home value: Act now! 10 major housing markets with the shortest supply of homes
- 04/09/12 07:14 PM
Denver Decline in inventory: 42% This mountain-high city never experienced the highs and lows in home values that its coastal counterparts did. And now, with rents rising and vacancy of just 2%, more apartment-dwellers are taking the plunge into homeownership, local broker Gary Bauer says. This city's inventory in February was down 42% from the same period a year earlier, at just 10,086 units. The number of homes going under contract spiked 19% between January and February of this year as buyers raced to take advantage of low interest rates and relatively low prices. "I'm not sure what magic thing happened (6 comments)
home value: Time to Update, Part Two. By Dan Polimino.
- 08/29/11 09:34 PM
Last month, I wrote a column about updating our home and how I realized that my home was out-of-date by looking at other homes in my neighborhood with clients. I soon came to the conclusion that if I wanted to keep up with the times or sell my home anytime soon, I better update it and make sure that it presents itself as a good value. If you would like to re-read that column, you can find it at coloradodreamhouse.com and click on the “news” button. That column led to several people emailing me, asking exactly what I did to (1 comments)
home value: Hot Trends In Bathroom Remodeling. By Dan Polimino.
- 04/19/11 02:16 AM
http://coloradodreamhouse.com/index.php/news/ So, what is it that people want when it comes to bathroom remodeling? Here is a short list that I complied while visiting some home and garden shows this past spring: * A spa-like atmosphere. In tough economic times, fewer people have the opportunity to visit a spa, but if you made your master bathroom into a spa-like atmosphere, that would create some value in the home. Some surveys show that this is a high priority on a buyer’s wish list. After all, if you can’t go to the spa, it would be nice to have the spa in (0 comments)
home value: This week’s home values for major cities in Colorado
- 05/27/10 11:15 PM
http://www.coloradodreamhouse.com/index.php/news/ This week we take a look at what’s happening with home prices in some parts of Colorado. As you can see from the graph below provided by Zillow.com homes values in the State of Colorado are up 0.2 percent from this time last year, Colorado Springs is up 0.1 percent, Denver is up 2.3% and Fort Collins is up 1.4% overall. Those are good numbers and are certainly moving in the right direction. To look at other cities like Boulder or even other States like Nebraska and Arizona, click the blue link below the graph. If you have question about (0 comments)