Recent Articles from Matthew Leprino
Heat in the Morning, AC by Noon
The gap between inventory for sale and the number of new listings tells the truest tale.
Is Denver's Peak Selling Season Shifting?
During July 2018, 7,916 new single-family homes entered the market, up from July 2017’s 7,615.
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
In June 2018, the median price in the metro area was 145 percent of what it was just four years ago.
Is Our Housing Market Changing?
According to new numbers released last week by the Colorado Association of REALTORS®, for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years, we are reaching new inventory highs in the number of homes coming to the market.
Hard to Play Real Estate Game When Rules Keep Changing
Only a year ago, and for a great many years before that, when pricing a home, your REALTOR® could research comparables in any given neighborhood.
Constant Repetition Carries Conviction
While prices continue to rise, a cause of inventory decline, more people than ever before are attempting to call Denver home.
Defining Denver's Housing Market and the Importance of Median vs. Average Pricing
In a widely-publicized set of perspectives released earlier this month by the Denver Metro Association of REALTORS® (DMAR), the metro area appears to have just crossed the large average price threshold of $500,000.
Denver's Housing Inventory is Not the Problem
We have seen year-over-year inventory increases the last couple years, though arguably far behind what the market is requesting.
Keep Your Seat Belts Fastened
With just less than a month’s worth of inventory available to the homebuyer today and four months being the rule of thumb for a balanced buyers-to-sellers market, the prices, though slowing, are sure to increase in 2018 as demand, once again, conquers supply.
A Pulse on Denver's 2018 Housing Market
With impending reform set to shake up business as usual, there is bound to be dramatic responses both in favor and against the reform – most of which will, one can hope, be temporary reaction, rather than a long-term effect.
Nobody Liked Musical Chairs As a Kid Anyway, Did They?
With decreasing inventory and increasing population, the minute a seat was removed during a tune, the player was forced to find refuge somewhere else.
Is a Cliffhanger’s Game Emerging in Denver's Market?
We appear to be reaching a summit much closer to Table Mountain than that of Pike’s Peak. Our prices aren’t falling, but they sure aren’t ascending at the rates they once were.