by Jon Terry | Feb 1, 2015 | Blog, Residential Real Estate
We just blogged about Colorado resale prices breaking records, and according to Zillow’s predictions in their May 2014 real estate market report, houses in the Denver metro area will continue to rise by 1.3 percent from May 2014 to May 2015. The median home...
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 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 | May 8, 2014 | Blog, Residential Real Estate, Selling a Home
March marked the start of the spring selling season and buyers are getting a head start. Homes are selling faster: Sales rose 31% from February Listings rose 21% from March 2013 Active homes increased 21 percent from March 2013 Before October 2009, Denver saw 36...
by Jon Terry | Jan 19, 2014 | Blog, Housing Analysis, Residential Real Estate
The ten 2013 real estate trends we asked you to watch at the beginning of last year proved themselves true. 1. Rising home prices 2. Rising rent 3. Fewer foreclosure bargains 4. More short sales 5. More first-time home buyers 6. Higher home construction costs 7....