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Latest Montrose & Nearby Real Estate News

Including stories from Telluride, Avon, Vail and Frisco.

Steve Marcinuk
14 Jun 2025

While many Colorado mountain towns crack down on short-term rentals, Western Colorado’s market remains uniquely welcoming to Airbnb investors, according to one local real estate leader. “So far, we’re not seeing those bumps, as we know in many of the areas of Colorado, it’s becoming restricted,” says Johnny Pfeiffer, Broker at Spirit Bear Realty, describing ...

More homebuyers are turning their attention to western Colorado, drawn by its scenic beauty, slower pace, and growing communities that offer space without sacrificing convenience. Spirit Bear Realty’s new office in historic downtown Montrose positions the firm to meet rising demand from buyers looking beyond the state’s more developed regions. “Western Colorado offers what many ...

Heather Hook
03 Mar 2026

A bill recently introduced in the Colorado state legislature sought to give taxing authorities and local districts the power to hold elections on vacancy taxes. This bill does not impose a vacancy tax directly. The concept has been floated, the conversation has started, and property owners and real estate professionals across Colorado would do well ...

Building a luxury mountain home is a long, complex process that requires years of planning, permitting, and construction. Unlike suburban developments that can be completed quickly, mountain projects demand patience and careful execution. Developers in places like Telluride and Steamboat Springs know that rushing the process often leads to homes that look dated before the ...

Steve Marcinuk
04 May 2026

Vail Valley’s real estate market has cooled, not crashed, but the cracks are showing. After years of frenzied pandemic buying that sent home prices soaring and inventory plummeting, Eagle County is now a market where homes sit, buyers walk, and the short-term rental income that sold so many on ownership is quietly falling short of ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
28 Sep 2026

Buyers entering the Boulder, Colorado real estate market expecting a relaxed pace are getting a different experience. Despite national headlines about sluggish activity, well-priced listings in the Front Range market are generating enough competition that some first-time buyers cycle through multiple contracts before securing a property, not because they are being outbid every time, but ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
09 Jul 2026

The balance of power in Northern Colorado’s housing market has tilted toward buyers, and sellers are feeling it. Buyers are arriving at the table more prepared than ever, and what they are asking for has changed in ways that would have been unusual just a couple of years ago. Sellers who resist these new expectations ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Jul 2026

Commercial real estate development in the American West has entered a period of recalibration. After years of strong demand, rising construction costs, softening rents, and tighter equity markets have made new projects harder to justify. For developers who built their model around straightforward deals in favorable conditions, the current environment presents real challenges. For firms ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
24 Jun 2026

The pandemic-era migration that reshaped housing markets across the American West has left a lasting imprint on Northern Colorado. What began as a wave of remote workers fleeing California and Texas in search of space, affordability, and outdoor access has given way to a more complex picture, one where prices have climbed, inventory has tightened, ...

Steve Marcinuk
01 May 2026

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has long stood apart from the glitzy resort towns of the American West, built on ranching culture, reliable snowfall, and a fiercely loyal community that valued authenticity over excess. But that identity is now under siege. A staggering $1.6 billion in luxury development is flooding the town with five-star hotel brands, $15 ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
29 Apr 2026

Most buyers focus on price per acre when shopping for Colorado ranch land. It’s the figure highlighted in listings, negotiations, and headlines. But according to Matt LaFontaine, acquisitions manager for the Colorado State Land Board, this single metric leaves out the factor that matters most for long-term value: water rights. After years of evaluating ranches ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
09 Sep 2026

In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2026

For buyers waiting on the largest purchase of their lives, the appraisal process is one of the last black boxes in a home purchase. Turnaround time isn’t a single number; it’s the sum of scheduling, inspection, report production, quality review, and any revision cycles that follow, and thin appraiser panels and uncontrolled revision cycles are ...

Steve Marcinuk
28 Jul 2026

The company has already published over 5,000 articles in collaboration with over 1,800 market experts across all 50 states, powered by a tech-forward approach to research and reporting. MIAMI, FL – July 28, 2026: KeyCrew Media, the expert-sourced real estate news network, today unveiled KeyCrew Local, a network of local real estate news sites and ...

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