It's been a long hot week here in Colorado Springs. For those of you who read this regularly, you've probably noticed I'm not a fan of hot weather, and I think we set some records, yesterday they were talking 96 or something. It actually was bearable if you weren't directly in the sun, and we had some breeze and clouds off and on to break it up a little. The break starts tomorrow, and we really should already be past the peak of the heat of summer now. We need some more rain!
The senior open winds up today. I don't how they are going to top having a black bear on the golf course on Friday. We (my wife and I) saw a bear on the course once at Patty Jewett, downtown. The Broadmoor is so up against the foothills, frankly it is less of a surprise, but with such large crowd, it made an impression. Bears are very common in the national forest, and they come down to vary their diets sometimes. With the hot dry weather, they are probably noticing the green grass on the course, and figure there must be some berries around!
Real estate sales statistics aren't out yet for July, but preliminary figures are encouraging, with prices up slightly, and unsold inventory down. Sales were also down, but the percentage difference from the prior year was less. I spent a lot of time in model homes this week, and the models seems pretty busy. It was a productive week, with a closing, another under contract yesterday, and maybe an offer coming in today on one of my listings?