If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We took a quick trip up to visit Breckenridge and to admire the International Snow Sculpture Championships. For once I actually made note of when it was rather than hearing about it after it was over!
It was a joyous escape [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2005
A day trip to Breckenridge
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Broomfield Growth
Broomfield continues to have significant growth as Del Webb and Pulte Homes plan a 2,648 acre neighborhood. Located near the intersections of I-25 and Northwest Parkway, Del Webb, known for their tremendous success of active-adult communities in Arizona plan for 1,500 homes. Additionally, Pulte plans 1,600 non-age restricted homes.
The community known as Anthem Ranch will [...]
Denver real estate statistics
The most homes sold in the Denver metro real estate market were in July and June. The summer months saw activity of 6229 homes closed in July and 5164 in June.
December 2004 was significantly better than December 2003 when we sold 4416 total units for the month, 831 more than in 2003.
The graph below indicated [...]
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Staging Your Home to Sell
The way you live in your home and the way you sell it, are two different things. The most successful home sellers know this. Many will go to extreme efforts to stage their home.
This year I had a client who was leaving the country. She had two small children and was faced with the task [...]
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Using Feng Shui Techniques to Sell Your Home
Denver homeowners have been adopting various techniques to sell their homes. Feng Shui is an evolved study of the natural and built environments. Using Feng Shui to effect changes that improve people’s feeling and well being have been helpful in the sale of homes.
Resources for Feng Shui can be found at The Berkshire Group, Realtors, [...]
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Pricing your Home
Setting the asking price of a home is a function of studying the market to see what like homes are selling for. Looking at the numbers gives a seller a clue as to what a willing buyer will pay for his home.
Considering the amount of competition is important too. Having a large number of competing [...]
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Inspections prior to sale
In various areas around the country real estate customs are different. In California, is is customary for the seller to have his home inspected prior to putting it on the market for sale. In Colorado, the seller puts his home on the market and lets the buyer inspect it.
This custom is not in the best [...]
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More Neighborhoods for Douglas County
North of Castle Rock, the Canyons South community has been purchased by an affiliate of Denver-based Cooper Investment Group. The site has been approved for 698 upscale single family residences, an 18-hole golf course and a country club.
Prices are expected to be in the $500k to $1 million plus range. The developer expects to make [...]
Selling Your Home - Are you serious?
If you are pondering whether or not to sell your home, you should begin with examining your reasons for selling. Are you wanting a different home because your current home no longer meets your needs? Do you feel it’s time to move because your home is old and dated? Are you mostly interested in selling [...]
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