Joseph Sobin Real Estate Advisor

04/24/2026

Great opportunity in The Meadows in Castle Rock for 1st time homeowner or downsize. Great layout including upper level W/D. Low maint landscaping, fully fenced private yard and one of the most attainable single family homes within The Meadows.

02/13/2026

Falling Out of Contract Escrow or Pending Is Your Market within The Top Ten

Following up on my last blog post the volume of residences under contract or pending on in escrow that never make it to closing continues to increase. Last year, 7.1% of homes fell out of contract and returned to being for sale, according to Realtor.com® economists. Why is this important? During the past boom years many offers waived contingencies including but not limited to financing, inspections, title searches and related....

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Following up on my last blog post the volume of residences under contract or pending on in escrow that never make it to closing continues to increase. Last year, 7.1% of homes fell out of cont…

01/28/2026

A three-parter, great reading for a winter day and primer for the Spring real estate season:

I was going to start this blog with the newest data released in the Case-Shiller Housing Index however a new report concerning cancelled sales contracts was enlightening and relevant to present mar…

01/28/2026

Prices Remain Elevated However Guess What We are Moving into a Buyer’s Market

I was going to start this blog with the newest data released in the Case-Shiller Housing Index however a new report concerning cancelled sales contracts was enlightening and relevant to present market conditions. I do follow up with the most recent Case-Shiller and end with an anecdote concerning a home on the market in one of Denver’s most desirable neighborhood with a transaction history that truly baffles me....

I was going to start this blog with the newest data released in the Case-Shiller Housing Index however a new report concerning cancelled sales contracts was enlightening and relevant to present mar…

10/28/2025

Residential sales still in deep-freeze, residential rentals now offering concessions....

Residential sales still in deep-freeze, residential rentals now offering concessions.

09/18/2025

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points, the least of my concerns as more challenging headwinds are prevailing across the economy that to date have been under the radar.

Granted the prevailing wisdom is when mortgage interest rates drift downward, housing sales increase just as when mortgage rates started their ascent post Covid the housing market cooled, the defin…

07/25/2025

Some summer weekend reading material and for real estate peeps and clients, let's say a Fall Season Primer:

Record High Housing Prices Yet Slowing Activity and Increasing Inventories, beyond the smoke and mirrors and into the statistics.

07/25/2025

Record High Housing Prices Yet Slowing Activity and Increasing Inventories, beyond the smoke and mirrors and into the statistics....

Record High Housing Prices Yet Slowing Activity and Increasing Inventories, beyond the smoke and mirrors and into the statistics.

07/10/2025

As inventories rise and Metro Denver seems to be the canary in the coal mine could we 1) be entering a buyers market and 2) can we avoid Housing's Lost Decade that happened between 2004-2014. Or, does history repeat itself?...

As inventories rise and Metro Denver seems to be the canary in the coal mine could we 1) be entering a buyers market and 2) can we avoid Housing’s Lost Decade that happened between 2004-2014.…