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Colorado Property Tax Reassessment 2027: The Key Dates
Colorado reappraises every property in odd-numbered years, and 2027 is one. The value is built from sales through June 30, 2026, before a fall-2026 buyer closed. Your notice arrives by May 1, and the protest deadline is June 1, moved up a week from the June 8 most sources still print.
POV Note
In a Colorado Home Purchase, Your Leverage Expires
Buyers think leverage in a home purchase is about pushing harder. In Colorado it's about timing: three separate moments where a decision made in the calm wins, and the same decision made in the heat loses. Here's the pattern, and why there's no single rule for it.
Answer Brief
Why a Home's Square Footage Doesn't Match the County's
Three different square-footage numbers on one house isn't a mistake. It's usually the basement, and knowing which number the appraiser uses is the difference between a fair price and paying above-grade money for below-grade space.
Buyer Guide
Physician Loans in Boulder County: What Actually Helps
Physician loans are sold on three features. In Boulder County's $800K-$1.5M band, two do less than advertised: one lender's cheapest tiers stop before $880,000, and the 90-day contract rule is a general Fannie Mae rule. What decides your file is how your student loans are documented.
Move-Up Guide
Low Appraisal When You're Selling and Buying in Boulder
The appraisal that ends a Boulder move-up is usually on the house you're selling, not the one you're buying. Your proceeds are the down payment. Every right in the contract's appraisal section belongs to your buyer, and the appeal channel isn't yours either. Here's what actually protects you.
Answer Brief
Is This Front Range Home in a Flood Zone? How to Check
Checking whether a home is in a flood zone takes two minutes on the right map, and it tells you whether a lender will make you carry flood insurance. But after 2013, the Front Range learned the map isn't the whole risk. Here's how to look, and what the zone does and doesn't tell you.
Answer Brief
Colorado Due Diligence Documents Deadline: Blank Deletes It
The seller's duty to hand you the leases, the solar plan, the septic permit and the encumbrance paperwork lives in one section of Colorado's standard contract, and it exists only if someone fills in its deadlines. Left blank, the contract deletes it. Here's what's in it, and what a blank costs.
Answer Brief
When Is Your Earnest Money Actually at Risk in Colorado?
Your earnest money is protected by an unexpired right to terminate, or by the seller being in default. Colorado's contract names the moment it turns, once, in capitals, at the loan deadline. One checkbox decides whether the deposit is the ceiling, with narrow exceptions, or only the first item.
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