by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 12, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
Outside the Denver metro, a meaningful share of HUD listings are manufactured homes on land, in places like Pueblo, Weld County and the Western Slope. They are often the cheapest homes on the site. They are also the ones most likely to be listed as uninsured, which...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 11, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
A lot of Colorado HUD inventory is condos and townhomes, and nearly all of it sits in an HOA. The foreclosure that turned the home into a HUD home also changed who owes what to that HOA. Here is the map. Past dues: who pays Dues from before HUD took the home: mostly...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 11, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
Two things scare Colorado buyers of foreclosed homes more than anything else: mold and methamphetamine. Both are real. Both are testable for less than the cost of a night out. Neither is something HUD will fix or, usually, something HUD knows about. What HUD discloses...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 10, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
Every HUD home in Colorado is winterized when HUD takes it over: water lines drained, antifreeze in the traps, water heater off, a sticker on the sink. That protects the house. It also means you cannot run a faucet, test a furnace or get an FHA appraisal until someone...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 10, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
A HUD contract has a hard closing date, and HUD does not move it for free. The good news is the rules are printed and the fees are fixed. Here is the clock. The deadline Financed purchase: 45 days from the date HUD signs the contract (the acceptance date on the...
by denverhudhomes_mm80sv | Sep 9, 2026 | Hud Learning Center, Real estate
There is no inspection contingency in a HUD contract. There is no appraisal contingency either. What there is instead is a written earnest money forfeiture policy, and the asset manager applies it the same way to everyone. Know it before you bid. The deposit HUD...
