Monthly Archives: November 2006

Blossoms of Light

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Visit the Denver Botanic Gardens 
December 2, 2006 - January 21, 2007
Winter is the season to shine bright at Denver’s Incredible Botanic Gardens.  Each evening the gardens come alive with over a million lights.  Be sure to dress [...]

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Surprising Stats on the Economic Impact of Culture

Visitors to Denver owe thanks to the forward thinking voters in 1988 who approved a one- tenth of one percent sales tax increase to support scientific and cultural facilities within the metro area.  The SCFD  (Scientific & Cultural Facilities District) was created to provide funding to scientific and cultural organizations.   The results have been [...]

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Rebuilding Your Life after Foreclosure

Homeowners who have lost their homes to foreclosure will be glad to know there is hope for them in rebuilding their future.  The most important thing to do is to start rebuilding a credit history.  Mark Flanders a Mortgage Blogger talks about Creative Financing for you in his Active Rain Blog today.  Stop by [...]

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Let’s Compare My Apples to Your Oranges…

Foreclosures are a hot topic these days. Some people say Colorado is #1 in foreclosures, others say it’s not so! Who do we believe and why?
The Denver Business Journal featured a good story on this very topic, “Is Colorado really worst in foreclosures?” The answer to this question is, “It Depends who [...]

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SE Line of Light Rail Officially Open Today

Commuters will be delighted to know the long wait is over.  The gala week long celebrations of RTD’s light rail have ended, today the light rail goes into service.

RTD has added 19 miles of new light rail service, 13 new light rail stations, 11 new bus routes, 10 new or expanded call-in-rides, 12 new [...]

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Please Sign the Petition

Bicycle Colorado is launching a Share the Road license plate campaign to reinforce that bicycles are welcome on roads. Proceeds from each plate will fund bicycle safety education programs across Colorado.
Please follow these two easy steps to help get this license plate approved:
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the petition to create Share the Road [...]

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The Investors are Coming…

This weekend, my first time  home buyers told me their rent was going up $250 a month after their lease expired.  Wow! That is a huge jump.
They thought so too.  That is why they decided to move up their home purchase plans.  They investigated getting a First Time Homebuyers Loan through Adams County.  After taking [...]

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Lease to purchase ~ Rent to buy…

The Denver metro market is seeing many homes that are advertised as “rent to own” or “lease purchase.”
Typically homes are either offered this way because 1) there is something wrong with them. 2) the market is flooded with homes and the owner needs the income 3) the home is being offered that way so [...]

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Read any good books lately?

Years ago I become engrossed in this book.  It was a fascinating story of a woman who had many personalities.  Some young, some old some were even male.
Today I find that some people who reside on social networking sites  may have this same malady. (is malady a serious enough word to associate with such [...]

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Denver Home Sale Statistics

October 2006
Metro Denver Prices:

Metro Denver Prices:

Single Family Average Price: (Detached Dwelling)

Oct 2006
$306,307

Sep 2006
$308,903

Oct 2005
$314,586

Condo Average Price: (Attached Dwelling)

Oct 2006
$189,202

Sep 2006
$191,006

Oct 2005
$186,981

Combined Average Price:

Oct 2006
$280,551

Sep 2006
$283,131

Oct 2005
$285,313

Percent of Sales Price Change: from October 2005 to October 2006

Single [...]

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