Between Denver and Boulder

The answer to, "How's the real estate market?" is many fold, but this gives one piece of the puzzle. Many parts of the country have so many distressed sales (foreclosures and short sales) that they are the majority of the homes being sold.  Is that true in Arvada, CO? Nope. I check on this every ...

I'm not certain about all the codes for every city between Denver and Boulder, but the ones I do know deem it the responsibility of the owner or occupant of property adjacent to public sidewalks to keep them open all winter. Certainly in Arvada, that's the rule. All sidewalks are to be cleared of...

If you list short sales, you know there are a lot of things you need to check all the way through. When I'm working with a buyer and they want to take a look at a short sale, I contact the listing agent and get a series of questions answered before I show the house. When I receive an offer on a s...

I'm not a pessimist, but I'm also not a 'raving optimist', which is my husband's fond nickname for people who always think everything will work out. I like to think of myself as a realist, with optimist leanings. Still, there are people who fall clearly into the realm of 'optimist' and 'pessimist...

Have you ever gotten a word of encouragement completely out of the blue, and it changed your whole outlook? I got one recently. I was doing a short sale, and had to tell the buyer's agent some bad news. Frankly, I had no idea how to solve the problem that had just been dropped in my lap. The buye...

This snapshot of the real estate market in Westminster, Colorado provides info on homes for sale, under contract, sold in the past six months, and days on market using information taken directly from Metrolist on November 4, 2010, for single family homes. See current market reports for Arvada, We...

This snapshot of the real estate market in Lakewood, Colorado provides info on homes for sale, under contract, sold in the past six months, and days on market using information taken directly from Metrolist on November 4, 2010, for single family homes. Absorption rate is an estimate of how long i...

  This snapshot of the real estate market in Golden, Colorado provides info on homes for sale, under contract, sold in the past six months, and days on market using information taken directly from Metrolist on November 4, 2010, for single family homes. Absorption rate is an estimate of how long i...

 This snapshot of the real estate market in Broomfield, Colorado provides info on homes for sale, under contract, sold in the past six months, and days on market using information taken directly from Metrolist on November 4, 2010, for single family homes. See current market reports for Arvada, We...

This snapshot of the real estate market in Arvada, Colorado provides info on homes for sale, under contract, sold in the past six months, and days on market using information taken directly from Metrolist on October 24, 2010, for single family homes.  Sorry the links aren't working for the graphs...