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Seller Guide

Pre-Listing Inspection in Colorado: What It Buys a Seller

Colorado's Seller's Property Disclosure puts no duty on you to inspect, but what you already know goes on it whether you inspect or not, and a report you commission joins that. A pre-listing inspection won't replace the buyer's or move their dates. It buys time to repair or price what it finds.

Published Oct 27, 2026 · 17 min
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Answer Brief

Who Pays to Repave Subdivision Roads in Boulder County?

Boulder County plows and patches the subdivision streets it maintains but resurfaces only a short list. Owners pay for the rest, usually through a district they vote in, so on most county-side Gunbarrel parcels the road is already a tax-bill line or a cost no district has been voted to cover.

Published Oct 26, 2026 · 11 min
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POV Note

What a 'Balanced' Housing Market Actually Measures

The buyer's-or-seller's label comes from months of supply, which measures how quickly today's listings would sell, not prices. Through August 2026, Boulder, Longmont and Loveland all tightened on supply and none of their year-to-date medians rose. Read speed off supply and price off the solds.

Published Oct 23, 2026 · Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min
A detached two-story red outbuilding with a side door and an upstairs window at the back of a fenced lawn, behind a house with a screened porch. Buyer Guide
Buyer Guide

Counting ADU Rent to Qualify for a Mortgage in Colorado

An accessory unit helps you qualify from the monthly rent the appraisal supports. On a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or FHA purchase, at most 75% of it counts, capped at 30% of qualifying income, if the unit passes each program's test. Above the conforming limit, the lender's rules replace all three.

Published Oct 22, 2026 · Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 17 min
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Answer Brief

Is There an Attorney Review Period in Colorado?

A buyer used to handing a signed contract to a lawyer for approval will find no such step in Colorado's standard residential contract. It binds once both sides sign and acceptance is delivered, and a banner on its first page says to get legal advice before signing. Here's where a lawyer fits.

Published Oct 21, 2026 · Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 11 min
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Answer Brief

Boulder All-Electric Remodel Requirement: What Triggers It

Size alone doesn't trigger the City of Boulder's all-electric remodel rule. It takes three things at once: work on over half the floor area, half the envelope altered, and heating, cooling or water-heating equipment replaced. Replace none of it in existing living space and the rule doesn't apply.

Published Oct 19, 2026 · Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 14 min
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Answer Brief

Colorado Wildfire Risk Score Appeal: What Survives the Sale

Colorado insurers that price on wildfire risk owe you a score, in notices from October 1, 2026, and an appeal backed by mitigation evidence. Before you sell: the score belongs to your insurer's model, and the statute says so. What a buyer can use is proof of the work done on the house.

Published Oct 16, 2026 · Updated Oct 17, 2026 · 15 min
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Seller Guide

Selling a Home With an Unpermitted Basement in Colorado

Colorado's disclosure form asks about permitted and unpermitted work on two different lines. For a finished basement the costly question is the permit: which building department reviews it, against which code, and what a permit does and doesn't change at appraisal.

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 22 min
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POV Note

Rent to Answer Your Own Question, Not to Wait Out the Market

Most advice on renting first hands you a number of months. The right length is the time one question about your own situation takes to answer: whether the job holds, which blocks you'd live on, whether a second earner's job lands. After that, renting without shopping is a bet on rates and prices.

Published Oct 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 17, 2026 · 8 min
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