by Jon Terry | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog, Colorado Living, Foreclosure
Colorado’s foreclosure-filing rate is looking brighter. This February, it dropped 20 percent from January and 44 percent from February 2012 For the last couple of years, Colorado has had among the top 10 highest foreclosure filing rates in the nation. Last month, we...
by Jon Terry | Jan 23, 2013 | Colorado Living, Statistics
Economists list three primary avenues for housing recovery: better market fundamentals, improved market composition, and more jobs. If job growth continues in 2013, housing should lead the way to economic recovery in Colorado. Here are a few encouraging stats from the...
by Jon Terry | Jan 11, 2013 | Colorado Living
Consider a late New Years Resolution of being extra cautious about water waste. According to the results of a three-year federal study of the Colorado River, the river won’t have enough water to support all the people who rely on it throughout the southwest, from...
by Jon Terry | Dec 3, 2012 | Colorado Living, Housing Analysis
Changing demographics are reigniting a hunger for community. For this and other reasons, pocket neighborhoods have a huge potentiality to increase. Pocket neighborhoods represent a pattern of housing that fosters a strong sense of community among nearby neighbors,...
by Jon Terry | Nov 20, 2012 | Colorado Living
John Hickenlooper is one of a group of governors pushing congressional leaders to swiftly pass an extension of the federal production tax credit for wind energy, set to expire at the end of the year. Hickenlooper joined Iowa’s Terry Branstad, Kansas’ Sam...
by Jon Terry | Nov 19, 2012 | Colorado Living
The Federal Housing Administration has released its most recent revisions to the guidelines for condominiums seeking approval for FHA-backed mortgage loans. FHA approval is crucial to marketability for condos, since 30 to 50 percent of condo purchases are made with...
