Cap Hill Open House, 12-3pm, Sunday 5/30. Refreshments provided!
2bd/1ba $204K, charming 1929 condo. (80203, Gov Park, Capitol Hill) A mere two blocks from the Governor’s mansion on a tree-lined street, this fabulous two bedroom condominium with 1,215 square feet of finished and usable space deserves to be your next residence. With it being an end unit on the first floor, there’s easy access [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Check out more than 125 of Colorado’s best artists… for FREE! Fri, May 28 until Sun, May 30!
Downtown Denver Arts Festival : Celebrating 12 Years of Colorado Artists… The 12th annual Downtown Denver Arts Festival at the Denver Pavilions, 16th and Glenarm, with more than 130 Colorado artisans displaying and selling their fine art during Memorial Day Weekend. The festival is the only major event dedicated to supporting and showcasing the work [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Aggressive steps readied to fight foreclosures of homes.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to overhaul how it is tackling the foreclosure crisis, in part by requiring lenders to temporarily slash or eliminate monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers who are unemployed, senior officials said Thursday.Banks and other lenders would have to reduce the payments to no more than 31 percent of a [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Four Important Facts Affecting Denver Area Real Estate
1) Fact One: The housing inventory for single family and condominiums remains low. Single family homes inventory decreased 22.9% from 2006 to 2010. Condo inventory decreased 33.6% from 2006 to today. Condos will be the next product type to start to see an appreciable gain. 2) Fact Two: Properties being placed Under Contract are rising [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)For you and your doggie! Bow Wow at the Denver Botanical Gardens, Sat May 22nd, 9am-1pm.
Denver Botanic Gardens premiers a new kind of event, geared toward “man’s best friend” and their owners. This dog-centric affair features pet-friendly vendors, informational booths and enough treat stations to keep tails wagging throughout the day. Our family-friendly event allows dogs and dog owners to play, socialize and enjoy the weather as the season transitions from [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Home-Sellers are still being advised to moderate remodeling impulses…
You fixed it, but now can you flip it? // // Keeping up with the Joneses can be detrimental to one’s savings account. Surpassing them can prove even more damaging when it comes time to sell. Homeowners should be keenly aware of neighboring properties when remodeling their own in preparation for a sale. Pour too [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)The effect of the Home-buyer tax credit incentive on residential real estate sales in Denver…
1. Did the Tax Credit Work to Increase Real Estate Sales? Yes, highest number under contract since 2006. STAT ONE: Properties that are currently Under Contract are at a 5 year high. 2. Did the Tax Credit ramp up buyers to buy? The figures do not lie, YES. STAT TWO: More properties closed in April [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)The majority of 9,734 homes sold Jan-Apr ‘10 in Denver were priced BELOW $300,000!
Home sale sweet spot below $300,000: The lion’s share of homes sold in the Denver-area in the first four months of the year were priced at $300,000 or below, shows a report released today. Of the 9,734 homes sold and closed through April 30, 6,663 of them – 68 percent – were priced at $300,000 [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Even if you didn’t get Under Contract in time to qualify for the tax credit, it still makes sense to buy soon before interest rates rise!
Getting Under Contract on a home by Friday, April 30 would have potentially enabled you to collect on the much-publicized home-buyer the tax credit… However, it is not just the tax credit that makes this the best time in a long time to pull the trigger on the home of your dreams. Prices have reached [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Cinco de Mayo festival at Denver’s Civic Center Park this weekend, May 8-9!
Celebrating its 23rd anniversary, Denver’s Cinco de Mayo festival unites traditional Mexican food, artwork, crafts and music downtown in Civic Center Park. Sample fresh tamales, or simply be serenaded by Mariachi bands strolling around the park. The festival is sponsored by NEWSED (New West Side Economic Development.) Date: Saturday, May 8 – Sunday, May 9, [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Developers building affordable apartments in Denver!
Developers Charlie Woolley and Greg Glade are teaming up to build 50 affordable apartments at 5100 W. Alameda Ave. in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood. The apartments will be made available to people earning 40 percent to 50 percent of the area’s median income, or about $22,000 to $35,000 a year. Lease rates will range from $400 [...]
Filed under Local Real Estate | Comment (0)Denver’s study IDs sources of financial support for the Colfax streetcar.
A city of Denver task force studying the possible introduction of streetcars to Colfax Avenue has determined a dual-track segment between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, costing about $105 million, could be a “viable” first phase of the project. The East Colfax corridor already has some of the strongest transit ridership in the country — anchored [...]
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