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Spring Luxury Market Update

The spring of 2013 has delivered a real estate market primed for eager buyers. Homes with a price tag of more than $1 million sold at more than twice the rate they did a year ago. These luxury homes were on the market an average of 120.7 days, down from the 133-day...

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Increase of Water Prices Delayed

Higher prices corresponding to a serious “Stage 2” drought were supposed to have taken effect June 1, but the Denver Water Board recently agreed to delay the increase. The reason for the delay is because late-season snow and rainfall have improved the drought...

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Denver Makes It High on the List of the U.S. Census

Every year following a decennial census, the US Census Bureau releases its county population estimates for July 1 of the preceding year. For the fourth time in the past five years, Denver County has led the state in population growth. The Mile High City is No. 11 on...

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New Apartment Development Driven By Employment

Apartment developers will finish about 4,200 units in metro Denver before 2013 is over, with most of those being built downtown. “So much of this is driven by employment right now,” said Ryan McMaken, an economist with the Colorado Division of Housing. “Vacancy tends...

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FasTracks and TOD

Now that the West Rail has opened, historic Denver Union Station is the next major FasTracks project in line. It will be ready sometime in 2014. "The West line is an example of how things are moving forward here in Colorado," Gov. John Hickenlooper said during a...

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