Life Style Denver by Gretchen Faber

Heard on the Street – Denver Real Estate and the Mall

It's just 8 days until Christmas, and even fewer until Hanukkah.  What have I been doing?  Baking cookies for 80 people. The agents in my office are hungry for cookies, and I'm accommodating them in their time of need. I've also been asking around, observing and trying not to shop unless absolutely necessary. One of my father's favorite Christmas movies is A Christmas Story.  He watches it every year and laments that he'll miss it this year since he's on a boat...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate | November 2008 Market Statistics

It's that time of the month to reflect back on Denver's residential real estate sales.  Denver real estate is up and it's down, it's selling and stalling.  It depends on who you ask, what their circumstances are and what price range they're in. We've had several instances of multiple offers in my office this past month.  This seems to be happening when the price is set correctly or even a little aggressively, when the house shows perfectly and when the price...Continue Reading!

Denver, Colorado Gets a Real Estate High Five in Wall Street Journal

So the U.S. is in a recession. I got that important text message to my BlackBerry yesterday from the NY Times while I was sitting in a meeting. I was flabbergasted, couldn't believe it. Actually, I've been helping real estate brokers in my office and sellers whose properties I have listed weather this recession since about December 2007. Surprise - the official pundits tell us the recession started in.... December 2007. In today's Wall Street Journal I found an...Continue Reading!