500 Maplehurst Drive Highlands Ranch Colorado This home is located in award-winning Highlands Ranch Backcountry. This home is spacious and loaded with upgrades that make it the perfect backdrop for gatherings with family and friends! Mountain views and a corner lot. Open space on the side and back. Pristine parks and private access to a clubhouse, pool …
6833 Northstar Circle Luxury Home in Castle Pines… A park-like setting luxury home is for sale in Castle Pines. With custom features and designer upgrades this newly built home is move-in ready. This home Overlooks the Castle Pines open space. There is virtually no road noise. With an open gourmet kitchen, dining room, office and 2-story family room. There …
The earth is round. The sun rises in the east. Some things are obvious. Givens. Accepted without a second thought. The wisdom of prepaying your mortgage feels like one of those no-brainers. By paying more than your required payment each month, you pay off the loan faster. You pay less in interest and you own your house free and clear …
Learn How To Increase Your Buying Power In This Credit Seminar In this credit seminar you’ll learn… Credit score ranges, scoring models and how they are calculated What the best mix of credit is to obtain the highest score What derogatory information that may affect your credit and buying potential How to increase your buying …
You are misinformed about the state of metro Denver real estate if you get all your information from headlines in the Denver Post. While their headlines have elements of truth, their negative tone consistently distorts underlying positive realities. It’s a big problem since the average newspaper reader will look at ten headlines but only read one article. When the headlines …
Metro Denver residential real estate trends in March 2017 stayed true to form … everything was UP. Do you own the average single family home? At $466,414, it’s was up over 8% from a year ago. Do you own the average multi-family property? It was up by more than 9.5% over March of last year at $313,419. Market activity continues to …
The first two months of 2017 saw an increase in home sales over the same period last year. The combined number of home sold in the January-February time frame is 4.42% higher than a year ago. We are also seeing home price appreciation beginning to moderate. The 12-month moving average appreciation rate shows a 9.48% increase over the last year, lower …
No surprise…..college education is expensive! Forbes reported in 2015 the average public college cost $28,000 per year and a private university runs almost $60k. If you have young kids who will be attending college ten to fifteen years in the future, even the public college option might be running $240,000 for a 4-year degree. SHOCKED?! Let’s look at a way …
January homes sales made a big leap from January of 2016. That was a bit surprising since 2016 was a record setting year for residential home sales. We had 3,019 homes change hands in the seven-county metro Denver market in January and that is an 8.32% increase from the number that sold in January last year. Here’s even better news: …
Are you retired or approaching retirement? Do you have parents or other loved ones in that stage of life? Either way, you’ll want to learn about reverse mortgages. A reverse mortgage may be a great way to contribute to a retirement strategy. Financial planners are increasingly recognizing reverse mortgages as legitimate tools for retirement planning. What is a reverse mortgage? (Note: …
Last year’s metro Denver residential real estate market had a “Play it again, Sam” kind of year. It was surprisingly like 2015 … and very much like 2014, for that matter. The last three years have been characterized by: • Home price appreciation near or above double digit rates • Record numbers of resale homes changing hands • Historically low levels …
The agent was impressed. The “fix and flip” seller had done a great job rehabbing the home. The kitchen and bath were completely remodeled. The carpet was new. The colors were neutral. The roof and furnace and other big ticket items had all been replaced. There was just one problem. The property was vacant. Make no mistake – this property …