Life Style Denver by Gretchen Faber

Cherry Creek North Parking – Quarters Not Required

The Cherry Creek North neighborhood - Denver's "Gold Coast" - added a call-in parking alternative in November. This seems like a great alternative to saving quarters, or trying to keep the parking machines from tearing up your credit card.  So far, though, the buzz is that people aren't taking to the phone-in alternative. Setting up an account is easy, but thinking about it ahead of time is probably part of the problem.  Shoppers don't usually plan in advance.  Diners in the neighborhood...Continue Reading!

Bad Score, Bad Score – What You Gonna Do?

What you gonna do when they deny you? I got my credit score the other day.  We're about to refinance our house and this was the beginning of the process.  My score was always stellar - high 700's at one time over 780. This time my score was just below 720.  By some people's standards, not bad. Well, in this lending climate it's not great. When I began selling real estate over 14 years ago, a score of 620 or higher was considered...Continue Reading!

Top 5 Things to Do at Denver’s Stock Show

Having grown up in Southern California,  I was more a beach bum than a horsey person when I relocated to Denver nearly 28 years ago. In fact, one thing I completely rejected about my new hometown was anything to do with western wear, western culture or cows. My boots were ski boots, and my jeans were definitely not boot cut.  I attended the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo a couple of times, and while it was somewhat fun to watch the...Continue Reading!

Denver Colorado Real Estate | December 2009 Market Statistics

December. The end of the year. The end of the line? Not really.  December was another interesting month in Denver Real Estate.  Inventory was naturally down, as it typically is this time of year.  We're down to 16,456 active listings. That's the lowest number of homes on the market since before 2006 when the available MLS records stop.  Meaning buyers have less to choose from than in the past 5 years. The highest number of listings was in July of 2006 with...Continue Reading!