Denver Real Estate Specifics: Carbon Monoxide Detectors Could Become Required By Law

State Senate Bill 187 would require Carbon Monoxide Detectors in all homes sold after July 1st!  Not just new homes, but any home sold.  Apartently from the 9news article I read, the bill has just been brought out of committee, which means it has several steps before becoming state law. As far as I can tell, [...]

January 2008 Real Estate Statistics for Northern Colorado

REAL ESTATE STATS
Total properties closed in January dropped 15.6%.  The average sales price went down by 3.6% again due largely to the foreclosed properties.  Million dollar properties sales in units were up 2.2%.  Listing inventory is up only slightly by six tenths of a percent.
ANALYSIS
Winter trends continue in Denver, and the affect of foreclosures [...]

Just Interesting: Location, Location, and Leadville

Allow me to recant.  My original post below we a thirty second mussing on a CNN article that caught my eye.  I got a great comment from a true Leadviller that set me straight on the details, so make sure and read the comments on this one if the topic interests you.  Or if you [...]

Denver Market Specifics: A Video Report on Foreclosures in the Colorado Real Estate Market by CNNMoney

The tag-line caught my eye: Rocky Mountain Foreclosures.   The report is sobering to be sure.  The link below the video was entriging as well: 100 Worst Hit Zip Codes.  On the December 2007 focused list I found 80013 (Aurora) at number 47 to be the only Colorado zipcode listed there.  I was disheartened to see a Sacramento zip-code (95823) at [...]

Real Estate Tools: What is your Walk Score? For the Urban Enthusiast

How close is the nearest coffee shop to the home we are touring today?  What restaurants could I walk to?  Is the grocery store an outing to pack for or could my kid’s wagon get us there and back?  In short, how carbon free will routine tasks be?  These are questions that are most valued by urban buyers and [...]

How Foreclosures Impact You.

You can’t read a newspaper or a financial website with out seeing articles about the large volume of foreclosures in the United States.  What does that mean for you?  Well, it all depends on “location, location, location.”  At least that’s what the front page of the Denver Post claims (dated September 5, 2007).  The article [...]