Troia Team's Blog

Did you know that turning your thermostat down by just 1 degree, you'll cut fuel consumption by as much as 10% ? Cutting down on energy use is great for so many reasons - global warming being one of them. Boulder Colorado has got to be one of the most environmentally progressive cities in the Uni...

Where do we get our water? Yes, you turn on the kitchen tap and viola, there's water. Seriously where does our precious water originate. Most of Colorado's water is largely dependent on Colorado's winter weather, from the mountain snow-melt. Once the snow melts it either streams east toward the A...

Well, one way to do it is when he dies you keep him frozen on ice. That's how Frozen Dead Guy Days got it's name. Every year on the first full weekend in March (burrrrrr....) Nederland Colorado celebrates "Grandpa Bredo" who supposedly is still kept on ice in the Tuff Shed. His grandson, a Norweg...

It's a catchy headline, but I've been saying that ever since I moved to Boulder, Co in 1993. Boulder has a unique culture, I guess is one way to describe it. I tell people that someone could walk down Pearl St. naked and no one would bat an eyelash. They did just do that as hundreds of nude runne...

People are always asking me how my career is going with the "bad" real estate market. I always answer that I'm doing just fine and state that it's not a bad market - in Boulder County it's a buyer's market. I've stayed busy showing buyers homes and closing some pretty good deals. As for sellers,...

Today's Market Commentary: Interest rates increased slightly this past week as the US Treasury auctioned off $55 billion of debt. Economic data continued to be negative. Weekly jobless claims jumped by 32,000 claims on expectations that claims would actually fall by 2,000. Continuing claims incr...

You know it's winter in Boulder Colorado when the bike racks come off the cars and the ski racks go on AND the fashion changes for the women to "boots with fur" around the top! I think it was my son in law that coined that phrase about Boulder Colorado because it was the first thing he noticed o...

Today's Market Commentary: RATES FALL ON WEAK ECONOMIC DATA Interest rates improved this week on generally weaker than expected economic data. Today’s employment report for October showed job losses of 240,000 on expectations of 200,000 lost jobs. The unemployment rate increased 0.4% to 6.5% on ...

According to the National Association of Realtors, NAR, the number of first time home buyers is definitely on the rise. The number rose from 39% to 41% in 2007. What do we attribute this to? Several factors: See why!...

Home buyers and sellers in Boulder Colorado can receive tax credits for including energy efficiency into their everyday lives. It isn't just good for the environment; it's also good for your wallet! While you may discover that the latest energy efficient appliances can be more expensive, you can ...