by Neil Kearney | May 11, 2017 | Listings
Right Across from Campus – Great new listing for CU Students or Investors
Cute condo located just steps from the University of Colorado. This neat and clean 1 bedroom condo shows great and includes a reserved parking spot (#23), a storage locker and use of the HOA pool. The location is so convenient you won’t be using your car much. Laundry room in the basement. Great for owner occupant or investor. Well priced and has low HOA fee. Heat included in the HOA, super low utility costs.
by Neil Kearney | May 4, 2017 | Listings
I have just listed this great ranch home in South Boulder, west of Broadway. This home shows beautifully! A gem in the Bear Creek attendance district that has been all shined up and is ready to go. Ranch style home with finished basement with many upgrades including: gleaming hardwood floors, granite countertops, beautifully finished basement with large rec-room, conforming bedroom, study or flex space and a 3/4 bath, new boiler last year, new roof in 2013, great rear patio and a large deck with a sunken hot tub, leased solar panels.
by Neil Kearney | Apr 20, 2017 | Listings
For all of the photos and more details about this property go to www.4675Tanglewood.com
I have just listed a great house at 4675 Tanglewood Trail. It is located directly on the 12th tee box of Boulder Country Club with expansive views across the course to the west. This custom home has high ceilings, a flowing floorplan, a main floor master, workshop and storage space in the partial basement, good bones and is ready for your cosmetic upgrades. This is one of the prime lots at Boulder Country Club. The exterior features a side load garage, mature landscaping, a charming private entry and multiple decks. Over 2600 square feet on the main level. This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase a custom home on a prime golf course lot and make it your own.
by Neil Kearney | Apr 7, 2017 | Listings
For more information and photos for this listing go to www.3053w111th.com
Enjoy the great views and a wonderful sense of light from this beautiful 2 story in Legacy Ridge that I just listed! Large rooms with tons of windows, finished walkout basement, expansive deck, large master bedroom with five piece bath, four bedrooms upstairs, quality landscaping, well maintained, three car garage. Down the street from the wonderful community pool and clubhouse, and near walking trails. Golf course community.
MLS #815914 or Denver MLS #2979743
by Neil Kearney | Mar 23, 2017 | Boulder County Housing Trends, Statistics
Which Boulder neighborhood has appreciated the most and which are lagging behind? This is a tough question to answer since there are so many variables. But hopefully some data will help to make some sense of that question.
Over the past five years the Boulder area has been on quite a run of price appreciation. Some quick research in the MLS tells me that we have seen 50% appreciation in median prices in Boulder County over the past five years. Breaking it down a bit more, here are the appreciation rates for the local communities over the past five years (from information gathered in IRES MLS):
- Boulder – 66%
- Louisville – 51%
- Lafayette – 60%
- Longmont – 61%
- Superior – 56%
- Erie – 50%
To break it down a bit further I have divided the City of Boulder into eleven distinct neighborhoods. To see more on these neighborhoods please see the Boulder Neighborhood Guide which I update each year. A map of how I have delineated the neighborhoods is below.
With the baseline of 66% appreciation over the past five years, here are the appreciation rates for Boulder neighborhoods.
- South Boulder – 65%
- Chautauqua – 52%
- Mapleton Hill – 44%
- Newlands – 36%
- Wonderland Lake/ Dakota Ridge – 34%
- North Boulder East – 76%
- Whittier – 46%
- North East Neighborhoods – 126% (Note- Mostly condos and townhomes in this area with the exception of the Four Mile Creek, Kalmia 38 and Northfield neighborhoods which have seen high priced new builds which have raised the median prices way above the average)
- East Boulder – 49%
- Retail/Industrial Core – 106% (Note – not many sales in this quadrant. New builds at Boulder Junction are bringing up the prices)
- Gunbarrel – 51%
Keep in mind that the sales and prices represented above include both single family and attached dwellings and that the underlying sales are not a constant. For example, some years there are more condos sold, some areas have had new construction, some areas have had many major remodels or scrape off and re-builds. Over time Boulder’s stock of homes are improving. To find evidence of this just drive through Boulder’s neighborhoods and see the number of contractors trucks at work.
