Brent's Blog

Real Estate prices have two components.  The replacement cost and the location cost. Location is, as we all know, everything in real estate but it is hard to put a dollar amount to it. In general and probably over simplified, the cost of a two story house with a two car garage, upgraded finishes ...

In the Fort Collins/Loveland market from Sept 1, 2008 to Dec 1, 2008 there were 128 REO (real estate owned foreclosures) sold.  There were 11  HUD homes sold and 65 short sale homes sold. In the same time period there were 843 total properties sold. This means that 25% of all homes sold between S...