December 2025
MileStone Real Estate Services
”Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year long.”
Charles Dickens
Move Faster
The phrase “the cobbler’s children have no shoes” means that a shoemaker is often too busy with his work to provide shoes for his family. In my case the house has no baseboards as I have been too busy working, managing and selling homes. After living in our house for just over 4 years, I am very excited to say I have started installing baseboards and door trim! Renée is thrilled even though we have it stacked in the house. I can say it’s going much better than I expected. I’m almost done with the door trim and have started the baseboards. Starting in the least visible areas in order to “get smarter than the job” just in case I mess up. That way I won’t have to look at my mistakes every day. I encourage you to tackle a project that has been hanging around for a month or like in my case years! I think you will find the project isn’t as bad or hard as you thought it would be.
Sales Market
The Colorado Springs sales market continues to be a buyer’s market. With home prices dropping, days on market climbing, and seller concessions the norm.
The following is Redfin’s prediction for the housing market in 2026:
The Great Housing Reset will take shape in 2026. It won’t be a quick price correction, and it won’t be a recession. Instead, the Great Housing Reset will be a yearslong period of gradual increases in home sales and normalization of prices as affordability gradually improves. It will start next year, with incomes rising faster than home prices for a prolonged period for the first time since the Great Recession era.
Prediction 1: Mortgage Rates Will Dip to Low-6% Range, One Factor Improving Affordability
Prediction 2: Homebuying Affordability Will Improve As Wages Grow Faster Than Prices
Prediction 3: Home Sales Will Rise 3%
Prediction 4: Rents Will Rise As Demand For Apartments Rises and Supply Falls
Prediction 5: High Housing Costs Will Reshape Households, With More Roommates and Fewer Babies
Prediction 6: Affordability Crisis Will Unite Policymakers Across Party Lines
Prediction 7: More Americans Will Refi and Remodel
Prediction 8: NYC Outskirts, Great Lakes Region Will Be Hot … Zoom Towns Like Nashville and Austin Will Not
Prediction 9: Climate Migration Will Go Hyperlocal
Prediction 10: National Association of Realtors Will Let Local Multiple Listing Services Call the Shots, Sparking Consolidation
Prediction 11: AI Will Become a Real Estate Matchmaker
If you have any questions regarding buying or selling a home or the sales market in general, let me know, I am happy to go over the sales data and process with you. Rob@MileStoneRES.com
Caution!
KKTV reported that a fire at a Lakewood Apartment in Colorado was caused by a lithium-ion battery. It caused $50,000 in damage but luckily was stopped before it spread to other units.
Firefighters are reminding the public that lithium-ion batteries are commonplace and to adhere to the following safety tips to prevent similar fires.
"Lithium-ion batteries are in so many devices we use every day -- from laptops to cell phones, to toothbrushes, and in this case, a cordless drill," the fire department said.
- Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for use. Don’t overcharge the battery by leaving it on the charger overnight.
- Always use the charger that came with the device.
- Don’t charge or store your devices in an exit path in case of an emergency, like near your front or back door.
- Stay alert for warning signs, like physical damage, swelling, hissing or odd smells.
- Properly dispose of old batteries by recycling -- don’t throw them in the trash.
The Good Stuff...
Well to be Frank, I’d have to change my name.
Turning Vegan would be a missed steak!
Our mountains aren’t just funny, they're hill areas.
Dogs can’t operate MRI scanners but Catscan.
Courtesy of Indian Hills Community Center street sign
Happy Holidays!
The MileStone Team
