Glacier View Meadows (Livermore, CO)
By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
From time to time, I read blog posts/rants complaining about agents who write “crappy” offers.  While I make every effort to write good offers, I'll admit, this one was pretty bad. The buyers and I had driven all over Glacier View, we even wrote a few offers that had been rejected,   and finally they found the cabin they wanted to buy!  They were here from out of state and camping at the KOA about 20 miles away, so we agreed to meet at the KOA to sign the papers..It was unseasonably hot for June, with temperatures over 100 degrees.  June temperatures in the Fort Collins area usually average about 83°F - so it was HOT!  That day in 2012, ominous smoke from the High Park Fire was blowing east into the KOA campground just off of Hwy 287 near Ted’s Place.  We had no idea that the fire would...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
The Glacier View Meadows real estate market is doing quite well! 2014 brought  new neighbors to 47 homes in Glacier View. That's 13 more home sales than in 2013, or an increase of 38%.   The Median  and average prices for 2014 are  up: Median 2014: $236,000 - 2013: $219,000 Average 2014: $233,830- 2013: $221,461   Average days on market are down.   Listings in 2014 sold for an average of 96% of list price Presently there are ONLY 12 homes on the market with 4 others under contract Absorbtion rate= 3.06 indicating a seller's market   Inventory is low and we need more listings! When you are ready to sell- please give me a call! Information take from MLS, other sales or available properties not listed in the MLS are not included. Statistics are deemed accurate but not guaranteed Mary Doug...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
We are fortunate to live in the Red Feather Lakes, Livermore Colorado area.  People who are looking for a new home surrounded by nature, don’t need to look very far.     This gorgeous Sunday morning, I woke up and as usual, let the dog out.  She walked to the edge of the deck and stopped dead in her tracks- high alert- something was different in the yard!  I went to the window to see what she was staring at so intently and there was a doe with her brand new twins!   I watched the new mother as she licked them and nudged them up onto their wobbly little legs. One did fairly well walking and bouncing around.  The other little one was tired and just wanted to lay in the grass. Mom came over to the fence to have “a talk” with the dog.  They didn’t say a word, but I could tell that she was p...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Livermore Colorado and Glacier View Meadows Residential Real Estate-Third Quarter 2012 When comparing current sales of residential property in Livermore, CO to the 3rd quarter of 2011 it looks like this year is slightly better in sales volume, we have a few sales pending so we’ll have to wait until December to see how the year really stacks up. In Livermore and most of nearby Red Feather Lakes, average days on the market were longer, while average and median prices were higher. Averages don’t necessarily reflect an increase or decrease in value…because a large sale will throw the averages off.   Median is the “middle line” with ½ selling above and the other ½ selling below. I’ve broken out Glacier View Meadows, within the Livermore zip code, because it is the largest market in Livermore...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
High Park Fire- Firefighters Festival Fundraiser is Today!  July 21, 2012 Please come out to the Firefighters’ Festival Fundraiser today at the Livermore Community Hall* -          Free Wings and barbeque- Souza Smokin BBQ, Jim Wings and Babettes Feast Catering and Bakery -          Free Performances by local bands including: the Roger Shea Band with Kenny Cordova, guest vocalist and the John Mills Orchestra -          Silent Auction The food and entertainment are free- however donations are being accepted and all proceeds from the event will benefit our Volunteer Fire Departments.   You would not even believe the various items available for the Silent Auction! The Firefighters’ Festival Fundraiser will help the Livermore, Glacier View and Red Feather Volunteer Fire Departments replenis...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
One appraiser doesn’t have the facts straight about Glacier View Meadows and/or the High Park Fire. The Appraisal Management Company has been having difficulty finding an appraiser to come aaaaaaaallllllllll the way up to Glacier View Meadows and they have been misinformed by one appraiser as to the condition of most of the subdivision, too.    ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL the way up here is only 40 minutes away from Fort Collins.  Even on a good traffic day, it can easily take 30 minutes to get from one side of Fort Collins to the other and that’s without the train!  So Glacier View Meadows is really not that far, maybe 10 more minutes?   The appraisal order was being rejected due to “evacuations and fires in the area”….Yet, all evacuations for  Filings 1-11* were lifted on June 27 and the fire was...
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By Mary Douglas, REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
(United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado)
Today, is the buyer’s final walk through…we are getting closer to closing. These  days it can be challenging to even get a real estate deal put together- but add in a natural disaster like the High Park Fire and well, there were moments when I thought we would never get this far. If you were traveling to Glacier View Meadows today, thankfully, you would not notice too much that is different unless you went down to the 12th filing.  The fire roared through the 12th filing faster than anyone could imagine.  The 12th filing was my second destination this morning. But first, I went up to my listing, before the buyer’s final walk-through, to open the windows and let the cool morning air in.  A little rabbit ran beside me as I drove down the tree lined road and I must have seen 20 deer happi...
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