by Jon Terry | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Residential Real Estate, The Economy
According to a new Zillow analysis, an increasing number of American adults are moving in together to share expenses as rental rates continue to outpace income. As of 2012, 32 percent of adults live in doubled-up households (homes where two or more working-aged adults...
by Jon Terry | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Residential Real Estate, The Economy
A new, five-year affordable-housing plan for Denver was unveiled, providing a guide for housing programs and policies through 2019. The plan, called Housing Denver, will seek to work with nonprofits and private sector developers, as well as the financial community, to...
by Jon Terry | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Colorado Living
According to WalletHub’s 2014 Most and Least Happy States in America study, people in the Centennial State are happier than almost the entire rest of the country, with Colorado coming in fourth out of 50 states. The study ranked states based on: 1. Emotional and...
by Jon Terry | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog, Housing Analysis, Rankings, Residential Real Estate
According to a new report from Zillow, Denver is the fifth best market for sellers of homes in the nation. Within metro Denver, Evergreen is the top buyers’ market. Top sellers’ markets are not necessarily those where home values are rising, but instead...
by Jon Terry | Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, Investments
With historically high rents being collected and expected to rise, we have several clients who have asked us to help them with purchasing investment properties. One client is interested in purchasing duplexes and triplexes, another only wants single-family homes, and...
by Jon Terry | Oct 22, 2014 | Blog, The Economy
Colorado lost 700 jobs in August, however, state unemployment still fell two-tenths of a point, to 5.1 percent – its lowest level in six years. August was a paradoxical month in which two different government employment surveys (one of employers and the other of...