Heat in the morning, AC by noon - Denver’s Market isn’t a 'set and forget’ just yet By Matthew Leprino Like the climate control in your car, the climate of home buying season in Denver can change on a dime. Like its namesake, sometimes we skip spring altogether and head right for the 90s while every now and then, our summer flowers...
The median selling price remained near $200,000 and the share of available single-family homes slipped as the Pueblo area's housing market stayed hot through August. Last month's median selling price of $192,500 was up 10 percent from a year earlier, according to Colorado Association of REALTORS® data. In June, the median sales price jumped to $203,000, up 13 percent from the prior...
Boulder, CO Median home list price: $612,550 Share of borrowers with a 649 FICO score or lower: 7.3% On the edge of the Flatiron Mountains, Boulder boasts beautiful panoramas befitting a Coors ad. It regularly pops up on lists of the best places to live for its high quality of life, and plentiful gigs. These things just keep driving up the cost of...
Sellers and landlords may not know about lead in the pipes. There is no lead in the water that Denver Water delivers to homes and businesses. But it can enter the drinking water as the water passes through older customer service lines, which connect the house to Denver Water’s distribution pipes in the street, or lead plumbing inside the home. Denver Water...
Meg Schubert, an architect who’s married to architect Drew Allen, shared the couple’s homebuying journey to purchasing a two-bedroom condo in the Mile High City. Denver’s real estate market was a little crazy when we started thinking about buying. Homes were selling in a day, and almost always above asking price. We wanted to make sure we had all our ducks in a row...
The red-hot housing market in Pueblo and other Colorado communities shows more signs of leveling or, possibly, starting to cool. "An early peak housing season (in April and May) has been met with an earlier than normal seasonal slowdown as buyer and seller behavior is changing amid the latest market conditions," the Colorado Association of REALTORS® said Friday in releasing the...
Governor's office: We have a plan, but no details available By Shay Castle Numbers have been dwindling for years inside Boulder County's public trustee office. As the revenue from fees on ever-shrinking sales and foreclosures grew smaller, so, too, did the staff: down from five in 2012 to two today. Next week, staff will drop further, to zero. Trustee Jim Martin announced his resignation...
By Matthew Leprino The change you’ve been waiting for is here, but it may not be the one you’ve been expecting. Since 2008 and the subsequent recovery, many have been on the edges of their seats waiting for the doom, gloom and yes, opportunity that another bust may bring. Any sign of a change would be welcome as the market and the corresponding...
The goal of creating well-maintained sidewalks across Denver may soon become a headache for property owners. Sidewalks around the city are about to undergo mandatory repairs on the property owners’ dime. This month, a city inspector will start hunting for damaged and uneven sidewalks that need repair in Denver as part of the Neighborhood Sidewalk Repair Program. City ordinance says the cost to fix them falls on the property...
The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations today for a new provision allowing many owners of sole proprietorships, partnerships, trusts and S corporations to deduct 20 percent of their qualified business income. The new qualified business income deduction is available for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. Taxpayers can claim it for the first time on the 2018 federal...