in Washington D.C. in May again, and build those relationships on behalf of my board and my clients. If you need a referral for anywhere in the country, please let me know as I have become friends with top producing agents in almost every state.

YPN Leadership Summit

How does my trip to Chicago help you? In a few of different ways. First, you can be assured if you are buying outside of the Northern Colorado area, I will be able to connect you with a top agent in that community, maximizing  your chances of an awesome experience buying a home! Second, I brought home new ways to market your listing, to get homes sold more quickly. You can be assured that the marketing of your home will be extensive and effective, which is important in this ever changing real estate market in Fort Collins. Finally, I learned ways to increase my productivity on the “behind the scenes” part of my business, which will make me more available to show you homes as a buyer and meet with you to get your home listed as a seller.

Call me and I would to go over some of the ways I learned that I can help you or someone you know who may be getting in to the real estate market. Have a great week!

1015 Woodford-New Listing!

 

The home that my wife and I have lived in for 9 years is officially on the market! It is listed for $364,900, and is a 3 bedroom 2 bath 2,228 square foot home in Old Town Fort Collins. It is located only 3 blocks to City Park. Wood floors on the main level, remodeled kitchen, and original cool touches throughout make this a great home. Full basement with conforming bedroom, an office and 2 full bathrooms have been plenty of space for us over the years. 

 

Mature trees, lawn sprinkler system on the front and side yards (synthetic turf backyard great for dogs), make this a low maintenance Old Town property.

 

We hope that the next owners will love this property as much as we have, and it is ready to move in to today! Call me if you have any questions, or know of anyone that is interested in living in Old Town Fort Collins!

August KEVCO Newsletter

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Newsletter – August 2014

Absorption Rate and Inventory

Well here we go again, homes are being absorbed into the market even faster than they were back in April! Absorption rate is the time it would take to sell all of the homes on the market today, kind of a balance sheet snapshot of inventory vs speed of sale. The interesting thing is that new listings are about the same, so the homes that are hitting the market are selling even more quickly. Instead of an absorption rate of 3.12 months in April, we are down to 1.46 months, a HUGE change. A lot of this can be attributed to the under $300,000 market moving so quickly as buyers clamor to get the remaining affordable homes in Fort Collins, but homes are still moving much more quickly even in the upper price ranges than a balanced market would usually allow for.

What to do with this information? Basically, as a buyer you need me to be proactive in searching for homes for you, and need to be ready to make very fast decisions on making an offer. This means being pre qualified and ready to go at a moment’s notice. As a seller, if you own a home in the under $300,000 price range and have considered selling, now is the time.

I hope you all have a great week, and as always please give me a call if you or anyone you know is in need of real estate help!

Crazy 2014 Real Estate Market Update

2014 continues to be a record year, in many different ways. As a buyer or a seller, we are seeing trends in the market that we have not seen in the last decade at least. There are opportunities on both sides of the transaction, but you need to be very focused on how to take advantage of those opportunities.

What I think everyone and their mother knows by now is that inventory is low. As in, crazy low. But an interesting statistic is that pending or under contract sales are down 27.5 percent year to date, and new listings (while still lower than last year) are down only 5.5 percent. What that tells me is that the good properties that are priced well have been picked over, and we are starting to see more listings come on the market that may be over priced as sellers are trying to catch the wave of appreciation. Don’t get me wrong, appreciation has CERTAINLY occurred with the average sales price up 8.4 percent year to date at $311,979 for Fort Collins. But, I think there are more and more sellers (and correspondingly their brokers) who are taking a “let’s see if we can get it” type mentality. While I am happy to help you as a seller get the premium for your home, I think pricing accordingly to your appreciation and not just a gut feeling is important.

On the buying side, with interest rates still low, taking advantage of the properties that are priced appropriately still makes sense in the long term. Year to date the average percentage of sold price to list price is right at 99%, so understanding that beating sellers up on price if they are even remotely close to where they should be on price is in most cases not feasible. As long as you as a buyer are willing to move quickly on good homes and have all of your financing in order, then I still think it is possible for you to find the right home.

If you have any questions, or know of anyone looking to buy or sell a home, feel free to contact me anytime!

June KEVCO Newsletter

Newsletter – June 2014

Representing Property Rights On A National Level!

FCBR Leadership Representing Your Property Rights!

I just got back from a long week in Washington D.C. where I attended the National Association of REALTORS mid-year legislative meetings on behalf of the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS. It was pretty exciting to get to meet with our Senators and Representatives and talk about the issues that will be affecting your purchases and sales of your homes in the future.

It was good to hear that candidates on both sides of the aisle are going to make the Housing market a priority in the coming years. Being able to advocate for keeping the 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange option, Mortgage Debt Relief, and keeping Depreciation Recapture rates lower made me feel like our local issues are at least being discussed at much higher levels!

There was also a lot of discussion about the new Minimum Standards that the National Association of REALTORS will be adopting. This will make it even more beneficial for the consumer to work with a REALTOR as opposed to a non REALTOR licensee since the experience and level of service is so much higher with a REALTOR.

I would love to talk with you more about some of these issues and how they will affect you and your real estate deal, so CONTACT ME and we can setup some time to meet!