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The buyer guide and the seller guide are the two to start with. One email opens both, and every guide after them. A new one each month.

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If you are buying, or if you are selling.

This month

September 2026

A new guide each month. This one is the split between single-family and attached, and what a 2026 comp actually is.

Monthly guide

Two Markets, One Front Range

Boulder County single-family and attached homes are not the same market. Longmont still has more homes near entry prices. South Boulder has fewer actives and a higher sold median. The preview is the short version. The email opens the numbers.

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Start with the buyer guide or the seller guide. The same email covers every guide after this.

Shorter notes

These stay open.

Moving here, and a Saturday in town. The long guides are the ones above.

Relocating

Moving to the Front Range

Boulder, Weld, and Larimer can look similar in a listing photo and feel different once you live there. This is the conversation I have before we talk about a single house.

01

What “close to Boulder” means

Drive times at 8 a.m., not at noon. Which towns keep a Saturday market and a walkable core, and which ones trade that for a larger yard.

02

How to compare towns

Longmont, Erie, Louisville, Lafayette, Niwot, Windsor, Fort Collins: what you gain in space, what you keep in access.

03

Before you book flights

Schools, water, HOAs, wind, and the street that looks perfect online and lives louder than you expect.

Local recs

A Saturday in town

Listings show square footage. This is the rest of the week: coffee, a market, a park, a porch people actually use.

01

Out the door

A park at the end of the street, a path into town, or a quiet block. Those differences matter more than the listing photos.

02

A slow morning

Markets, bakeries, and the downtowns that still feel like a main street after 10 a.m.