Tag: DMAR

DMAR’s Metro Area Statistics Cover 11 Counties

What do the rural cities and towns of Kiowa, Agate, Simla, Fairplay, Georgetown, Empire, Black Hawk, Rollinsville, Nederland, Allenspark, Lyons, Longmont, and Bennett have in common?  They’re all included in the Denver metro area statistics compiled monthly by the Denver Metro Association of Realtors for its market trends report. Here is a map of the 11 counties included in that report.

REcolorado, the Denver MLS, allows infinite flexibility in drawing the boundaries when searching for listings or doing statistical analysis, so my preference is always to draw a radius of 20 miles from downtown Denver when compiling metro statistics.

Below is this month’s infographic from DMAR showing the November month-over-month statistics for their 11-county “metro area.”

Under all five elements of the infographic I have inserted the same November statistics for the 20-mile radius of downtown Denver that I prefer to use.

The variations this month are not as great as I have seen in some months.

DMAR Creates a Smartphone App for Realtors & Homeowners  

    The Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR) just released a new app called the DMAR Home Kit. Download it free from the App Store or on Google Play..

    We downloaded it, and you’ll find it useful, especially for finding vendors in multiple trades, plus discounts from some of them. Since Golden Real Estate’s own service provider app vendor went out of business, I find this a good substitute.

    You can search for vendors by key word. For example, I entered “fireplace,” “sewer” and “mortgage” and found vendors that I would recommend myself. What each vendor has in common is that they are dues-paying affiliate members of the Realtor association, which is a good measure of business ethics and responsibility. They won’t disappoint you because they want to maintain a good reputation among Realtor members. There were no vendors under “heat pump” or “electrician,” but maybe the existence of this app will encourage one or more of them to become affiliate members of DMAR.  I recommend it!

     The app also provides access to the association’s statistical reports. You can search statistics by individual city or county. Download and play with it!

DMAR Reports Average Home Price Rose by $100K in Last 12 Months

The Denver Metro Real Estate Market Trends Report, released on February 3rd by the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, reveals that detached single-family homes in the metro area set yet another record for average price, exceeding $629,000 in January. Attached single family homes (condos & townhomes) rose by less than half that amount, as shown in the above chart. Download the full report here.