Cowles Real Estate

12/31/2024

New listing in Fort Collins:

Residential-Detached Property For Sale at 1513 Yount St Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 on ColoProperty.com

04/18/2023

Local real estate showing signs of normalizing:

March housing data for the seven-county Denver metro area and across Colorado may signal a return to more normal market conditions since the onset of the pandemic, according to the monthly Market T…

09/28/2022

I hear people talk about a real estate bubble and they expect a crash similar to last time … but the conditions are different.

What to watch in markets on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

06/28/2022

A few highlights (or lowlights depending on your perspective) from this insightful article: 1) Larimer and Weld County are expected to grow by a whopping 45% by 2030, 2) The Feds are requiring the Colorado River basin states to conserve an additional 2-4 million acre-feet of water, 3) Property values in Fort Collins are up 15% year-over-year, 4) the buying frenzy has slowed due to rising interest rates/buyer exhaustion.

“We are running out of water,” Sarah Goodyear, a Coldwell Banker agent in Fort Collins, said. “We need to figure out where the water is going to come from to support this new development.”

04/05/2022

More of the same expected in 2022 for Northern Colorado's real estate market. Noteworthy: Larimer and Weld Counties are both experiencing a decrease in inventory (new listings/pending sales down over 30% in Larimer). Median sale prices are up 15% in Foco (and even more in Greeley and Loveland).

LOVELAND — Northern Colorado’s residential real estate market continues to suffer from record-low inventories, helping to drive up prices at dramatic rates. That trend is expected to continue throu…

07/14/2021

Fortunately I've never had a client experience wire fraud, but it's a growing issue that people need to be aware of in a real estate transaction.

Real estate wire fraud has been a problem for years, and it has only worsened during the pandemic.

09/23/2020

Big thanks to Neighbor to Neighbor for how they're helping our community in these tough times. N2N serves over 5,000 individuals annually in Larimer County, helping keep people in their homes.

https://www.reporterherald.com/2020/09/17/agency-provides-1-million-in-rent-assistance-to-northern-colorado-families-during-the-pandemic/

09/09/2020

The 2020 July home sale figures are out and Fort Collins saw a 16% increase from 2019, and values up nearly 7%.

The popularity of Northern Colorado may actually be increasing. The covid-influenced national trend is away from big cities to areas like ... ours.

We’ve seen that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live. Apparently, it’s also changing where we live — a demographic wave that’s bound to make an impact on the Northern Colorado housing market. Evidence is mounting to show that many Americans who live in cities — especially those fo...

06/11/2020

Fort Collins is in the Top 10 nationally for housing market growth and stability. CBS reported that SmartAsset evaluated 25 years of data in 357 metro areas. A lot of folks are expecting some dramatic shifts in the local real estate market, but the research seems to indicate otherwise.

04/09/2020

Make sure you work out something with your mortgage provider before missing a payment ... and make sure you know the difference between deferment, forbearance ... and any other payment alteration options before agreeing to it. Bottom line, and this shouldn't surprise you, the banks won't be giving anything away for free.

Borrowers should check with lenders or mortgage services to see what relief options are available. Payment obligations are not erased by either approach.

03/13/2020

When they arrive, be sure to fill out your census forms.

2020 U.S. Census forms are arriving in mailboxes now. Be sure to complete your Census form right away and encourage your friends, clients, and neighbors to do the same.

Learn more on the CAR Blog: https://bit.ly/2vVwkhL

01/24/2020

As 2019 ended, the greater Fort Collins / Northern CO area saw modest but solid annual gains, with median home values up 3.4%. While inventory remains (relatively) low throughout the front range, so do interest rates (avg. 30 year fixed mortgage is hovering just under 4%). Moving into 2020 we see a market that can potentially, with wisdom and due diligence, allow both buyers and sellers to achieve their real estate goals.