by Jon Terry | Jun 29, 2015 | Apartment, Blog, Buying A Home, Colorado Living, Personal Finance, Residential Real Estate
For those who are determined to live here anyway, there is hope. A new NerdWallet study analyzed the best places for millennial job seekers in Colorado, and found that jobs are plentiful across multiple sectors. The financial website ranked 10 Colorado cities as the...
by Jon Terry | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Buying A Home, Colorado Living, Personal Finance
Thousands of apartment renters across the Denver area are getting the news that their next rent check will cost a little more. The increasing supply of new apartments in metro Denver isn’t yet affecting low vacancies and increasing rents. Average monthly rents...
by Jon Terry | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog, Personal Finance
Planning to make a late-August purchase closing? Keep an eye on your calendar. The last Friday of this month coincides with Labor Day Weekend, which may make for a complicated, end-of-month closing. If you’re planning to close on, or around, August 31, 2012,...
by Jon Terry | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog, Personal Finance
With mortgage rates down to all-time lows, you can buy a lot more home for your money. Home affordability is at an all-time high. According to last week’s Freddie Mac mortgage rate survey, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage has dropped to 3.62%...
by Jon Terry | Jun 30, 2012 | Blog, Buying A Home, Moving, Personal Finance
With home values slow to rise and mortgage rates at all-time lows, there’s never been a more affordable time to own a home. However, there is more to the cost of living than just a mortgage payment. There’s the cost of groceries, gasoline and routine...
by Jon Terry | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog, Personal Finance
Credit scores play a huge role in today’s mortgage market — larger than at any time in recent history. Blame it on the high default rates of the last half-decade. Lenders are reserving their lowest rates for the customers most likely to make on-time...