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Answer Brief
Why Are the Property Taxes on This New Build So High?
That surprisingly high tax bill on a new build usually isn't the HOA. It's a metro district, a government tax on top of your regular property taxes that repays the developer's bonds. Here's how to tell the two apart before you buy.
Seller Guide
Should You Sell in Fall or Wait for Spring in Boulder?
Spring pays a little more in Boulder, not the 16% you have read: the one study that compares like with like puts it in low single digits. And a move-up seller pays that lift again on the house they buy, so waiting widens the gap. Boulder's real seasonal effect is time, not price.
Buyer Guide
Lender Requires Repairs? The Colorado Closing Clock
The inspection is behind you, the appraisal cleared, and the lender won't fund until the furnace is replaced. If the seller never agreed to that work, the demand has its own section and a clock of three days at most: the contract ends by itself. Three things stop it; the easy one is the trap.
Seller Guide
Selling a Home With Tenants in Colorado: Your Two Exits
A lease does not lower your price. It changes who is allowed to bid: the financed owner-occupant signs a covenant to occupy within 60 days. So you have two exits. Sell tenanted, into the market that buys income, or reach vacant, and Colorado's no-fault door opens only at the end of the term.
POV Note
In Colorado, the Price Is the Number You Only Pay Once
Broker compensation is negotiated, not set by law, and ours is normally a percentage of the purchase price. So the number we're paid to move is the one that matters least over the years you own the house. Here's the arithmetic.
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.
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