Mastermind hours DEC 9 2025
here's what you missed !
Market Conditions:
- New builders sitting on significant inventory
- Developer distress creating opportunities (similar to past cycles where investors acquired 30+ properties at discounts)
- Denver experiencing 90% of properties seeing depreciation after previous 10% appreciation spike
- Market correction expected to stabilize back to historical 6% annual average appreciation
- In-migration slowing due to high cost of living (Denver ranked least favorable relocation destination in US)
- New construction starts have fallen off dramatically
- Legislative concerns around rent control causing builders to relocate to more developer-friendly markets like Colorado Springs
Permitting & Construction:
- Denver permitting surprisingly faster than previous years (some permits 2 weeks ahead of schedule)
- Low construction activity creating availability in permit offices
- Lumber and contractor costs coming down
- Jefferson, Douglas, Adams, and Arapahoe counties more builder-friendly than Denver (90+ days typical)
JUSt One of this week's insights:
"The short-term play on interest rates isn't as telling or impactful as the 10-year bond rate."
Kurt Haneke
Real estate broker and seasoned investor
Colorado RE•CON subscriber
If you've been obsessively checking Fed announcements, as many of us do when a flashy headline appears, expecting your mortgage rates to drop accordingly, Kurt's insight might save you a lot of wasted time and recalibrate where you focus your market intelligence efforts.
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