Sellers Are Offering $40K Concessions?! | Real Estate Market 2025 Explained ( Ft. Old Elk Infinity Blend Bourbon Whiskey)

Welcome back to another pour of Real Estate Served on the Rocks!

🥃 After a short break, we’re back — new studio, new energy, and the same perfect mix of bourbon tasting + real estate insights you can’t get anywhere else.

This week, we’re pouring the Old Elk Infinity Blend 2024 — a Fort Collins favorite that blends high malt bourbon & wheat whiskeys into one powerhouse bottle (111 proof 🔥). Spoiler: it might just be our smoothest “comeback pour” yet.

On the real estate side, we’re breaking down what’s really happening in today’s buyer’s market — from sellers slashing prices and offering $20–40K concessions, to creative deal structures like assumable 3% loans, rate buydowns, and even covering HOA fees to get buyers across the finish line.

Whether you’re a buyer trying to score deals or a seller trying to stand out in a crowded market, this episode is full of practical strategies, local insights, and plenty of laughs.

In This Episode:

✅ Why the Colorado housing market is more sensitive than ever to headlines & job reports

✅ Breaking down the shift to a buyer’s market — and what that really means in 2025

✅ Seller strategies: pricing, curb appeal, creative concessions & assumable loans

✅ Buyer strategies: how to use inspections, financing, and concessions to your advantage

✅ Why hyper-local markets matter (Thornton vs Brighton vs LaSalle, Windsor, Loveland, Greeley & more)

✅ Bourbon review: Old Elk Infinity Blend — Fort Collins pride in a bottle 🥃

Bourbon Tasted in This Episode: 🥃 Old Elk Infinity Blend 2023 (111 proof, Fort Collins, CO)

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Welcome Back! Why We Took a Break + New Studio Reveal

2:00 Today’s Pour: Old Elk Infinity Blend 2023 Review

15:00 Job Report, Rate Drops & Market Sensitivity Explained

25:00 Buyer’s Market or Seller’s Market? The Real Story in 2025

38:00 Hyper-Local Market Differences (Thornton vs Brighton vs LaSalle, Windsor & more)

55:00 Seller Strategies: Curb Appeal, Pricing & Concessions

1:10:00 Buyer Strategies: How to Leverage Inspections & Concessions

1:30:00 Final Thoughts + One-Rock Takeaways

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