Blog Category - Home Buying

Aug 18, 2026 • 10 min read

Greeley-Evans Schools To Home: DPA Help

CHFA Schools To Home is a Colorado homebuying program built for full-time public school employees. If you work full time for Greeley-Evans School District 6 — or an eligible district-area charter school, institute charter school, BOCES, or innovation zone that meets CHFA's eligible public-school employer requirements — you may qualify for a 30-year fixed conventional mortgage paired with a deferr

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Oct 26, 2026 14 min read

Buying a Home on a Private Road in Colorado: What to Check Before You Buy

Original illustration of a fictional Colorado foothills home and gravel access road. Not an actual property or an inspected road.Imagine touring a home near Conifer. The gravel road winds through the trees, the traffic disappears, and the house feels wonderfully removed from the bustle of Denver. On a clear afternoon, the drive is easy.Then you notice something in the listing: Private road.Who pl

Oct 26, 2026 5 min read

Trump Mortgage Order: What Colorado Buyers Save on PMI

The new mortgage executive order, signed October 22, 2026, goes after two costs Colorado buyers pay: private mortgage insurance (PMI) and the title fees on a refinance. The White House fact sheet directs the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to build a pilot that cancels PMI once a borrower has enough equity based on today's home value, and to make a title-insurance waiver for refinances perm

Oct 23, 2026 6 min read

Colorado HOA Laws 2026: What Changed, Who Regulates HOAs

Colorado HOA laws in 2026 come from one statute, the Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA), and no state agency enforces it. The state HOA office records complaints but cannot investigate, fine or step in; disputes go to mediation or court. What changed: a 2026 law (HB26-1099) makes builders pay for a 30-year reserve study before they hand a new community to the owners, and 2025 laws add

Oct 21, 2026 7 min read

Colorado Property Taxes 2026: Rates, 2027 Bills and Prop NN

Colorado property taxes for 2026 use two residential assessment rates: 6.80% for local governments, after a 10% cut to the first $700,000 of value, and 7.05% for school district levies. Your 2026 taxes are billed in January 2027, and the first half is due at the end of February 2027. Here is how the 2026 Colorado property tax rates work, a sample bill, the 2027 due dates, when to appeal (the next

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

Colorado Wildfire Code Adds 0.6% to 10.8% to New Home Costs

Colorado's wildfire building code adds 0.6% to 10.8% to the cost of building a new home, according to a University of Colorado Boulder report released October 20, 2026. Researchers at CIRES priced wildfire-resilient construction in eight Colorado counties and found most of the extra cost comes from one item: the deck. If you are buying new construction in Monument, Colorado Springs, Golden, Everg

Oct 20, 2026 13 min read

Reasons to Buy a Home in Colorado: 10 Real Benefits

Why buy a home in Colorado instead of renting? Ten reasons hold up: you build equity, you own a share of long-term price growth, your payment stays steady, you can deduct mortgage interest and property tax if you itemize, you can change the house, you put down roots, you can borrow against your equity, you can pass the home on, your pets and hobbies get room, and the house is yours. Each reason c

Oct 19, 2026 4 min read

What a Verified Real Estate Agent Means and How to Check One

A verified real estate agent in Colorado is one whose license, record, reviews and contact details you can confirm yourself, at the source. You do not need to take anyone's word for it, including ours. It takes about ten minutes, it is free, and you can do it from your phone before your first call.This guide from The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC (formerly Kenna Real Estate Group) walks thro

Oct 19, 2026 4 min read

How Our Agents Use One Link to Share Everything With Clients

When you work with The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC (formerly Kenna Real Estate Group), your agent sends you one link. That link opens a real estate agent contact page built for your phone. It holds every way to reach your agent, their reviews with the source shown, a payment calculator, and buttons to request a home value, a tour or a pre-approval. You save it once and you never hunt for a

Oct 17, 2026 6 min read

Colorado Wildfire Risk Score Law: Notices, Appeals, Discounts

Colorado's wildfire insurance law, HB25-1182, now makes your home insurer show you its wildfire risk score, explain it in plain language and tell you how to lower it. The Colorado Division of Insurance says the wildfire risk score notices started October 1, 2026, at application and at renewal. If you own or are buying a home in Evergreen, Conifer, Woodland Park, Monument or Castle Rock, this noti

Oct 15, 2026 3 min read

Waiting on the Silver Tsunami? First-Time Buyers, Read This

If you are a first-time home buyer in Colorado waiting for the "silver tsunami" of Baby Boomer homes to bring prices down, the numbers say you will wait a long time. Realtor.com projects 13.9 million homes freed up by older owners by 2036, but only about 38,000 a year are starter homes with 0 to 2 bedrooms. Meanwhile, the starter homes in Denver, Aurora and the Front Range that first-time buyers

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