It’s a snowy March Monday. Getting ready to take some clients on round two of shopping trip for second showings of properties. The market is moving fast so there is no time to lose, especially if you’re going to list one home for sale and buy another. [...]
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Color Me (Re)Blue
One of my favorite things about being in real estate is looking at houses. I’m mad about architecture, color, design, shape and style. I love staging that brings out the best features in the home while keeping it homey. Watching home improvement shows, HGTV, and all that real estate porn… I must admit, excites me. [...]
Denver Real Estate Trends 4th Quarter, 2012
I’d like to get all geeky on ya but I’ve brought the visual aids. Click below for the famous Your Castle Real Estate map of Central Denver to compare single family residential property values with the 4th quarter of 2011. You’ll see the percent of appreciation or decline, the days on market (DOM) and months [...]
The Game of Having Game
It’s Friday night. The Broncos are in the playoffs and the Mile Hi City is tickled…orange. In Denver, we take our football seriously. Denizens will brave tomorrow’s freezing temps to celebrate at pre-game tailgate parties and freeze their own tails in the stands, while the taste of beer, brats and a Broncos victory creates an [...]
Buying a Home in the Winter? You bet your ice skates!
After you’ve finished your holiday shopping, why don’t we go look for a house? The Denver winter has been mild so far and weather is still great for house hunting, but even in the snowy months I love me those cold weather clients! Most people think of buying or selling their homes in the ‘high’ [...]
When a House Shows You What it is, Believe It.
I live in Denver. The houses here can be pretty old. Beautiful Victorians, Denver Squares and Craftsman Bungalows line the graceful streets with their Dutch Elm trees and cracked sidewalks. As a real estate agent who specializes in the downtown Denver neighborhoods, I know these homes, some of them rather intimately. When my buyers are [...]
The Mortgage Interest Deduction in Trouble?
How would it affect you if you could no longer write off the interest you pay on your mortgage? According to panelists at Friday’s housing forum hosted by Zillow and the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate: The burgeoning federal debt makes it unlikely that the mortgage interest tax deduction will survive [...]
Undecided? I don’t get it.
It’s late October in a very tight presidential race. Pols shift twice in the same day and the election is coming down to swing states and undecided voters, though I’m not sure exactly who these people are. The issue is not that the Democrats and Republicans have successfully laid out their vision for the next [...]
The Buyer/Seller Love Connection
I am (where real estate is involved) lucky in love. I’m not talking about the beach house I got in the last divorce *winks* but how often I find Cupid at the closing table. It takes work to find a house with everything on your buyers’ wish list, but it’s nothing short of kismet when [...]
But My Brother’s Wife’s Uncle’s Best Friend’s Daughter Sells Real Estate…
My friends were thrilled to be putting their home on the market. The empty nest felt expansive and overwhelming: they made their decision, rang me up and started packing up the tchotchkes in preparation for the photos. The one big downside to their downsize would be telling their other Realtor© friend they’d listed with me. [...]