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Buyer Guide

Your Colorado Buyer Agency Agreement, Explained (2026)

In Colorado you'll sign a written buyer agency agreement before touring a home, under the 2024 NAR settlement. Since August 2026 state law separately requires one before your broker does licensed work. It isn't a leash: it's a negotiable term sheet, and the terms are yours to set.

Published Apr 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · 14 min

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Seller Guide

Capital Gains on a Colorado Home Sale: Know Your Basis

A married couple who meets the tests can exclude up to $500,000 of gain on a home sale, and a single filer $250,000. Colorado taxes whatever is left as ordinary income, with no home-sale break of its own. On a long-held Boulder home, that ceiling is closer than most owners think.

Published Apr 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026 · 13 min

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Comparison Guide

Longmont vs. Loveland for a Move-Up Home: Same Money, Two Different Problems

Longmont and Loveland cost about the same in the move-up band, but each hands you a different problem: in Longmont it's jurisdiction (city, unincorporated Boulder County, or Weld County); in Loveland it's insurability (WUI wildfire and flood-mapped ground). Pick the one you'd rather own.

Published Apr 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · 17 min

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Buyer Guide

Home Inspection in Boulder County: The Local Hazards That Decide the Deal

The generic national inspection checklist misses what actually kills a Boulder County deal. Here are the five local hazards a good inspection has to cover, how to test each one, roughly what a fix costs, and when it's a walk-away versus a credit.

Published Mar 25, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · 13 min

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Move-Up Guide

How to Win a Contingent Offer in Boulder County

You love the next house, but your own home hasn't sold. A contingent offer can still win. The trick is to make it about the seller's peace of mind, not your price. Here are the levers a good move-up agent actually pulls.

Published Mar 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · 14 min

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Relocation Guide

Relocating to Boulder for a CU Job: A Timing Guide

A CU job is the one Boulder relocation where the offer letter sets both your move-in date and your budget, and both work against you. So the first smart housing move isn't where to buy. It's when.

Published Mar 10, 2026 · Updated Oct 3, 2026 · 16 min

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Relocation Guide

Relocating to Longmont for IBM: Optimize on Value

Relocating for IBM is the rare Boulder-area move where you're not chained to a campus: the old IBM Boulder site is mostly a Kyndryl data center now, and most roles are hybrid. So you optimize on value instead of commute, and on value the honest answer is Longmont.

Published Mar 3, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026 · 14 min

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Relocation Guide

Moving to Louisville for Medtronic: Value, and the Fire

Medtronic's Colorado jobs aren't in Boulder proper. They're a three-campus cluster along US-36, and the move-up band lives in the east value belt: Louisville, Superior, Lafayette, Erie. But two of those towns sit on the Marshall Fire burn scar, so insurance, not price, is the real gate.

Published Feb 24, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · 13 min

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