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Be Careful Who You Choose to Negotiate

I received a good comment in response to my last post, and thought it deserved a post of its own. The commenter wrote:In a typical real estate transaction there are 4 parties. The buyers and...

Started in The Silver Fern • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: strategy
See the World From Their Shoes, Don't Feel Their Pain

At Silver Fern, we do a lot of negotiation and leverage our skills to benefit our clients. We also constantly seek to improve by studying the art of negotiation. Last week, I came across a good...

Started in The Silver Fern • 7 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: strategy
Before You Buy, Check for Meth

What would you do if you found out your home was once a Meth lab and never cleaned up? Some recent home buyers are facing that unsettling question. From CBS4: As part of a year-long...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: due diligence
2008 Remodeled House Tour

Want to see how people have remodeled in South Boulder? Join us at the 2008 Martin Acres House Tour. It's a community event where you'll meet the owners and learn about how they've made big and...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: home improvements, community, boulder, martin acres
Boulder Market Update

From the Silver Fern Report, here's a update to general conditions in Boulder's real estate market. This update is for single family homes. Inventory climbed to 404 properties in March, a...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: market update, boulder
The Fed's Foreclosure Map (New!)

There's a new foreclosure map worth checking out. The Federal Reserve's dynamic map is a very powerful tool for seeing current areas in trouble and possibly forecasting the future. You can zoom...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: maps, boulder, foreclosures
Silver Fern Report Issued

The latest analysis of general market conditions (The Silver Fern Report) has been published and distributed to the email list. It shows a deterioration of liquidity in Boulder and Lafayette in...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: broomfield, erie, market update, louisville, superior
Boulder Luxury Home Index - Low Volume, Higher Prices (1Q08)

Here's an update to the quarterly Silver Fern Luxury Home index, Boulder's only index of luxury homes sales. The market for luxury homes in Boulder showed surprising price strength on substantially...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: luxury homes, silver fern index, boulder
Why The Downside Is Limited

A few comments have suggested that my recent downside estimate for the Boulder market was too shallow. If you're sitting on the sidelines looking for our local (or broader regional) market to...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: market update, bubble, denver, boulder
Watch Out for Morgage Refinance Fraud

You're probably getting the spammy emails or hearing the radio ads. They promise super low fixed rate mortgages and the possibility of avoiding a painful ARM reset. What they usually don't tell...

Started in The Silver Fern • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: strategy, mortgages, fraud