Home Inspection: Ways to Make it Work for You

*Have you ever felt a home inspection missed something important?
*Conversely, have you ever felt a home inspection made much out of little in an inspection report?
*Or have you ever decided that the home inspection clause in the buy/sell contract was simply an opening into round 2 of contract negotiations?
*Perhaps you're buying your first home and getting ready for your home inspection.

Consider checking out this FREE, 2-hour CLASS on home inspections. Chuck Luellen and Nick Flores of Apex Real Estate Inspectors and Beth Baker Owens of Your Castle Real Estate are teaming up to address these and other issues regarding home inspections. Please RSVP, so your free materials will be ready for you. The first class is this Tuesday, 23 March 2010. Subsequent classes will be the 4th Wednesday monthly, April through September, 2010.

Home Inspection: Ways to Make it Work for You
03/23/10 Tuesday 06:00 PM-08:00 PM
Is a home inspection just an extra cost for the buyer? Is it round two of the negotiations? What does a good inspection cover, anyway? How can you choose a competent inspector? What can a seller do to be proactive? How much can a buyer really discover in an inspection? How do inspections work for distressed properties?
Please RSVP to: Beth Baker Owens bethbakerowens@comcast.net
Presenters: Beth Baker Owens, Chuck Luellen & Nick Flores
YCRE MINERAL - 9085 E. MINERAL CIR., main conference room at Panorama Falls, ENGLEWOOD, 80112

Market Update for September

The entire MLS had a 5 month supply of homes on the market in September 2009, making it slightly a seller's market. 3,846 homes and condos sold in September out of 19,834 listings. An overall decrease in sales volume reflects the slow down in processing pending foreclosures by banks unwilling to flood the market and fewer homeowners choosing to sell in the depressed market. The 4.9% increase in average home sales price reflects the bidding wars in the least expensive neighborhoods, as prices begin to bounce up a bit in the SW and NE parts of the city. There is a strong sellers market in the lower end of the market that is pitting eager investors with first time home buyers trying to close before the Nov 30th deadline for the $8000 tax credit. Even where prices are slighty up, there is much ground to regain after the losses from recent years. Parts of the market that previously were resisting downward market forces (the upper end and certain neighborhoods) are now feeling the effect of distressed home sales (foreclosures and short sales). The upper end of the market is still depressed and has a strong buyers market. So, ask the most important question, "What is the market in my neighborhood?"