HARRY’S COLUMN

 

HE WHO HESITATES …….

 

The latest statistics from the Pikes Peak Association of Realtors show that the local real estate market is coming back with a vengeance. For the fourth month in a row, the median price and the average price for homes in the Pikes Peak area have both increased. In addition, our inventory of available homes is down 22.3% from last year. All of these statistics indicate that the local market has bottomed out and that home values are now on the rise. So, with very attractive low mortgage interest rates still available, with the inventory of available homes beginning to shrink, and with home prices on the rise, the moral of this story for prospective buyers is strike now, while the iron is hot.

 

 

JOB LOSS PROTECTION GENERATES EXCITEMENT

 

Of all the programs that we have introduced in past years,

not one has created the excitement that our new Job Loss Protection Plan has generated. This innovative new program pays up to $1,800 monthly for as long as 6 months to Buyers who lose their jobs within two years after closing and who qualify for unemployment. To date, we are the only Colorado Realtor to offer this unique protection and we feel it provides some valuable Peace of Mind to prospective Buyers who are concerned about the present economic uncertainty of the job market. When the economy returns to normal, this program may go the way of the hula hoop, but in today’s economic climate, this plan can be a life-saver to Buyers who fall victim to job cut-backs. If you have hesitated to buy your new home because of worries about job security, please contact us for more details about this revolutionary new program.

 

 

NEW NAR PAMPHLETS NOW AVAILABLE

 

The National Association of Realtors has just published their 2009 brochures and several of them might be of interest to our readers. We would be happy to email copies to you at no charge. Just send us your request.

 

“It is a Great Time to Buy” lists many websites that would be helpful to prospective Buyers 

 

“Energy Savers Booklet” contains 34 pages of tips for saving energy (and money”

 

“2009 Family Guide to Going Green” contains environmental tips for your home, your yard, etc.

 

And, please remember, I would be honored to serve as your broker for all of your residential real estate needs.

 

Also if you know of anyone who desires to buy or sell local real estate, or, who is moving in or out of the Pikes Peak region, remember that, with over 37 years of providing relocation and Real Estate services to clients throughout the country, I am uniquely qualified to assist them with the relocation process, including buying and/or selling their homes on both ends of their move.

  

JOKE OF THE WEEK

 

Only in America


Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America... do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
Only in America... do banks leave both doors to the vault open but then chain 25 cent pens to the counters.
Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
Only in America... do we have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering