Is It Really All About the Rates? – February Real Estate Stats
Montrose Market The real estate market is experiencing a typical winter with cool sales and lower inventory levels. Colorado Front Range buyers are avoiding the winter passes while local residents wait for spring to list. Buyers are adjusting their expectations in the new rate environment even though monthly payments are significantly higher than 12 […]
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes as a First-Time Home Buyer
For anyone who’s a first-time home buyer, there can be a lot of things to think about. One of those is financial, of course, but there’s more to the equation than just whether you’re getting a good price for the house you’re buying. There are mental and emotional stressors that come along with buying a […]
What the Heck Happened in 2022? – January Real Estate Stats
Montrose Market Looking at last year’s real estate market and further back to 2015, one can observe the monumental wealth created through home ownership in the Uncompahgre Valley. Over the past seven years, homeowner’s net worth increased by 50% in Montrose, adding approximately $200,000 to household real estate values. Local and out-of-area demand continued […]
Should You Sell or Rent That Property for Income?
When you own a property and you aren’t using it, or you decide to move to a new home instead of the one you currently have, there are a couple of options for that current property. One of those is to sell the place you have now, and the other one is to rent that […]
A Long Winter Ahead for Real Estate? – December Real Estate Stats
Montrose Market The Montrose real estate market is currently experiencing a traditional winter season in relation to market activity, similar to 2017 and 2018. Housing inventory has increased 22.5% since its low in March but still remains tight with 3.1 months of inventory in November. Home prices in Montrose are down 10% from a […]
Giving Back on the Western Slope
As we enter the holiday season this year, now more than ever, it is important to give back to our local community on the Western Slope. With rising prices at the forefront of everyone’s mind, we love taking the opportunity to help others have abundant meals with their loved ones. Whether you are providing a […]
Newsflash! Montrose is Still a Seller’s Market – November Real Estate Stats
Montrose Market There is a lot about living in Montrose that is unique, compared to most of the rest of the state and country. The housing market is no exception. If we simply take a look at three simple barometers of the local real estate market below, Montrose is still in a seller’s market. […]
Is Montrose Insulated From A Future Correction? – October Real Estate Stats
Where are we currently and where are we headed? The Montrose real estate market is continuing to cool to a manageable pace it once was before the urban flight and pandemic of 2020. We’re seeing numbers reflect what was the market of 2019, with about 15 properties going under contract per week during the […]
What is Happening to Home Prices in Montrose? – September Real Estate Stats
If you follow our monthly real estate market reports for Montrose, you’ll recall that July experienced a drastic reduction in unit sales in Montrose. Isolating numbers without proper context can yield to some shaky assumptions, and any thought that Montrose real estate was ‘crashing’ is answered emphatically by the month of August. You’ll see that […]
Are Home Sales Really Down 46%? – August Real Estate Stats
The Montrose real estate market is adjusting to find its new stride amidst several recent changes over the past several months. Buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and mortgage lenders are all attempting to make sense of the market, all the while reeling from the recent and fast-paced fluctuations. Mortgage rates have been extremely […]