Already tough, housing affordability has worsened in rural Colorado

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 12/1 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

Colorado has the highest rural median home prices and the highest required income to purchase a rural home in the country, according to an analysis from the Seattle-based brokerage Redfin . Already known for a lack of affordability, rural areas...

Golden hotel up for auction after bankruptcy filing

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 11/26 1:00A Thomas Gounley

A hotel in Golden is being auctioned off after its local owner filed for bankruptcy over the summer. Bids for the 155-room Best Western Plus Denver West/Golden hotel at 15059 W. Colfax Ave. are due Dec. 3, according to an online listing from...

Edgewater first to table with tip credit boost to buttress suburb’s restaurant scene

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 11/26 1:00A John Aguilar

Edgewater took a big step Tuesday toward decoupling increases in the city s minimum wage from the lower wage collected by tipped workers, which would make it the first city in Colorado to take advantage of a new state law . That law allows...

Neighbor says possible Native American burial site should stop subdivision

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 11/6 1:30A Justin Wingerter

An eleventh-hour effort to stop the creation of a small subdivision in the foothills outside Morrison hinges on tentative and uncertain findings of a Native American burial site. Two contractors, Damien Davis and Ken Hoyt, plan to subdivide 30...

Development fees add nearly $68K to new home’s cost in metro Denver, study finds

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 9/15 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

When it comes to building a new home, labor, materials and land costs dominate. But there is a fourth expense item that has weighed heavily on builders and pushed up prices. Just over a tenth of what a new single-family home costs in metro Denver...

What does the loss of U.S. Space Command mean to Colorado Springs?

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 9/14 1:00A John Aguilar

COLORADO SPRINGS Sandy s Restaurant is already bustling for the lunch hour and it s not even noon yet. Customers fill the tables in the snug dining room, digging into greasy spoon favorites like the...