Denver Post RE Feed

• Renting remains a cheaper option than buying along Colorado’s Front Range, study finds December 6, 2019
  Along much of the northern Front Range, renters will pay less per month renting a comparable home versus buying it, according to an analysis from Meyers Research.
  Aldo Svaldi
• Colorado metro districts and developers create billions in debt, leaving homeowners with soaring tax bills December 5, 2019
  A Denver Post investigation into the workings of metro districts found a governmental system that operates without the usual oversight of voters, restrictions on conflicts of interest, or the usual checks and balances to ensure communities won't spiral into insolvency.
  David Migoya
• Have a question about our Debt & Democracy investigation? Submit it here. December 5, 2019
  The Denver Post's investigation, Metro Districts: Debt & Democracy, is complex and not easy to understand. Tens of thousands of Coloradans live in metro districts and are impacted by developers' unchecked power and ability to create millions in debt that homeowners are forced to repay through property taxes. In an effort to increase understanding of […]
  The Denver Post
• Colorado metro district debts can take homeowners decades to pay off December 5, 2019
  Despite rapid growth and popularity, some suburban metro districts owe tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds, with home buyers left responsible for the bill.
  David Migoya
• How developers use bonds, mill levies to ensure they are repaid December 5, 2019
  The bonds must be repaid, generally over a 30-year period, and that money comes from property taxes assessed annually to each homeowner.
  David Migoya
• Good news for Denver tenants: Growth of rent slowing December 4, 2019
  Denver rents have risen 0.7% since November 2018. In Colorado as a whole, rents have risen 1.6% on average over that same period and nationally average rent has risen 1.4%, according to Apartment List.
  Joe Rubino
• Metro Denver homeowners aren’t in a selling mood as new listings plunge December 4, 2019
  If buyers were expecting a bounty of homes to chose from this holiday season, they are going to be sorely disappointed. Sellers are playing the grinch as 2019 draws to a close.
  Aldo Svaldi
• What’s becoming of Denver’s former Sears and Kmart stores? November 24, 2019
  At a time when many real estate pros, market analysts and American shoppers view some big-box department store chains as dinosaurs lumbering toward extinction, the bones of Kmarts and Sears stores are piling up around Denver.
  Joe Rubino
• Denver residents find radon in their subsidized apartments – and housing authority won’t do anything about it November 22, 2019
  While Denver has done some testing for carcinogenic radon in its public housing, 70 percent of units have yet to be checked. When testing by The Oregonian/OregonLive found high levels in several units, the Denver Housing Authority said it wouldn’t follow up.
  Brad Schmidt
• In-N-Out Burger gets green light to build restaurant in Lone Tree November 20, 2019
  In-N-Out Burger should be serving up stacked 4x4 burgers and animal style fries in the metro area by this time next year. The Lone Tree City Council on Tuesday night voted to approve construction of a 3,867-square-foot In-N-Out restaurant at 9171 Westview Road, just northwest of Park Meadows Mall.
  John Aguilar