financing: 2014 NAR Generational Trends Report - 06/03/14 02:33 AM
NAR has just released their Generational Trends Report for 2014. This is always an interesting summary of what each generation is doing in the real estate market. http://www.coloradorealtors.com/home-buyers-sellers-generational-trends-report/.
More and more consumers are utilizing mobile devices for the process and younger buyers are using the same agent for their next transaction. That's good news for agents. Enjoy!
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financing: Tips for First-Time Buyers and Homeowners Going Through Divorce - 01/25/08 08:11 AM
By Elana Ashanti Jefferson, Denver Post Staff Writer
The Denver Post
April 4, 2007
A decade ago, veteran Colorado Realtor Joan Rogliano weathered a difficult divorce.  The process illuminated for this longtime real estate agent the need for people in general to have access to honest, no-strings-attached information about real estate and finances.
That was the beginning of The Wildflower Group, a Littleton, Colorado, organization that holds free seminars for first-time homebuyers and anyone going through or thinking about divorce. Here, Rogliano elaborates on the need for her work.
Q: What personal experiences gave rise to The Wildflower Group?
A: Through my divorce (and) the fact that I … (3 comments)

financing: Seminar Educates Women about Divorce - 01/22/08 10:11 AM
By Vicky Gits
Colorado Community Newspapers
June 28, 2006
Women going through divorce frequently are under pressure to sell the marital home and move on, as if that were their only alternative. This may not be the right choice for everyone. Joan Rogliano of the Rogliano Real Estate Group has met many women in transition dealing with divorce who later regretted making the decision to sell.
Rogliano gives a free seminar, "Divorce and Your Home." "You will hear that you should liquidate everything," said Rogliano, a Realtor since the early 1980s. "But the middle of a breakup may not be the best time to put your home … (0 comments)

financing: Finding a Home after Your Divorce - Wildflower Group Helps Women Own Their Own Homes - 01/18/08 06:59 AM
Robyn Lydick , Staff Writer
CCN Online - Colorado Community Newspapers
August 3, 2006
In 1995 Cheryl Brown's world changed. Her marriage was ending and she fought to keep the house she lived in, the only home her daughters, then 11 and 9, had ever known. She was determined to raise them in that home. Her former husband told her she couldn't do it, but with court ordered maintenance and working full time, and sacrificing many things, she pulled it off with a refinance loan.
Brown was a stay at home mother who had not finished a college degree. She thought about nursing … (5 comments)

financing: Timing The Sale - 01/15/08 04:23 AM
The very word "divorce" can create uneasiness in most of us. Divorce presents change and choices - some that we'd rather not make. Topping the list is what to do with the home the family has shared for so long. For many of us women, our homes are the foundation of family life and a safe harbor from everyday demands. Because of our unique role in the family, we typically have stronger emotional attachments than our husbands do toward our homes. As a result, to sell or stay in a home can be emotionally and financially wrenching.
Most of us don't understand … (0 comments)