Brian's Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak Region Web Log (Blog)

Spring is here and so is the PCS (Permanent Change of Station) season for our Folks in the United States Military. So...if you are looking to sell or rent out your home...now is the time to give me a call Each year the military moves about 600,000 members, with more than 1/3 of those moving in the 4 month timeframe between Memorial Day and Labor Day. In 2010, the military processed 230,000 moves just between Memorial Day and Labor Day which ammounted to about 38% of the total annual moves for the entire year. In 2011, the number of moves is expected to increase by 10,000 due to the base realignment and closure process and the Colorado Springs area is home to 5 vital and 3 growing military bases...Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever Air Force Base, The U.S. Air Force Academy and NORAD.

So...if you are looking to sell or rent out your home in the Colorado Springs/Pikes Peak Region...now is the time to give me a call.  

I receive this kind of question quite often from both clients and prospective buyers. Here is how I answered a recent query

Hi Ryan

As several of my fellow Realtors have stated, Federal Equal Housing Opportunity Law prevents Real Estate practitioners from "Steering" folks to areas based on where we think might be good for them. Suffice it to say that I don't know how much crime is too much for you or what you consider to be a good school.

That said however, I specialize at providing my clients with the information they need to make an INFORMED decision on what property and neighborhood would best suit THEIR needs. The websites below contain some general information on schools, crime an area statistics for you.

If you would like to work with an Accredited Buyer Representative and Certified Neighborhood Specialist, amongst other professional designations, Feel free to give me a call. You can review some compliments from my many satisfied clients at the following: http://BrianWess.com/ClientTestimonials

http://www.springsgov.com/sectionindex.aspx?sectionid=12
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08/0816000lk.html
http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/colorado/colorado-s…

School Information
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
http://www.greatschools.org/colorado/
http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_parentstudent.htm
http://www.cde.state.co.us/utility/k12schls.htm


Best Regards
Brian L. A. Wess
Realtor®, Broker Owner
CRS, GRI, ABR, ASR, CSR, CNS, SFR, e-PRO
Military Relocation, Residential & Investment Specialist
Infinite Horizons Realty - Metro Brokers
Colorado Springs, CO
Direct: 719-528-6672
Web: BrianWess.com
COLORADO REAL ESTATE...DONE RIGHT!™

In August we saw another 5% decrease in the amount of home sales from July to August in addition to the 22% drop from June to July, which was 26% fewer home sales than July 2009 and 23% fewer than August 2009.

While there are substantially less homes selling each month than even just a few months ago and properties are taking about 90 days on average to sell, the good news for sellers is that the homes which are competitively priced and value rich are still selling, albeit slower, with market prices seeming to have stabilized and existing sold home prices even showing a strong 9.5% increase over last year at this same time averaging $236,943 with a median sales price of $199,900.

The big challenge for sellers heading into the fall selling season is Location, Location, Location; pricing their property competitively and how to make their home the best value for choosey buyers now that we have seen a WHOPPING 19% increase in the number of properties available on the market over the same time last year. That means more competition for sellers and more to choose from for buyers.

Properties that are most convenient to Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base are the areas selling the strongest tapering off the further from those posts you get.  

It’s definitely a GREAT time to be a buyer with home prices seeming to have stabilized and home loan interest rates that haven’t been so low since Dwight Eisenhower was President…that’s about 55 Years Ago!!! The key for buyers who are on the fence is DON'T Wait...Home Prices are slowly increasing again and home loan rates will most likely not be this low for too long.

Based on information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR® Services Corp. (RSC), for the period July 2009 through August 2010. RSC information may not reflect all real estate activity in the market and is provided as is without warranty or guaranty.