As contentious Colorado housing laws take effect, some cities are playing nice — while others resist...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/29 2:00A John Aguilar, Seth Klamann

Lafayette s mayor, JD Mangat, can t afford a house in the city he leads. On a salary as a middle school social studies teacher, home prices in the Boulder County city of 30,000 are out of reach for...

Local affordable developers seek rezoning for apartment project in Denver’s Cole neighborhood

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/28 2:00A Matthew Geiger

While trams and trolleys have been off Denver streets for 75 years, a piece of their history is key in creating the city’s newest apartment project. Local income-restricted housing developers Medici Communities and the Urban Land Conservancy are...

Amid Broncos stadium talks, Denver Water quietly seeks to buy more than 20 properties near its...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/26 2:00A Elliott Wenzler

Denver Water quietly began the process of acquiring more than 20 properties near its campus this spring, just as the utility and the Broncos were discussing a potential deal to use some of its current...

Colorado tops country when it comes to this key cost for homebuyers

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/20 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

NEW ORLEANS If owning a home wasn t already burdensome enough, Colorado has registered the biggest increase of any state when it comes to how much extra owners must set aside to cover insurance and property taxes. Lenders typically require...

Partially built hotel near DIA sells for nearly $22M

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/20 2:00A Matthew Geiger

The first owner filed for bankruptcy. The second owner defaulted on a loan. Now, a long-stalled hotel development near Denver International Airport has a third owner and is coming in with a fresh construction loan. Voyage Capital, a Dallas-based...

Low water landscaping: Why Colorado homeowners are making the smart switch

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/6 8:11A Sara B. Hansen

As water conservation becomes increasingly urgent across Colorado, landscaping trends are evolving to prioritize sustainability and low-maintenance designs. Homeowners are embracing xeriscaping and native plant landscaping and moving away from...

Metro Denver housing market has most unsold listings in over a decade

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 6/4 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Metro Denver s housing market now has more unsold listings available than at any point since 2011, with 13,599 properties looking for a buyer at the end of May, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors . That is...

Redfin declares metro Denver a homebuyers’ market

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/31 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Metro Denver has moved solidly into the buyer s camp, with home sellers outnumbering buyers by a widening margin, according to a report Thursday from Redfin, a Seattle-based residential real estate brokerage firm . Nationally, there were an...

A woman died after temperature soared inside her Denver Housing Authority apartment. Four years...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Sam Tabachnik

Shawn Pope says he was almost too close to his mother, Shirlyne Johnson. He called every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Shirlyne Johnson. (Photo courtesy of Latrisse Johnson) Occasionally, she...

Downtown Denver at a crossroads as offices sit empty, buildings go into default and safety concerns...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

The COVID-19 pandemic turned Downtown Denver from the place to be to a place to flee , derailing two decades of momentum overnight. Five years later, downtown s recovery continues to lag behind most...

16th Street safety is the key to downtown Denver’s rebound

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

In the battle for Downtown Denver s future, victory or defeat could hinge on convincing people it is safe to visit, work and live in the area, and key to that will be restoring the vibrancy of 16th...

Can downtown get its swagger back? Denver leaders agree it’s both possible and vital

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Judith Kohler

In a post-pandemic world, is it still important or necessary for major metro areas to have a vibrant downtown at their core? If restaurants, retail outlets and housing are growing in Cherry Creek and...

How vacant are downtown Denver’s office buildings?

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Kevin Hamm

Downtown’s most distressed office buildings are also some of the region’s largest. Built during an oil and gas boom in the 1970s and 1980s, most are located in the Upper Downtown and Skyline Park areas, which had multiple blocks scraped to make...

Time of reckoning has arrived for Denver’s troubled office towers

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/29 2:00A Aldo Svaldi, Jessica Alvarado Ga

Several of Downtown Denver s largest towers sit half empty as the clock ticks on unsustainable debts that must be refinanced, repaid or renounced. Unable to find enough tenants to support debt...

Tapville Social building sells for $6.5M as developers plan Ballpark hotel

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/24 2:00A Matthew Geiger

For Ballpark businessman Jon Van Sistine, 1010 Park Ave. was love at first sight. “Its an amazing building. I used to drive by on the street everyday. I would always tell my wife that’s the most beautiful building in Denver,” he said. Last week,...