Tag: homes
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Colorado Springs builders tout new, urban-style homes as more affordable alternative
There’s no place like home. But finding an affordable place to live these days remains one of the biggest challenges faced by Colorado Springs buyers. Prices for local resale homes, which climbed to $450,000 in June, have set record highs each of the last five months. New home prices have skyrocketed, as well; spiking lumber,…
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Colorado Springs home prices set more record highs; average price tops $500K
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The trend isn’t necessarily your friend if you’re trying to buy a single-family home in the Colorado Springs area. Local home prices soared to a new round of record highs in June, as the average price cracked the $500,000 mark for the first time, according…
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Colorado Springs home prices set more record highs; average price tops $500K
The trend isn’t necessarily your friend if you’re trying to buy a single-family home in the Colorado Springs area. Local home prices soared to a new round of record highs in June, as the average price cracked the $500,000 mark for the first time, according to a monthly market trends report released Thursday by the…
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Colorado Springs City Council splits on allowing homebuilders to dedicate less parkland to the city
A few Colorado Springs City Council members during a work session Monday strongly opposed and questioned lowering how much parkland developers must dedicate to the city when they build new homes. “Once this is lost, it can never be recovered,” Councilman Bill Murray said of land dedication requirements. The proposed parkland dedication rules would lower…
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Colorado Springs’ construction industry hit boom times in 2020, despite pandemic
Business was booming last year for homebuilders, general contractors and subcontractors that make up the Pikes Peak region’s construction industry, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimated value of permits issued for the construction of single-family homes, townhomes, apartments, hotels, offices, schools, medical buildings, manufacturing plants and other structures last year in El Paso County soared…