Denver Real Estate Trends

Investing in Real Estate 9 - Scrapes, Pops and New Construction This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, scrapes, pops and new construction, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  Purchasing a small home in an expensive neighborhood that may or may not n...

Investing in Real Estate 8 - Condo Conversions This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, fix and flips, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  A synthesis of the fix and flip and rental operations - purchasing an apartment building in a neighborhood domin...

Investing in Real Estate 7 - Fix and Flips This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, fix and flips, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  Purchasing a home that needs work.  The scope can range from the basic "paint and carpet" to extensive overhauls to ...

Investing in Real Estate 6 - Lease Options This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, lease options, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.                        What this investment is:  A lease option (L/O) is Acquiring control of a property (though not necessarily ownership), the...

Investing in Real Estate 5 - Large (5+ unit) Apartment Building This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, large apartment buildings, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  Still targeting tenants for 6-12 months at a time, buildings with more than five un...

Investing in Real Estate 4 - Small (2-4 units) Apartment Building This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, small apartment buildings, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  Purchase of duplex, triplex or quadplex to be rented to tenants, usually for 6-12...

Investing in Real Estate 3 - Rental Condo or Rental Home This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, rental condos or rental homes, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  Purchase of a residential property to be rented out to tenants, usually on a 6-12 mont...

Investing in Real Estate 2 - Assignments This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, assignments, in the Cheeseman Park area in Denver.   What this investment is:  An investor who is interested in Assignments gets a property under contract for an attractive price then assigns the con...

Recap of First Quarter 2008 Home Price Performance The average home price in Metro Denver increased +2% in the full year 2005 to the full year 2006, from $309,000 to $317,000. Comparing 2006 to 2007, the average home price across the metro dropped 2%, to $311,000. The first quarter of 2008 was $2...

Take a look at the first page, for AUN (Aurora North).  Note these positive market trends this year:-          number of active listings steadily declining-          average list price pretty stable (finally!)-          U/C up dramatically-          Number of sales / month up (partially seasonali...