Home Price Appreciation Rates Move into a Healthy Range

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The gurus at Colorado Home Realty speculated that 2017 would see home price increases move to a healthier, and more sustainable, rate in metro Denver. Data for the 3rd quarter of 2017 indicate this is happening. The five-year period from the beginning of 2012 to the end of 2016 saw average annual home price appreciation of 10.05%, compounded annually. At the end of …

What Price for Convenience

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What Price for Convenience There was an ad on TV many years ago by a large, nationally franchised real estate firm … let’s call it ABC Realty because we can’t remember the actual name. The Scene: Husband and wife in kitchen. Man in suit with briefcase walks through swinging door from dining room. Couple looks surprised. The Dialog (paraphrase): Man says, “Want …

Agent Assisted Sellers Net More than FSBO’s

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Agent Assisted Sellers Net More than FSBO’s   Agents have always claimed to add value that exceeds their fee. A new study by Collateral Analytics (CA) provides the most powerful evidence to date that this is true. The CA study, released August 1st, shows that homes sold with the help of real estate agents sell for 5.02% to 7.26% more than …

Renovate, Remodel, Repair 

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Renovate, Remodel, Repair Call it renovating, call it remodeling, call it updating. On every street in every city and every town in North America somebody is doing it. Many don’t give enough thought to whether they are investing wisely on the project. Most people assume that money spent on the house is money well spent. Some projects are clear winners …

Denver Home Prices Not High on Pot

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Denver Home Prices Not High on Pot Coloradans may or may not be getting high more often due to legalization of marijuana but the once banned weed contributes almost nothing to quickly rising residential real estate values. One frequently sees claims to the contrary. We spotted the assertion again last week in a post on Trulia entitled Why Is Everyone Moving …

HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD, DENVER

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HIGHLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD, DENVER Actually two neighborhoods in one, Highland and West Highland, “The Highlands” is just 2 miles northwest of downtown Denver and is rapidly becoming one of the most popular and sought after neighborhoods in the greater metropolitan area. With views of downtown and the draw of both historic and modern architecture and features, the Highlands neighborhood is definitely …

Hot Markets – Arvada & Highlands

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Hot Markets – Arvada & Highlands   Denver has a lot of “Hot” real estate micro markets. Learn about Arvada and Highlands area. How have they changed, what are they now and what’s to come. Read more on Arvada and Highlands: Arvada, CO Highlands Neighborhood, Denver   Subscribe To Our Blog

Use An Agent for Free When Selling

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Use An Agent for Free When Selling   What if you can pay an agent to help with the sale of your home and walk away from the closing table with more money in your pocket than if you sold it yourself without agent assistance? That is exactly what you can do according to a study released August 1st by Collateral …

Market Predictable … and Affordable?

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Market Predictable … and Affordable? “Second verse … same as the first.” That iconic line from a 1910 British theatrical song, famously reprised by Herman’s Hermits in the 1960s, summarizes the metro Denver residential real estate market. It is keeping the same pattern year after year.   The 12-month moving average for single family home prices is 8.5% now versus …

Is Denver Affordable?

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Is Denver Affordable? Is the Denver Real Estate Market a bubble? Should we have economic concerns? Why do we care? Links mentioned in the video: Housing Affordability: https://bit.ly/2uZA4vC Average House Payments Near Historic Norm: https://bit.ly/2h2ZgvV   Subscribe To Our Blog

Housing Affordability Surprisingly Strong

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Housing Affordability Surprisingly Strong Home prices in metro Denver are off the charts … literally. They have never been higher. The average single family resale home in metro Denver was $441,172 in 2016. Go back 40 years to 1976 and it was $39,740! A third of that increase has come in just the last five years. As we’ve noted previously in …

Greenwood Village Prentice Circle

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9679 Prentice Circle   Greenwood Village Colorado A classic property in heart of Greenwood Village. A nearly 11,000 square foot home with panoramic mountain views and incredible sunsets. The custom home is located directly adjacent to Hoffman Park. The Park gives extra privacy and open space directly behind the home. Built to entertain your guests; featuring a 500 bottle wine …