Denver Post RE Feed

• Denver has $30.6 million set aside to address housing next year and residents can weigh in on how it’s used September 18, 2019
  The Denver Economic Development & Opportunity office last week released a draft version of the city's 2020 Housing Action Plan. It is online in both English and Spanish. A survey is available through Oct. 10.
  Joe Rubino
• Future growth in Weld, Larimer counties fuels drive for I-25 relief road September 17, 2019
  With the state's demographers projecting that the northern Front Range will lead the state in population growth over the next 30 years, planners have started seeking relief for the heavily traveled Interstate 25 corridor.
  John Aguilar
• Precarious spot for mobile home owners as investors swoop in September 16, 2019
  Across the country, mobile home parks are an attractive investment. Tenants own their homes but not the land they sit on, and because the homes aren't actually easy to move, are at the mercy of landlords, who can increase rents or sell the land out from under them.
  Jonathan Drew, Thomas Peipert
• Motley Fool launches real estate investing arm in Colorado September 14, 2019
  When asked what they consider the best long-term investment, about 35 percent of Americans list real estate, while a smaller share, 27 percent, list stocks, according to Gallup.
  Aldo Svaldi
• OSHA fines Greenwood Village-based homebuilder Century Communities for violating safety rules September 14, 2019
  Century Communities Inc., a homebuilder based in Greenwood Village, faces fines of nearly $133,000 for exposing employees to hazards of falling, according to a release the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued Friday.
  John Aguilar
• Trump’s opportunity zone council chief faces heat from Denver City Councilwoman CdeBaca September 13, 2019
  Scott Turner, former Denver Broncos player and Texas legislator, faced questions from Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca Thursday.
  Joe Rubino
• Denver remains the metro area to beat for home price recovery September 11, 2019
  Of the 100 largest metros in the United States, 75 now have home prices above the peak reached before last decade's housing crash, according to the latest update to the Home Price Recovery Index from HSH.com.
  Aldo Svaldi
• Developer sets sights on huge swath of scenic metro Denver farmland September 9, 2019
  Neighbors are raising alarm over a development proposal for a 150-acre farm in Westminster where crops have been grown for more than a century. It is one of the largest remaining plots of undeveloped property in the heart of the Denver metro area.
  John Aguilar
• Opponents of Lakewood’s slow-growth measure raised 38 times the money backers did — and still lost September 7, 2019
  Opponents of a Lakewood ballot measure to limit new home construction in Colorado's fifth-largest city raised 38 times more in campaign contributions than backers of Question 200 -- $573,686 versus $15,071.
  John Aguilar
• Paulino Gardens’ closure this summer was a sign of the times in Denver’s shifting garden center industry September 7, 2019
  Despite some notable departures, the garden center industry is not drying up in Denver, it's thriving, business owners say. But external factors like boomtime land values, demand for more industrial space and competition from hemp and cannabis growers are reshaping the verdant business.
  Joe Rubino