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Here are my latest blog posts. Since 2006 I have written over 900 articles about the Boulder real estate market, the process of buying and selling a home and insights to what makes this a great place to live. If you are looking for specific information please; search this site by clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the top navigation bar.
Realty – Reality
You have probably seen the attached picture before - is it a picture of a young women or an old women? The answer is it depends on how you are looking at it. How you perceive it. One definition of reality is: "all of your experiences that determine how things...
Happy Birthday Boulder – 150 Years!
Boulder is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year and today citizens were invited to kick off the extended celebration by ringing a bell 150 times at noon. This was just the first in a series of events to mark the first 150 years of Boulder. To learn more about...
January Sales Data
Sales of single family homes in Boulder County dropped 28% compared to last January. There were 110 sales during the month. This represents the lowest total since I began tracking this monthly data in 2004. In addition to the single family sales there were 28...
Demolition Derby at Casey
In my travels during the past few days I came upon the beginning stages of some large projects in the area. These projects are not unlike many others in the Boulder Valley in that in order to begin the new you must first demolish the old. The students...
The Arete
The downtown Boulder landscape has changed dramatically in the last seven years. One after another, downtown properties have been torn down and re-born as modern, high-end, multi-use buildings. The buildings typically include commercial space on the street level...
Tetherball and the Economy
Beyond sixth grade we don't tend to think about tetherball much. It's a pretty simple game. One of momentum, angles and coordination. Doug White a fellow broker here at Metro Brokers Boulder had a great idea about how tetherball is an analogy for the economy....
Inventory Down in the Boulder Valley
The inventory of existing homes in the United States has reached 11 months. This means that it would take 11 months to sell all of the active listings currently on the market given the sales rate for the last 12 months. The Boulder area is doing much better than...
Foreclosures down 11.8% in Metro Area
During 2008 there was an 81% increase in foreclosures nationwide when compared with 2007. During the same period foreclosures were down 11.8% in the seven county Denver Metro area. Colorado has been in the top five states in foreclosures for the last three or four...
Conoco Phillips Campus Delayed
The estimated opening of the Conoco Phillips renewable energy campus in Louisville has been moved back to late 2013. The original projections had the state-of-the-art facility opening in 2011 or 2012. Company officials sited the economy along with the large...
Fire and Ice
January in Boulder can be quite interesting. Last week high winds brought fire and this week it blew in some unexpected snow and ice. Strong winds in January are quite common. Since Christmas we have had three good blows with winds on two occasions exceeding...
