by Jon Terry | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Green Home Tips, Home Owner Energy Tips
Xcel is the nation’s largest utility wind power provider and has set new records for single-day and one-hour wind-energy production in Colorado. For the first time on October 2, wind generation supplied more than half of its Colorado customers’ energy,...
by Jon Terry | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Colorado Living, Housing Analysis, Statistics
The Denver housing market remains among the hottest in the country. Here are some key recent statistics: 1. The average price of a single-family house in metro Denver climbed another 11 percent year-over-year in September to $398,591. 2. The number of...
by Jon Terry | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, Colorado Living, Foreclosure, Housing Analysis, Rankings, Statistics
According to RealtyTrac’s latest Foreclosure Market Report for Colorado, one in every 733 houses are in foreclosure, a 15 percent decrease from the same time last year. Colorado had a 17 percent decrease in the number of foreclosure filings (the first stage of...
by Jon Terry | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Rankings, Statistics
According to a new report by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Denver’s economy grew at a pace of 6.5 percent last year, which is nearly triple the average rate of the nation’s metro areas. The Denver metro area (including Aurora and Lakewood) had a...
by Jon Terry | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Colorado Living, Residential Real Estate
According to the latest monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index report, after trailing San Francisco for year-over-year home-resale price gains in July, Denver tied with San Francisco in August for the top spot among 20 major U.S. metro areas. Case-Shiller...