Metro Denver home sellers missed the mark last year on pricing

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 2/7 6:09A Aldo Svaldi

For those measuring the temperature of the metro Denver housing market last year, one of the surest signs things had cooled down was a drop in the number of properties that sold for above list price. Nationally, the share of homes that sold above...

Gaylord Rockies to expand resort near Denver airport

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 2/6 10:04A John Aguilar

Colorado s largest hotel, the 1,501-room Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention in Aurora, announced Thursday that it will grow even bigger adding another 317 rooms as part of an $80 million expansion effort that gets underway this spring. The...

Clothing brand Marine Layer set to open store in former Cold Crush space in RiNo

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 2/5 11:00A Joe Rubino

The River North Art District s emergence as a hot spot for unique retail brands is set to continue this summer. Marine Layer, a Bay Area clothing company known for ultra-soft fabrics, pastel color...

Metro Denver’s housing market shook off winter’s doldrums with a hot January

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 2/5 12:00A Aldo Svaldi

Home sellers came off the sidelines in January and showed buyers they were ready to play ball. After declining in the final months of 2019, the number of new listings hitting the market surged 89.3% in January, according to a report Wednesday...

Metro district residents, municipalities, legislators, stakeholders seek changes, greater voice in...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/31 1:00A David Migoya

Homeowners in several metro districts across Colorado are pressing for greater transparency and financial details from the developer-controlled boards that govern them – a few are pushing for their...

Village Inn shuts down six more Colorado locations as owner files for bankruptcy

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/28 1:08P Joe Rubino

Village Inn, the Colorado-born diner chain known for its pies and late-night menu, has closed six Front Range locations, some in recent days. Its parent company, American Blue Ribbon Holdings, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. There were...

Apartment rents stalling in Denver, falling in Brighton

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/16 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

Apartment rents rose modestly across much of metro Denver last year, with the exception of Brighton, where they fell 6%, according to a year-end survey from Apartment List . Nationally, the median rent on a two-bedroom apartment rose 1.4% last...

Lyft opens a repair shop just for its drivers in Aurora

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/15 1:00A Joe Rubino

Lyft cars are everywhere these days, ferrying users of the company s immensely popular app from Point A to Point B all across the Denver metro area. Now, the ride-hailing tech firm s real estate...

Supply of homes for sale is shrinking across Colorado, not just in Denver

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/14 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

Homebuyers across most of Colorado, not just those in metro Denver, are faced with much slimmer pickings heading into 2020, according to December market reports from the Colorado Association of Realtors. In metro Denver, the inventory of...

Denver airport warns of development “creep” as Aurora gives blessing to new houses nearby

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/12 1:00A John Aguilar

Aurora has given a green light to the construction of potentially hundreds of houses half a mile from Denver International Airport s next planned runway, highlighting growing concerns over what an...

Colorado Springs brewery building combination taproom-food hall near Garden of the Gods

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/3 1:00A Joe Rubino

Red Leg Brewing Co. president and founder Todd Baldwin is no stranger to risk. A former artillery officer in the U.S. Army, Baldwin grew frustrated when he couldn t find a bank in Colorado willing to give him a loan to launch his craft brewing...

After a decade of dramatic gains, metro Denver home prices expected to slow in 2020

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 1/2 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

Metro Denver home prices, after years of effervescent gains, are going as flat as that unfinished bottle of champagne. Metro Denver real estate values have peaked and are falling in some locales, said Van Lewis, a broker associate with Re/Max...

Metro district debt is decided long before residents move in, but some are trying to take back...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 12/12 1:00A David Migoya

Nov. 3, 2015, was a big day for the 8,672 people who are one day expected to move into the Coal Creek Metropolitan District on the eastern edge of Aurora near Murphy Creek. It was Election Day, and...

There is little transparency for metro district fees that are supposed to benefit the community

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 12/9 1:00A David Migoya

The idea was simple: Build a basketball court for the community to enjoy. METRO DISTRICTS: DEBT & DEMOCRACY A Denver Post investigation has found Colorado s metro districts create billions in debt,...

Colorado homes near oil wells face lower values, new study finds

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 12/8 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

Colorado s most active oil and gas drilling is happening near land that is also hosting some of the fastest housing construction in the state. Until now, it was hard to know what discount, if any, oil and gas activity along the Front Range meant...