IRES CEO stepping down in early 2022

LOVELAND — Nearly two years after signing a contract extension to remain the leader of Information and Real Estate Services LLC, a Loveland-based multiple listing service that operates in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley, Lauren Hansen plans to hang up her real estate hat after four decades in the industry and retire early next year. 

“There isn’t a hard date,” she said of her departure, which is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2022. “It will depend on the candidates’ availability. In the meantime, I’m working on some hopefully easy transitional tasks that will make going from one…