Wondering how to winterize a house? Here’s your guide to ensuring your home is prepped for whatever curveballs — or snowballs, as the case may be — winter throws your way. 

If you’ve been keeping up with the Denver housing market, you’re well aware of the highlights: mortgage rates, inventory shortages, and affordability issues have been the talk of the town for quite a while now. But, according to DMAR’s October 2024 Denver Real Estate Market Trends, it looks like we might be seeing a bit of change — or at least some movement.

With the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 0.5% and more interest rate reductions expected before the year ends, a potential mortgage rate drop could create opportunities for homebuyers. But, while lower rates may seem appealing, affordability challenges remain in today’s housing market.
Here’s what you need to know about how the Fed’s actions impact mortgage rate drops and what to expect in the coming months.

DMAR’s September 2024 Denver Metro Real Estate Market Trends couldn’t have come at a better time. Every real estate agent, mortgage professional, house hunter, hopeful refinancer, and their mothers are looking to the Fed meeting planned for next week. Will they reduce the federal funds rate? If so, will the change affect home loan interest rates too? (That would require the 10-year treasury yield to follow suit first.) 

Do you see that? Hanging over the Rockies? A stubborn cloud that keeps threatening to blow past but just lingers over the front range? No, it's not a late summer storm or any storm at all. It's the Denver real estate market, stuck in its own form of the inversion effect. (When warm air rises above cold air but gets trapped by the mountains. [...]

As strange as it is to say this time of year, the Denver real estate market cooled down a bit in June. Historically, home sale and purchase activity buzz as summer kicks off. But this year, [...]

There's no way around it. Housing is expensive these days. And deciding whether it's smarter to rent or buy a house is a complicated decision. You're probably wondering:

Which option is (at least a little) less expensive? Can I even qualify to buy my own place? How much down payment do I need to buy a house? Well, the short answer is it depends.

This spring's Denver area housing market has seen a buyer shortage become the new listing shortage. (You know what they say: one day you're in and the next day you're spending much longer in the MLS). Sales slumped as of May, an indicator of affordability challenges in Colorado (and across the country) while pent-up demand is beginning to [...]