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Real Estate Broker/Owner - New Paradigm Partners LLC - EB #1326335
General information about the Northern Colorado real estate market, as well as regularly updated market statistics and analysis for each Northern Colorado community.

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2011 

It can be pretty boring being a queen. In 1785, Marie Antoinette had a hamlet built for her amusement at Versailles, which included a farmhouse, a mill, a dairy, a barn and other buildings, all constructed around a pond. It was a working village, with peasants imported to inhabit it, and it is s...
07/31/2011
I think I need new glasses and a much better keyboard. A while ago, I wrote a brief post about my annoyance at the spam prevention thingy that AR uses when you attempt to send an e-mail to another member. While it is designed to keep bots from spamming us with e-mail messages, it also does an exc...
07/31/2011
I ran across this on one of my favorite web sites - http://www.boingboing.net - and felt like I had to share it. It's an amazing story of how a small group of people from the Great Whale Conservancy were able to save a young female humpback whale who had become entangled in fishnet. It's got an 8...
07/28/2011
As I was driving in to work this morning, I passed my neighbor walking her dogs. I really admire her dedication to her animals’ happiness. Her oldest has some arthritis problems and wouldn’t be able to do the morning walk without some help, but that’s no reason to leave him at home. Every dog des...
07/28/2011
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It's amazing what a little creativity can accomplish. This is actually kind of cool, in a very wierd way, and would be fun to actually visit. "That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful." ~ Ninon De L'Enclos  And thank you for making me You...
07/27/2011
Fort Collins CO Three-Bedroom Houses represent the largest segment of the current Fort Collins CO real estate market, appealing to first-time home buyers, small families and empty-nesters, and people downsizing to a more manageable property. Fort Collins has a substantial inventory of three bedro...
07/26/2011
It is no surprise that 4 Bedroom Homes in Fort Collins CO are a very popular choice, providing a good fit for most homeowner needs in terms of size, features and price. Fort Collins has a large inventory of 4 bedroom homes, with 313 currently on the market, ranging in price from $118,000 to $1,99...
07/26/2011
During our long weekend in Chicago – a brief trip to interfere in our children’s lives and spoil our granddaughter - there was a lot of bad weather, including big storms and record rainfall. Friday around noon found us out in the middle of it – literally - standing in line at Hot Doug’s, ticking ...
07/25/2011
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I wake up chuckling at something absurd in my dream. I'm highly amused as I move toward the bathroom for a middle-of-the-night pee (one of the disadvantages of getting older - I can't remember the last time I slept through the night). As I'm sitting there (yes, in the middle of the night, I'll c...
07/20/2011
5-Bedroom Homes in Fort Collins CO could be the right answer to the issues raised by anything from by a growing family to simply the need for more space. Extra bedrooms can serve additional duty as home office space, guest accommodations or craft rooms.   Fort Collins has an ample inventory of 5-...
07/20/2011