Real Estate Term of the Day: Concessions

Real Estate Term of the Day: Concessions CONCESSIONS (aka: Seller Concessions) – reduction in price (could be credit for closing costs), or other benefit provided to a buyer as an inducement to buy (Barron’s Dictionary of Real Estate Terms) Requests for seller concessions in the form of closing costs are a common negotiating point between … More Real Estate Term of the Day: Concessions

Real Estate Term of the Day: Comparative Market Analysis & Comparable Sales

Real Estate Term of the Day: Comparative Market Analysis & Comparable Sales COMPARATIVE MARKET ANALYSIS (aka: Competitive Market Analysis or CMA) – an estimate of the value of property using only a few indicators taken from sales of comparable properties, such as price per square foot.  These value estimates are not appraisals and do not meet … More Real Estate Term of the Day: Comparative Market Analysis & Comparable Sales

2012 Metro Denver Economic Forecast

I recently attended a Metro Denver 2012 Economic Forecast presentation titled “Remodeling the Economy” put on by Patricia Silverstein.  Patricia serves as the consulting chief economist for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.  In these roles, she compiles, interprets, and forecasts economic and demographic data for the Denver … More 2012 Metro Denver Economic Forecast