Buying
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.
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.
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.
Boulder
Buying on University Hill: The Licence, the Lease and the Loan
Three things decide whether you can live in a University Hill house, and none is the price. Boulder's unrelated-persons occupancy limit is gone, replaced by a bedroom-area standard on the floor plan. A rental licence does not come with the house. And a tenant changes what loan you qualify for.
Answer Brief
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.