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New Year. New Opportunity!
What opportunities will you have to buy or sell a home this year? Don’t think you’ll have one? Think again!
Let’s start by looking waayyy back to December 2023, and then we’ll look forward. Aside from the seasonal slowdown, higher interest rates and low inventory, have had the most impact on the market. You can dive deeper by clicking the full Denver Real Estate Market Trends report, and know I’m always here for you with home values and neighborhood trends catered to your specific needs. Now, back to the future.
In my experience…
Winter is the best time to buy a home. Fewer buyers are willing to face the cold, postponing their shopping for early spring, giving you an opportunity to make an offer with less (or no) competition. And sellers who sell in the winter generally have good reason to. This means their motivation is driven by their needs rather than their wants. Another opportunity!
Waiting for the rates to fall? Don’t. While nobody knows for sure what will happen in 2024, we are anticipating multiple rate drops as the economy stabilizes, but the “waiters” often lose. Think about it. If you buy early, you’ll be gaining equity as prices rise with demand. Buyers who wait to time the market will face a different set of challenges. Lower rates bring more buyers, bidding wars and higher prices which increase the gains for those willing to buy now and refinance once all that rate dropping happens. Today’s rates from my lending partner, Select Lending Services, look a lot better overall than where we were last year.
Let’s talk about how 2024 can open a real estate opportunity for you!
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“With the holidays upon us, we are focusing on the gift of homeownership this season. Owning a home provides stability and security for many families. It is also the single largest investment most people make in their lifetime, which serves as the single best vehicle to attain individual and generational wealth. Speaking of gifts, this is my absolute favorite time for buyers to get out and shop for homes. Sellers whose properties are on the market typically need to sell and are more willing to negotiate than in March or April when the market is at its peak. Additionally, the competition from other buyers drops considerably. As such, buyers who can see the beauty of buying a home right now have their choice of home and can negotiate their way into their dream home.
Additionally, interest rates are starting a downward trend, and we as REALTORS® know that if rates continue to drop then demand will increase. In fact, many agents saw a flurry of activity last month when rates dropped buying end-of-year activity. Depending on where rates trend, we may see bidding wars back before we know it.”
Libby Levinson-Katz
Chair of the DMAR Market Trends Committee | Denver REALTOR®
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My friend, Molly, makes the perfect pie crust. Like next level crust.
Growing up in Southern California with my mother’s fear of kitchens and my pie-baking granny far off in the redwoods, this life skill was lost on me. As the first snow fell, marking the start of pie season, I wondered if Molly would be willing to teach me this sacred art. I could Google it, watch a YouTube video, find a pastry cutter at the Goodwill, but all of this would defeat the purpose. Some things are better learned from friends; in their kitchen, on a Saturday morning, with a hot cup of tea. It is not just the flaky goodness I’m after, it’s the time spent together doing something simple.
For a year after my brother died, I made an apple pie each month and delivered them to unsuspecting friends. No one complained about the pre-made crust, and still, I texted Molly my request. She said yes.
I’ve learned so much from friends through the years; about love, and how to show up in the world. Our friends hold space for the good in us when we’ve forgotten. They catch us with kindness when we’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of self-doubt. They throw us a rope if we’ve reached bottom. They bring opportunities to be a better person, for the lessons of our humanity are learned in the hearts of others.
My personal town square is filled with intelligent, wildly creative, and generous humans. I have friends who share plants in the springtime, the bounty of fall, and seeds in the winter. They share their homes, their food, their laughter. What else can we share as an adventure in community? What can we learn from one another as we knit?
This week we toward gratitude and the gift of time together. Through the dark days ahead, I’d love to spend more time together, to “Pie Our Square”. You’ve been warned. Don’t be surprised if you get a text asking how to make that lovely scarf you posted, or your favorite chili recipe. I want to witness the daily talents, the family treasures, and to spend some time together.
And if I show up with a pie… all bets are off on the crust.
Happy Thanksgiving my friends.
Lovers, zombies, a hurricane… what more could you expect from a Wicked Bayou?
Wonderbound Opens Season with Wicked Bayau
If we’ve ever met (or you read my ol’ Huffington Post blog), you’re well aware how much I love Denver’s favorite dance troupe, Wonderbound. Known for the brilliant choreography of Garrett Ammon, artistic collaboration, and live music, Wonderbound is kinetic storytelling of the highest order. The season opens with another fantastic mash up. Ammon is joined by Clay Rose on “Wicked Bayou”, inspired by a song “Old Bayou” by the Zombie death polka band, The Widow’s Bane, who play live during the show. This tale of young lovers fighting for their lives against a hurricane, a zombie puppeteer, and an alligator who feeds on children’s hearts, will haunt your dreams as the stunning images of Ammon’s work and The Widow’s Bane melodies linger. One of a few remaining chances to catch the band before they say farewell. I’ll skip the haunted house and experience All Hallows’ Eve the way it was meant to be!
Tickets for this hauntingly beautiful show show are selling fast, as always, so get your October calendar out and grab a seat on the bayou while you can.
I work in a highly competitive field. Always have. When I was working as a professional actress, the process was- Understand the play, fall in love with the role, create the character, audition, and hope that they picked me to do what I do well. When my career shifted to real estate, I found the process for building a business very familiar- Understand the market, fall in love with my clients, create the marketing plan, do the listing appointment/audition, and hope that they pick me to do what I do well.
Fortunately, for the last seventeen years I’ve been blessed to be picked. In June I was lucky to help my clients move forward with their real estate goals, and landed in the Top Ten in my company. Not bad, considering the Rock Stars I work with! If I can move you… I’m grateful to be of service. 
I got the call that they were relocating to Denver from Indiana in a month, coming in for a long weekend to buy a house. I knew it was much more than finding a house, we needed to find them their home. “Power shopping” in 90 degree heat, we toured ten properties. With their wonderful parents and a great son in tow, these buyers were champs! At day’s end we went for tacos at North County and discussed the top contenders over delicious margaritas. The next day, loaded up with snacks and water, we set out to see another ten. End of the day, our last showing was in Castle Rock. And it was PERFECT! Our offer was accepted and yesterday our new Colorado residents (and my new friends) moved into their gorgeous home. Congratulations, Nick, Katie, and Jake!
New Price!
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