Home prices rising, not falling

Home prices rising, not falling

Over the past few months, experts have revised their 2024 home price forecasts based on the latest data and market signals. Housing experts are predicting that sellers who had the luxury of sitting on the sidelines will be putting their homes on the market this year...
Where to dispose of old paint and other hazardous items

Where to dispose of old paint and other hazardous items

Do you have old paint and other hazardous materials stacking up in your garage and don’t know where to correctly dispose of it? The El Paso County Environmental Division, Household Hazardous Waste Facility is located at 3255 Akers Dr. Colorado Springs, 80922 ....
Monument overwhelmed by glut of housing growth

Monument overwhelmed by glut of housing growth

Monument, which saw the most housing permits by Pikes Peak Regional Building Department in 2023 at 278, had to temporarily suspend new Land Development Code applications until the end of January so that they could catch up on the large number of pending applications,...
Lorson Ranch 5th busiest for building homes in 2023

Lorson Ranch 5th busiest for building homes in 2023

Lorson Ranch, a 1,400 acre community in the southeast part of Colorado Springs at Marksheffel Road and Fontaine Boulevard, was the area’s fifth busiest neighborhood for housing permits in 2023, according to Pikes Peak Regional Building. Lorson Ranch is a popular...
Home buyers warm up to melting mortgage rates

Home buyers warm up to melting mortgage rates

With the mortgage rate having tumbled more than a full point in many cases, more homes are being listed, and sales are rising as buyers are pouncing on their sudden change in fortune, according to recent data. In December, mortgage rates dropped from more than 7...
Hail hit homeowners hard in 2023

Hail hit homeowners hard in 2023

A spate of hail storms in 2023 led to a spike in applications for roof replacements, according to the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. The inter-governmental agency, created in an agreement between Colorado Springs and El Paso County, issued nearly 66,000...