The move-up move, told straight.
Others tell you what you want to hear. We tell you what you need to hear — with real numbers, neighborhood by neighborhood.
What is True North Boulder?
True North Boulder is a Boulder, Colorado real-estate practice under eXp Realty, led by licensed Colorado broker Daniel Hsieh. It publishes market reports and move-up and relocation guides for the $800K–$1.5M Boulder move-up market and the northern Front Range, and represents buyers and sellers across Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Berthoud, and Lyons.
The market, in numbers — not adjectives.
Where the move-up money goes furthest
Walk to Ideal, hike from home
You pay by the foot for the address and the eight-minute commute — and for many buyers, that math works.
Big lots, coveted boundary
A thousand more square feet and a yard — traded for a few more minutes of corridor each way.
The most house per dollar
Premium subdivisions at roughly half Boulder's median — if you're honest about the drive.
Recently published
Answer Brief
Do You Have to Take Over the Solar Lease When You Buy?
Leased solar panels don't convey with the house the way a dishwasher does. You either qualify to assume the lease or the seller buys it out, and a lien called a UCC-1 has to be cleared before closing. Start it early, because the solar company is the slow part.
Answer Brief
What Conveys With a House in Colorado?
Listing photos promise nothing. What stays with a Colorado house is decided by two printed lists and two blanks in the standard contract, and a storage shed conveys whether it is attached or not. The case that catches buyers is an item the seller owns but is still paying for.
POV Note
Is a Half-Renovated House Worth It in Colorado?
Everyone discounts the house with the gutted bathroom. The expensive one is the house that looks finished and isn't: priced as finished, carrying the cost of undone. Why the same remodel pays in one Boulder neighborhood and loses four miles away, and where the middle is the right place to stand.
Same money, different move
You buy the address and the commute, not the square footage.
A thousand more square feet and a yard — for the drive.
Everyone waiting for rates to drop is waiting in the same line — when they move, they move at once. The real question isn't timing the market; it's whether your sell-and-buy lines up. That part you can plan.
Moving for CU, Google, or Ball?
Employer → commute → neighborhood → price, mapped for the out-of-state buyer. Start from where you'll work, not a list of homes.
What $1.2M buys across the corridor
~1,870 sqft, walk to Ideal
~3,400 sqft, premium subdivision
~2,870 sqft, big lot
Who’s behind the numbers — and how they’re made
Daniel Hsieh
I stand behind every market report and move-up guide on this site — each one researched and written in-house, not bought from a content mill. Read a few, and decide whether I know this market before you ever call.
Public records, cited and dated.
Built on public records and cited sources now — IRES MLS data as it comes online. Never scraped guesses dressed up as certainty.
A team under eXp Realty.
eXp Realty, LLC holds the license, compliance, E&O coverage, and a national relocation-referral network behind every transaction.
When you’re ready, we start with a straight, no-pressure conversation — I’ll walk you through the buyer-agency agreement (now standard before touring) and, if you’re moving up, how to plan the sell-and-buy so you’re not caught owning two homes or none.
Talk through your move →One thing worth knowing — weekly.
The move-up market from the inside: the numbers when there are numbers, and the trade-off that usually goes unsaid when there aren't. Five minutes, weekly. No hype.