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Colorado No. 10 for foreclosures

“As bad as the 2009 numbers are, they probably would have been worse if not for legislative and industry-related delays in processing delinquent loans,” James J. [...]

Property manager "cautiously bullish"

“I think we all agree from a landlord’s perspective, we are showing signs that we are heading in the right direction,” Robert [...]

Boulder boasts most expensive homes in area

The most expensive homes that sold in closed in the third quarter were in Boulder.

Indeed, three of the five most expensive ZIP Codes are those that serve Boulder.

Overall, the median home prices in Boulder County – which also includes Broomfield, Erie, Lafayett, Longmont, Louisville, Lyons and Nederland – were down only 1.4 percent from a [...]

Denver-area foreclosure filings rise, sales drop, in October

Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer and Mesa Counties all reported sizable increases year over year, while Adams, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, and Weld Counties reported decreases in foreclosure filing [...]

Foreclosures soar 63 percent in third quarter

“These are some pretty big [...]

Foreclosure activity peaked in July

Foreclosure filings picked up in July, and fell back by about 8.5 percent in August, shows a survey of some of the largest counties in Colorado.

The survey of 11 of the largest counties in Colorado by Ryan McMaken of the Colorado Division of Housing indicates that many counties showed the most activity for [...]

May-to-June foreclosures not encouraging

When crunching numbers, I’m always a bit wary of putting too much weight on consecutive month data when it comes to real estate.

That is because there can be huge seasonal reasons why home sales, for example, might pop in March from February, or fizzle in September from August, for example.

But any data can serve a [...]

Foreclosures by the numbers

There were 10,726 foreclosure filings in the first six months of the year, a 10.5 percent drop from the 11,992 in the first half of 2008.

Here is a breakdown, by county.

County       2008         2009            Percentage Change

Adams      3,352          2,963           (11.6)

Arapahoe 3,713         2,964          (20.17)

Boulder     580               643            10.86

Broomfield 152          176             15.7

Denver        3,780     3,153          (16.5)

Douglas    1,235        1,278        (3.2)

Jefferson    2,055    1,989      [...]

Foreclosures fall 10.5 percent

Denver-area foreclosures in the Denver area first half of 2009 fell by 10.5 from the first six months of 2008.

There were 10,727 foreclosure filings in the seven-county area, compared with 11,992 from January through June of 2008, according to county public trustee offices surveyed by InsideRealEstateNews.com.

Denver had the most new filings with 3,153 in the [...]