Yun: Expect an Unseasonably Hot Winter for Home Sales

This winter is expected to be unseasonably hot for the housing market. “Compared to other past winter seasons, this winter season’s sales activity will be stronger,” says Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of REALTORS®. “This winter, there will be more sales compared to pre-pandemic winters going back all the way to 2006. The momentum from the last few months is expected to continue. From March through October, homes have been selling faster than they traditionally do.

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5280 Magazine Recognizes Ryan Sondrup in Denver’s Top Real Estate Producers of 2021

There’s no denying that the mile-high residential real estate market has been one of the hottest in the
nation for the past decade. It even remained on fire through much of the pandemic. Depending on your situation, that can be a wildly lucrative or bank-account-emptying prospect. Either way, the market’s nuances as well as the legal and financial processes involved are almost always confusing, if not downright mystifying. That’s where our directory of real estate agents—all of whom produced among the highest sales volumes in Denver

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Ryan Sondrup Garners 2020 Award from South Metro Denver REALTOR Association

Ryan Sondrup, a leading REALTOR® with NeXstep Real Estate Group of Denver, has been recognized by the South Metro Denver REALTOR® Association (SMDRA) with the 2020 Diamond Circle Club Award for Individual Residential Sales – Three Carat. SMDRA hosted its ninth annual Diamond Circle Awards virtually this year, with a professionally produced video created by Hey Mr. Digital Media, which premiered on Friday, April 30, 2021.

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Living with the Threat of Wildfire

According to a draft of the 2020 Community Wildfire Protection Plan, a large majority of the Evergreen area is at a high risk for what they are calling a “catastrophic wildfire”.  With the recent Elephant Butte fire and all of the wildfires currently burning around the state, wildfire is definitely at the top of mind for most all of us right now. What can you do to protect your family and property…

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Greater Metro Denver Market Review

Special Thanks To DMAR Market Trends Committee For The Following Report…Happy New Year! It’s time to look back and ponder what happened over the past year and look ahead to set goals and make predictions for the new year. Let’s start by looking at the top three things we know about the Denver metro real estate market in 2019:

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NeXstep’s Carolyn Erickson Earns SMART Designation

Eighty-seven Realtor members of the South Metro Denver Realtor Association (SMDRA) have earned the highly regarded SMART designation recognizing the successful completion of stringent real estate courses or Continuing Education classes. The SMART designation sets real estate professionals apart from the mainstream and is regarded as a symbol of a designees’ dedication to the pursuit of higher standards, which is a key mission of SMDRA.

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