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The Market Awakens

Hello friends, colleagues, and clients:

It’s early January, and the Denver and Boulder real estate market is starting to wake up from its slumber. Nearly 3,300 listings have hit the market in Boulder and Denver since the start of the year. Many of these are not new, but refreshed old listings from last year. Meanwhile, 291 lucky sellers (fewer than 9%) have found buyers and are now under contract (as of this writing).

As Hamish and I discussed in our most recent podcast, there is so much happening in the world right now that it’s hard to focus on real estate. While it’s not our wheelhouse to discuss the ICE killing in Minnesota, decapitation of the Venezuelan regime, or the ongoing Iranian protests (and possible US response), it also feels wrong to not acknowledge these events. Back on point, we did discuss the likely impact of Trump directing Fannie and Freddie to invest $200BN to drive down mortgage rates to their lowest level in years. We also focused on our market forecast for the coming year, specific to Boulder and broken down by price range, based on data from the previous 24 months.

If those topics interest you, check out the latest House Einstein Podcast. And if you really want to know what we think about all the other things happening in the world, just reach out. We’re more than happy to sit down with you over a cup of coffee or adult beverage.

Pro-tip: Don’t have time for a full podcast? You can utilize AI to summarize it. Just click on the ask button on any video in our YouTube account. You may need to subscribe to YouTube premium to access this feature, but take my word for it, the reduction in garbage ads is well worth the cost.