Author: Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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As spring arrives, Colorado Realtors sense a chill in the market
Exactly a year after rising mortgage rates began tempering the wild real estate market that raged during the pandemic, Colorado Realtors are feeling some slack in sales this spring — generally the most robust part of their calendar year. That lukewarm market shows in the modest number of new single-family listings that were put online…
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A reach too far? Builders, realtors mirror worries raised by local governments about land-use bill
On the steps of the Capitol beside banners reading “A Home for Every Colorado Budget,” Gov. Jared Polis proposed a sweeping land-use bill three weeks ago that would enact massive changes to neighborhood zoning controls as a means to address Colorado’s housing crisis. At its core, the proposal seeks to allow more density. But residents…
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Denver vacant offices to housing? The devil is in the details, developers say
At a moment when new studies indicate that housing will stay a serious crisis in Denver despite a slower-paced real estate market, some new apartments that were created from an older downtown office are set to open next month. The city is studying whether other offices left vacant after the pandemic can help boost the…
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Metro Denver home sales gathering momentum again?
After a half year of declining sales in the wake of sharply higher mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors is seeing an upward turn in pending home sales — and Denver area brokers are already marking that same bounce. “It’s been crazy the last month,” said Rike Palese, broker/manager of ReMax Professionals’ DTC office…
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Metro Denver home sales gathering momentum again?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a half year of declining sales in the wake of sharply higher mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors is seeing an upward turn in pending home sales — and Denver area brokers are…
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Denver International Airport is clear on 100M passengers arriving soon, but next runway is hazy
Ask anybody involved in commercial development around Denver International Airport where it is that the airport will build its next runway, and they’ll tell you with no uncertainty. “Yes, the seventh runway is east-west, south of Peña (Boulevard), where Peña turns, that’s the plan,” said Yuriy Gorlov, vice president of the Aurora Economic Development Council,…
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Food trucks return to LoDo; tavern owners want the activity
While city agencies once again begin allowing food trucks to operate in Lower Downtown following a July 17 shooting at 20th and Larimer streets that involved Denver police, purveyors are eager to see things get back to normal, and managers of nearby taverns are happy to have them back. “What are a bunch of intoxicated…
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Food trucks return to LoDo; tavern owners want the activity
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While city agencies once again begin allowing food trucks to operate in Lower Downtown following a July 17 shooting at 20th and Larimer streets that involved Denver police, purveyors are eager to see things get…
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This weekend’s ski sales hark back to Sniagrab
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The average date for the first snowfall in Denver is still weeks away (Oct. 18), but this weekend is the moment skiers begin imagining themselves sailing through the white stuff, as stores mark the anniversary…
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This weekend’s ski sales hark back to Sniagrab
The average date for the first snowfall in Denver is still weeks away (Oct. 18), but this weekend is the moment skiers begin imagining themselves sailing through the white stuff, as stores mark the anniversary of Sniagrab, Denver’s famous Labor Day weekend ski sale. Twenty years ago, Deb Porter of Lone Tree was one of…