Tag: single-family homes
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Colorado Springs starts expanding rules to allow more accessory dwelling units
Colorado Springs is taking steps to follow state direction to allow smaller, secondary housing in a much wider swath of the city’s neighborhoods. Colorado lawmakers passed a bill in the spring that eliminated some of the restrictions in Colorado’s biggest cities against accessory dwelling units. The ADUs are living areas that can be built as free-standing…
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Colorado Springs home prices expected to remain stable in 2024 — but could apartment rents fall?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ single-family home and apartment markets appear headed in different directions, which could mean more frustrating news for buyers, but a better outlook for renters. Like last year, homebuyers in 2024 could continue to find a tight supply of properties for sale, while high…
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Colorado Springs home prices expected to remain stable in 2024 — but could apartment rents fall?
Colorado Springs’ single-family home and apartment markets appear headed in different directions, which could mean more frustrating news for buyers, but a better outlook for renters. Like last year, homebuyers in 2024 could continue to find a tight supply of properties for sale, while high prices of the past several years aren’t expected to come…
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Colorado Springs ‘housing crisis’ threatens employers and economy, business leaders say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ housing woes are no surprise to local homebuyers, many of whom can’t find a house because of a shortage of properties for sale and then must pay thousands of dollars above a seller’s asking price to lock in their purchase. Likewise, builders have…
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Colorado Springs ‘housing crisis’ threatens employers and economy, business leaders say
Colorado Springs’ housing woes are no surprise to local homebuyers, many of whom can’t find a house because of a shortage of properties for sale and then must pay thousands of dollars above a seller’s asking price to lock in their purchase. Likewise, builders have said they’ve struggled to keep up with demand. There aren’t…
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Another month, another record for home prices in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs-area home prices ascended to record highs again last month, as a shortage of single-family homes for sale and a furious demand for housing combined to send prices soaring. “It’s a wild and crazy housing market,” said longtime real estate agent Harry Salzman of Salzman Real Estate Services and ERA Shields Real Estate. The…
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Full City Council set to consider how many families can live in a single-family home
The Denver City Council could decide in October how many unrelated people is too many people in a single home, a similar issue that’s currently roiling politics in Boulder. The city planning board heard from dozens of people during eight hours of testimony Wednesday, before voting to send the question to the full council, Denverite…
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Proposed changes to group living rules divide Denver residents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Plans to change Denver’s “group living” rules have created a split between residents. Younger generations tend to favor an update to the city’s zoning code that would allow eight unrelated people to live together in homes with 1,600 square feet or more, while many older…
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Proposed changes to group living rules divide Denver residents
Plans to change Denver’s “group living” rules have created a split between residents. Younger generations tend to favor an update to the city’s zoning code that would allow eight unrelated people to live together in homes with 1,600 square feet or more, while many older homeowners worry about overcrowding, noise, inadequate home maintenance, scarce parking,…