In brutally competitive housing market, seller and buyer form unlikely friendship

ESTES PARK, Colo.

According to Abbey Pontius, a realtor in Estes Park, new listings for a single family home are down 26% from this time last year.

“This house is near a house my family rented for a couple of summers, and so I told my mom that.

Beyond the house, both have a passion for philanthropy, are natives of Illinois and, in a very unusual coincidence, one of Ellen’s late dogs was named Ginger.

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