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LoHi getting 1st large, luxury apartments

This will be the view that renters can expect in the luxury apartment community under construction in LoHi.

The first modern, large, luxury apartment community in the trendy LoHi neighborhood in northwest Denver is under construction. Continue reading LoHi getting 1st large, luxury apartments

Short Sales Soar

Short sales are soaring in the Denver area.

All short sales in the metro area rose by 48 percent in the first seven months of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, according to an analysis of data by InsideRealEstateNews. Continue reading Short Sales Soar

Home rentals scarce

Vacancies for-rent condos, single-family homes, and other small properties across metro Denver fell year-over-year to 3.8 percent during the second quarter, shows a state report released today. According to a report released by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs’ Division of Housing, the vacancy rate was 5.2 percent during the second quarter of 2009, and was 3.1 percent during the first quarter of this year. The second quarter’s vacancy rate is the lowest second-quarter rate reported since the report was started in 2003. Continue reading Home rentals scarce

Case-Shiller: Home prices up 1.8%

Home prices in the Denver-area rose by 1.8 percent in the year ending in June, according to the closely watched S&P Case-Shiller report released today. Denver ranked No. 9 of the 20 metropolitan statistical areas tracked in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Overall, the 20 MSAs rose by 4.2 percent. Continue reading Case-Shiller: Home prices up 1.8%

Fuller sells share of one company, buys other

John E. Fuller founded his namesake commercial real estate firm 55 years ago. He has now sold his remaining stake in the commercial real estate firm and has bought 100% of Fuller Western Real Estate.

John E. Fuller, founder of Fuller and Company Commercial Real Estate in 1955 has sold his interest in that firm and simultaneously purchased 100 percent  interest in Fuller Western Real Estate. The price was not disclosed. Continue reading Fuller sells share of one company, buys other

1st new building in a decade

This is the first privately financed medical office building in the Uptown hospital district in more than a decade.

Denver-based Fleisher Smyth Brokaw announced today that it will build a $32 million, 95,000-square-foot medical office building at the southern edge of the Uptown Hospital District near downtown Denver, in what it says is the first private development of a medical office building in the Uptown area in more than a decade. Continue reading 1st new building in a decade

Boutique coming to Argonaut site

Here is the first look at the proposed design for the new boutique building on the Argonaut site at Colfax and Washington Street in Capitol Hill.

Like the idea of a boutique building on the Argonaut site? Vote at the end of this blog.

The old and vacant Argonaut Wine and Liquor store building in Capitol Hill will be torn down later this year, to make way for a smaller, new building to be constructed at the corner of Washington Street and East Colfax Avenue, officials associated with Denver’s busiest liquor store have confirmed to InsideRealEstateNews. Continue reading Boutique coming to Argonaut site

Home buyers need to buy for right reasons

(Editor’s Note: I normally write about keynote speakers at real estate events. But this morning, I was the keynote speaker at the Aurora Board of Realtors. Following is my speech, with a few tweaks. John Rebchook)

I can honestly say that by most measures, there has never been a better time to buy a home in the Denver area. Continue reading Great time to buy

Foreclosures fall 29.5%

Is the worst over for foreclosures? Take a poll at the end of this blog.

Foreclosure filings in Colorado’s largest counties plunged by 29.5  in July from July 2009, the fourth consecutive month this year that foreclosure activity has dropped from the comparable month last year, according to a state report released today. Continue reading Foreclosures fall 29.5%

Cisneros: 2nd home deduction out the door?

Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros spoke on a wide-variety of housing and real estate topics in Denver today.

Is it time to write off the second-home write off? Cast your vote at the end of this blog.

The mortgage deduction on second homes may need to be eliminated to help reduce the federal debt, former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros said today in Denver. Continue reading Cisneros: 2nd home deduction out the door?