No doubt about it, it’s been a good summer. It can’t even come close to comparing to last summer when I wondered if we would ever sell a home again.

Tamrick Homes is a small builder that did not know if they would survive the real estate crash. In 2006, they started a development that was planned for 120 homes in Dacono, Colorado which is a southern Weld County about 20 minutes from downtown Denver and just south of Longmont.

I have recently been showing some relocation buyers around town who were looking for a nice single family home with acreage. Unfortunately, the areas they wanted to live in and the price point of the homes didn’t come with big backyards.

In this weeks’ market update Fuller Sothebys International Realty agent Dan Polimino talks about a builder able to survive the real estate crash and is now turning his business around in Dacono, Colorado.

I was talking with the good people from Shea homes the other day and they find themselves in an interesting predicament. I am sure a lot of home builders find themselves in the exact same situation these days. You see, Shea has people walking through their models in Back Country everyday that would love to buy a new home there BUT…they have a home to sell.

On August 16th, I wrote a column entitled, “A Shortage of Homes”. In it, I wrote about a lack of quality homes for sale at $250,000 and below. I attributed this to the inventory statistics from Metrolist, plus the knowledge of knowing many homes builders that either have gone out of business or who have [...]

In response to a suit over the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) by the National Association of Home Builders, Housing and Urban Development has delayed implementation of a controversial rule change for 90 days until April 16.
The new rule would have barred home builders from offering incentives to buyers when they agree to use [...]