Life Style Denver by Gretchen Faber

Case Shiller Report Paints a Rosier Picture for Denver Real Estate

Yesterday, the S & P Case Shiller report on real estate was released. Denver was cited as one of 3 major metropolitan areas with a slight uptick in home values, in this case .1%.  While this may seem like a tiny bump, combine it with the Today Show appearance of Barbara Corcoran who placed Denver as the number 1 recovering city and the fact that houses in low to medium price ranges are getting multiple offers and you'll begin to see...Continue Reading!

Today Show Ranks Denver Real Estate as Number 1 in Recovery

This may be old news, it's been a crazy busy week! Last week, the Today Show asked Barbara Corcoran to rank the top 5 recovering cities in the U.S.  Corcoran cited Denver as the number 1 recovering city.  She used employment, strength of the residential market, weather and education level of the population as factors in her research. This is good news for Denver, and we're definitely feeling like we're turning the corner in certain price ranges. It's still a stratified market, though,...Continue Reading!

Memorial Day Gaylord Street Festival, Washington Park Neighborhood

This weekend is the annual Gaylord Street Festival in Denver's Washington Park neighborhood. There's something for everyone at the Gaylord Festival: Food booths Games for kids Mini carnival rides for the little ones Gift ideas - clothes, art, jewelry, candles Music and dancing Afternoon showers are likely this weekend so head over this morning or tomorrow. We walked Duke there yesterday and he was excited to run into his long lost buddy, Whiskey. They came together from the same doggie prison in Texas and haven't seen...Continue Reading!

You Can’t Market Your Way Out of This

We're at a crossroads. Denver real estate agents acknowledge our job requires that we spend personal dollars on marketing our listings, that's a part of the package. We pay ourselves back after a transaction closes. There is no company behind us sponsoring the ads we run, the postcards we mail, the internet sites we buy. In a real estate market like we have today, many sellers think (hope?) that we can market ourselves to a sale, we can't.  Buyers are few...Continue Reading!

Washington Park Home Tour 2009

  Many of Denver's classic neighborhoods hold annual home tours as fundraisers for their neighborhood schools. Washington Park's Home Tour is tomorrow, Saturday, May 9, 2009, 10 am -4 pm. Visitors can start at any address on the tour, tickets are on sale there or on the web site: 232 S. Franklin Street (Spanish) 285 S. Williams Street (Historic) 492 S. Williams Street (Cottage) 605 S. Gilpin Street (Mediterranean) 201 S. Lafayette Street (Historic Rebuild) 431 S. Gilpin Street (Dollhouse): garden and grounds use only This year, all houses...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate | April 2009 Market Statistics

Yay! The market statistics are out for the month of April. This is always my favorite blog post of every month, and I wait with baited breath for the Metrolist stats to be put up on their site. These statistics are based on homes listed for sale in the Denver MLS, and do not reflect private sales, many foreclosures or much new construction. In April, our inventory remained about equal to what we had on the market in March. Combined single family...Continue Reading!

A Tale of Two Markets – Denver Real Estate’s Opposite Ends of the Spectrum

I was a busy Realtor today. Showing houses in the morning, an open house in the afternoon. Typical Sunday. Morning Glory It was an interesting dichotomy.  My morning clients are an adorable couple with their baby looking for their first home together.  They can spend around $160,000 for a single family house. That's a tough price range in Denver Metro Real Estate.  The houses that fit their criteria are either trashed foreclosures or they already have multiple offers. The best house...Continue Reading!