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Answer Brief
How Big Can You Build? Boulder County's Home Size Limit
Since May 13, 2025, most of unincorporated Boulder County caps a house at the larger of its neighborhood's median floor area or its 2025 size plus an allowance for houses up to 3,500 square feet. Basements, garages and shops count, and the listing's square footage isn't the county's number.
Answer Brief
Closing on a Colorado Home From Out of State
Colorado law is not what forbids closing on a house you cannot fly to. Remote notarization works only on a document that was never paper, your county decides whether to record it, and on a conforming loan a power of attorney is your lender's fallback. The mail-away is the route with fewest gates.
Relocation Guide
Your Employer Buys Your Old House: BVO vs GBO, Colorado
The relocation benefit is not help selling your house. It is an offer to buy it, with a contract of sale and a deed you sign. A guaranteed buyout (GBO) is a floor and a calendar. A buyer value option (BVO) is neither: no appraisal is ordered, and nothing is owed until an outside buyer appears.
Buyer Guide
Something Broke Before Closing: Who Pays in Colorado?
Under Damage, Inclusions and Services, a furnace or water heater that fails between contract and closing or possession is the seller's to repair or replace: no objection to file, no inspection deadline to preserve. It's due by that same date, and it doesn't reach a defect that was there all along.
Answer Brief
Colorado Extended Replacement Cost: Declarations Page
Your Colorado dwelling limit is a rebuild estimate, not what you paid, because the land is not insured. Where the rule reaches your policy, the state makes your insurer offer extended replacement cost on top, and your declarations page records in bold twelve-point type whether you took it.
Buying
Waiting for Mortgage Rates to Fall Could Be Your Biggest Home-Buying Mistake
Waiting for mortgage rates to fall may seem like the safest strategy—but it could come with a trade-off many buyers aren't considering. In Colorado's changing market, today's higher rates may create opportunities that disappear when more buyers return. Here's what
Buyer Guide
Stop Waiting for Spring: Why the Smart Buyers Search for Deals in Winter
If you're thinking about buying a home in Colorado, conventional wisdom says spring and summer are the time to shop. More homes typically hit the market, the weather is more cooperative, and open houses offer plenty of opportunities to explore different neighborhoods and properties. But there's
Buyer Guide
What Price Per Square Foot Isn't Telling You
Used as a measuring stick, it makes good homes look expensive and risky homes look like bargains.
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