Mary & Dick's Blog
General information about the Northern Colorado real estate market, as well as regularly updated market statistics and analysis for each Northern Colorado community.
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2015
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I have always been surprised at the lack of traction the Green movement has in my market area. You would think that with well over 300 days of sunshine a year, there would be a lot of interest in solar energy, and that in general, the market would place a high priority on eco-friendly housing. Bu...
01/22/2015
This is a really interesting program. While we don't have a large Native American population in northern Colorado, we may still run across situations where access to this program can make a tremendous difference in the success of a home search by qualified buyers. It's always good to have thing...
01/21/2015
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Yesterday, as part of Debbie Reynolds fun contest Singing in the Rain, I finally got a chance to talk to Pat Kennedy. I've subscribed to Pat for a while now, always check her weekly "Best of" posts for the good stuff I missed, and greatly enjoyed pretty much everything she has written. In addit...
01/21/2015
This is the January 2015 Real Estate Market Report for Three-Bedroom Homes in Fort Collins CO Three bedroom homes are the biggest size category of available homes, accounting for 42% of all homes currently for sale. They enjoy great popularity among first-time home buyers, empty-nesters, and t...
01/21/2015
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Back in the day, when we knew what was for sale and the buyers didn't, it was easy to be the go-to guys for real estate information. That's ancient history now and almost everything anyone would want to know about real estate is freely available.So what can we do to provide value when our buyer c...
01/20/2015
This is the January 2015 Market Report for Fort Collins CO Two-Bedroom Homes Two bedroom homes may provide the perfect solution for first-time home buyers, or those who are working within a tight budget, have limited space needs or want to downsize to something more manageable. If you fall int...
01/19/2015
This is the 2014 Real Estate Market Summary for Westchase Fort Collins CO Home sales were strong in Westchase during 2014, with 34 homes sold, ranging in price from a low of $260,000 to a high of $775,000, with a median price of $374,000 and an average price of $406,374. Market performance w...
01/19/2015
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Mary & I collaborated on this one - the soup is one of her specialties, and I had the very simple task of making some fricos - parmegiano crisps - to go with it. It's a great meal for a cold, windy evening, and sure, you could just open a can of Campbells, but then your home wouldn't smell great ...
01/18/2015
This edition of the Grab Bag is a bit short on the usual silliness and whimsey, but I did find a few good things for your consideration this last week. 40 Quotes The first is a set of 40 motivational quotes from the always worthwhile TwistedSifter. I'm not usually a big fan of motivational st...
01/18/2015
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When I first joined ActiveRain almost four years ago, I spent some time thrashing around as a clueless newbie, trying to figure out how to do this blogging thing. AR wasn't the only real estate blogging site I was trying, but the others were basically black holes - there didn't seem to be any com...
01/17/2015
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