Have a positive impact on your community by getting involved in city and county meetings that affect your area’s future development. The decisions your local planning commission and zoning board of appeals make have a tremendous impact on the look and feel of your community. Knowing how your local planning groups work and how you […]

The latest Existing Home Sales Report issued by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) revealed that home sales have decreased for four consecutive months and are at their slowest pace in over two years. This has some industry leaders puzzled considering the fact that the economy is strengthening, unemployment is down, and wages are beginning […]

Memorial Park 1605 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 As the sun sets at Memorial Park watch the balloons glow and light the sky. The balloons will inflate and ignite their burners. This is the most spectacular part of any balloon festival. Balloon glows are scheduled for Saturday, September 1, 2018 and Sunday, […]

There is much more than a lower rate and payment to determine whether to refinance a mortgage.  Lenders try to make refinancing as attractive as possible by rolling the closing costs into the new mortgage so there isn’t any out of pocket cash required. The closing costs associated with a new loan could add several […]

An error in your CLUE insurance report can increase your homeowners insurance premium or even prevent you from getting coverage at all. Errors or misleading information in your CLUE insurance report, which details the claims history of a person or property, can cost you. Worse, you may not even know there’s a mistake until you […]

Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Mortgage Bankers Association are all projecting that home sales will increase nicely in 2019. Below is a chart depicting the projections of each entity for the remainder of 2018, as well as for 2019. As we can see, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Mortgage Bankers Association all believe […]