Keyword: Housing
Redi Reports
- April 2024
With the Rocky Mountains as such a popular vacation destination, short-term rentals have been a part of Colorado for a long time.
Stress on the housing supply may be making it difficult for lower-income individuals and families to find housing in mountain communities.
Short-term rentals being so readily available increases the demand for housing with an already limited supply.…
Redi Reports
- March 2024
As the first state to adopt legal recreational marijuana, Colorado has served as the proverbial canary in the coal mine for this process.
From January 2014 through February 2020, approximately $2.1 billion dollars of recreational marijuana revenue was taken in by dispensaries in Denver County.
We estimate that approximately 2% of the observed growth in the mean value of Denver County single-family homes in the above period is associated with legalized recreational marijuana revenue generated in that time.…
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- November 16, 2022
What share of housing is affordable to CO teachers & middle-income households?
Given changing market conditions & interest rates, will the market correct ?
What % of owners are burdened by their rent, mortgaged, or property taxes?
How does that vary across Colorado?
Redi Reports
- July 2022
This report highlights regional variation in median Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio, a key indicator of housing affordability volatility.
Colorado’s median LTV ratio is below the national average, and has fallen since
In Colorado and the US, Black and Hispanic buyers have substantially higher median LTV ratios than White and Asian buyers.…
Redi Reports
- June 2022
Housing accessibility for all socio-economic groups is a prime goal of any
Colorado’s Fort Collins was once affordable to many, but now workers in most of the lower-paid occupations can no longer afford to live where they work.
The problem has worsened over the 2020-2021 pandemic, a period where housing demand far exceeded supply, thus raising home and rental prices.…
Redi Reports
- August 2018
Rental prices in Colorado are unusually high in terms of their share of renters’ income.
Accelerating rents in metropolitan areas of Colorado are a driving force behind the widening rental price gap between the US and Colorado.
Colorado potentially faces a constrained entrepreneurial environment due to these rising rent burdens.…
Redi Reports
- October 2018
Colorado typically experiences above-average rates of in-migration as well as out-migration.
There are some indications that at least in the Denver area, net migration may slow as housing prices rise.
Important regional differences migration differences across the state have become more pronounced over time, with the Front Range rapidly gaining population while other parts of the state see net outflows.…