According to a report from the Downtown Denver Partnership, the residential population of downtown Denver is approaching 73,000. Not only do 72,767 people live in downtown Denver, but 12,933 new residential units have been added to the area since 2011. The map below depicts various residential developments that have occurred downtown since 2011. Here are […]
Job Seekers
January 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
According to a new Forbes report, Denver is one of the few cities in the nation that has been good for job seekers in 2015. Denver ranked 8th, tied with San Diego and Portland. All three cities saw job growth increase 3.1 percent. Nationally, job growth is 2.2 percent, up 1.8 percent compared to 2014. […]
Rental Housing Real Estate
November 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to research conducted by All Property Management (a Seattlebased company that tracks rental housing real estate investment in 75 U.S. markets), Denver is the fourth best market in the country to own rental housing. Denver ranked high in categories such as vacancy rates (4.3 percent), property appreciation (11.61 percent), and job growth (2.94 percent). Because of […]
Key Statistics
November 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 single-family houses sold in September was 3,509, a 0.11 percent decrease from the same month in the […]
Foreclosures: Colorado Contrasting the Nation
November 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 the foreclosure process) from the second quarter of 2015 and a 15 percent decrease […]
Denver Ties with San Francisco
November 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 numbers for metro Denver cover a 10-county area: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and […]
A Happy State
October 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new study from WalletHub, Colorado is one of the happiest states in the country. The study ranks Colorado the 4th happiest state in America, and top 10 in the following categories: Overall satisfaction (10th) Lowest heart attack rate (2nd) Job security (1st) Sports participation (1st) Income levels (7th) Physical health (7th) The […]
Best in the West
October 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new list by Money magazine, Denver is the best city to live in the West. The magazine rated Denver No. 1 in the West, calling it a mecca for Millennials. Did you know that Millennials now outnumber Baby Boomers? What aspects of Denver were highlighted? Relatively affordable real estate (when compared with […]