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Hey Friends, I've got just 3 fun facts for you today and a longer quote than usual.  I hope you have a great weekend! Blessings, Fun Fact 1:  In 2024, the top 5 U-Haul growth states were South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, Florida & Tennessee.  The bottom 5 were California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania.  Colorado was not far behind. Source:...

Hey Friends, I have 4 fun facts for you as we begin the new year. I hope you have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Starting off with a fun one: Here are the top 15 highest grossing animated franchises of all time. Source: r/dataisbeautiful Fun Fact 2: On the national level, homes were hitting 70 days on the market in December, which is nine more days than last...

Hello Friends, I've got 4 fun facts for you today. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Brooke and I wish you a very Happy New Year! Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Earlier this month, Realtor.com forecasted Colorado Springs to be the leader in home sales and price growth in 2025 across the 100 largest markets. Source: Realtor.com Fun Fact 2: How do people in the US heat their homes?...

Hello Friends, I've got 5 fun facts for you today, mainly reporting on how my brokerage firm has performed in 2024.  Brooke and I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas! Andrew Fun Fact 1:  It can take as many as 15 years to grow a tree of typical height (6 to 7 feet) or as little as 4 years, but the average growing time for a marketable size is 7 years. Source: National Christmas Tree...

Hello Friends, I've got 6 fun facts for you today.  I hope you have a great weekend! Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Here in Colorado Springs, active listings "supply" totaled 2,685 in November and were down 9.9% when compared to last month. They jumped 25.8% when compared to last year at this time. (Last year saw 2,135 active listings.) Source: Land Title Guarantee Company Fun Fact...

Hello Friends, Happy December! Christmas music can now officially be played. I have 4 fun facts for you today.  I hope this holiday season is off to a good start for you and that you have a great weekend! Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Housing prices continue to rise nationally across all indexes. Source: Logan Mohtashami; Advisor Perspectives Fun Fact 2: There hasn't been a nuclear...

Hello Friends, I have 4 fun facts to share with you today.  One of them is literally out of this world! Have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Total inventory, new sales, and prices have all dipped after the election.  Total inventory of unsold single family homes is 722,000, 28% more than a year ago. Source: Altos Research; HousingWire Fun Fact 2: Crypto is...

Hello Friends, I have 4 fun facts to share with you today.  I hope you have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Sales of existing homes in the US are on pace for their lowest annual total since 1995. Source: NAR Fun Fact 2: The interest payments on US National Debt have spiked to a record $1.1 trillion annual rate, increasing 120% over the past 4 years. (Let's hope...

Hello Friends, With the election now over we can focus on life and work a little more! I just have 3 fun facts to share with you.  Have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1:  Trump will be America's 47th president.  He won the electoral college votes needed and also the popular vote.  As of now (Thursday evening) he has 72,891,204 votes votes over Harris' 68,329,497...

Hey Friends, Wow! How is it November already?  Today, I have 4 fun facts to share with you.  Have a great weekend! Blessings, Andrew Fun Fact 1:  The median sale price of a home in the US has risen $162,000 in 11 years while the median household income has only risen $12,390 in 10 years (2024 income data isn't tabulated yet but I'm certain it is not much.) Source: FRED, Census,...