Despite all of 2020’s general weirdness and economic disruption, the local real estate market has flourished – particularly sales of residential properties and vacant land. Of the $174 million county-wide sales logged through the end of September by the CREN MLS, $143 million were homes and $15.5 million were land. Together they accounted for just…
Pardon me… did you happen to see where I left my crystal ball?
Pardon me… did you happen to see where I left my crystal ball? It’s no longer enough just to be able to cite recent sales statistics in response to a question about the local real estate market. Everyone already knows – it’s hot (or “Crazy” if you read last month’s column). Now, judging by some…
Good Times or Bad, People Love Their Homes
Recently I got a chuckle out of a meme posted on Fb with the heading: “If 2020 Was A Beer” above a photo of a glass, with one inch of beer and five inches of foam. While much of the economy (local, state and national) has taken it on the chin this spring, the housing…
Sometimes It Pays To Procrastinate
You know, like buying concert tickets in the parking lot just before the show for less than face value. As usual, I waited until the last minute to write this column despite not being so busy with work these days. But, in these rapidly changing times, it may mean that I’m less behind the reality…
January Reflections
If you’ve been a reader of this column for very long, this might sound familiar: like the infamy of December 7, 1941’s bombing of Pearl Harbor, so too was February 2010 infamous for the near collapse of the local real estate market. Now, it’s a full decade past that cold, bleak, winter month when the…
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Who Cares About Plat Notes
Have you ever noticed that the things we see most often can, over time, become less visible? Like a dent in the fender of an old truck, it fits, like its been there forever, so we pay it no attention. Recently I helped a client sell his home of many years (which included two houses,…
Learn About Water Before You Buy Land
Anyone who has lived in the valley for very long knows that nothing much changes from year to year around here. Even with something of a real estate boom happening there isn’t a home building frenzy like you might expect to see, no big-box stores being proposed, or chain restaurants and I think that’s just…
Real Estate Happenings
February in the North Fork Valley can be a bit trying, you know, not easy. If I could tear a page out of the calendar and fast-forward, it would be February. The worst month ever for local real estate sales was February 2010 when just one property in the entire valley was sold. In case…
Paonia Mountain Harvest Fest 2017
Can you feel it?! The nights are getting cooler, the leaves are starting to change, and locally-harvested food is in abundance (not to mention, pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING! Does it get any better?) The winds of change are a’blowing here in the North Fork Valley! Residents are welcoming autumn with open arms in excited anticipation of…