New Federal Requirements on Real Estate Transactions in Colorado

NEW FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ON REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN COLORADO (Provided by the Land Title Association of Colorado, May 2023) The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has been issuing orders called “Geographic Targeting Orders” since 2016. Under these orders, the title companies that close or underwrite residential transactions that meet certain criteria are required to make additional […]

HB23-1171 Rent Control

Any time the government wants to get into messing with the housing industry it very rarely turns out good. This bill would severely impact the rental housing market and not in a good way. As the bill has passed through committee it was thought to be defeated with the swing vote by Democrat Dylan Roberts. […]

Pueblo County Real Estate Market Trends – February 2023

  On February 23, 2023 the Federal Reserve raised it’s short term interest rate by a quarter percentage point bringing the federal funds rate to a range of 4.75 % to 5%. In anticipation of the rate hike the yield on the 10 year treasury notes dipped to 3.4% on Monday, February 20, 2023. At […]

Pueblo County Real Estate Market Trends – January 2023

The number of homes in Pueblo County that were for sale in January 2023 were 637, compared to just 405 home in January 2022. That’s an increase of 57.3% more homes for sale. New listing this month came in at 281, compared to 330 in January of last year representing a decrease of 14.8%. Compared […]

Pueblo Real Estate Market Values Up, So Are Property Taxes

  Property tax revenues supports public schools, county governments, special districts, municipal governments, libraries and other taxing entities. All of the revenue generated by property taxes stays within Pueblo county. The Pueblo County Assessor is responsible for classifying and valuing all property in the county in accordance with state laws. The assessor will establish a […]

Pueblo County Real Estate Market Trends – December 2022

The number of homes that were for sale compared to December of last year are down from 201 new listings in December compared to 263 last year. Not surprisingly however the total number of homes for sale in December came in at 667 compared to last year at 448, almost a 50% increase. Compared to […]

Pueblo County Real Estate Market Trends – November 2022

Quite an interesting month for home sales in Pueblo County. Prices year over year are 3.0% higher than a year before. This figure represents a drop in value from the median price of $340,000 from May of this year. That represents a 10% drop in prices in the past six months. The decrease in median […]