Jay Canode

The other day a photographer friend of mine got shamed and berated on Facebook for sharing some beautiful pictures touting the location of a local recreation spot up in the forest. The place isn’t really well known, is kind of hard to get to, and it’s appeal is ethereal in...

In June of 2022 the median sales price for a home in Delta County was $417,000. This was the highest median monthly price statistic in the history of Delta County. Coincidentally and rather unfortunately June 2022 is the month arbitrarily chosen by the state of Colorado to base its property...

Happy 2023 western Colorado! My name is Jay Canode. I'm a realtor based in Paonia where I’ve lived with my wife and son since 2006. I'll be sharing a “real estate round up” here in the pages of The Shopper from time to time, where you can expect my opinions...

Wow! What a spring, huh?! Ummmm ... I mean, summer?  I can’t remember a more pleasant June on the western slope of Colorado. Usually at this time of year in my household, we have ALL the windows open at night. Then we shut ‘em after breakfast in order to preserve...

A very popular notion on the street these days is that the housing bubble is about to burst. National headlines suggest we are already in a corrective phase regarding the housing market; there is even talk of a cooling market in Denver and the Front Range. Inflation remains sticky, job...

Snow Day!!! I can’t remember the last time school was canceled due to snow in Delta County. Ive only been in the North Fork for 15 years and it seems like in that time maybe two snow days in that time? We are all excited in the Canode household today and plan...