Between Denver and Boulder

 Here in the Denver metro region of Colorado, we don't normally have snow covering the ground for more than a couple of days at a time. But this year has been different, the snow has blanketed our yards and gardens for more than two weeks. All that time I've wondered, when the snow melts, will th...

Joetta’s Neighborhood Newsletter February, 2012   To All My Friends & Neighbors – Greetings!               What My Readers Said: I posed a question, ‘Why aren’t more people buying houses now?” and got a couple of well-thought answers. This is the second of those two: “They could be dying to move ...

 I’ve been shocked lately to see some predictions that the housing crisis will be over this year! Then, I realized that ‘housing crisis’ is one of those terms that could mean just about anything. What the housing crisis means to you personally may be very different from what the folks at the Nati...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  Arvada home sales at $500,000+ are sluggish in January.  Very sluggish. Click this link to see Arvada Home Sales in the other price categories. The following information was obtaine...

This is a monthly market report for Arvada homes, a small town between Denver and Boulder. Arvada's real estate market is not the same as Denver or Boulder, but is very similar to Westminster, Broomfield, Lakewood, and Golden. See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO ...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  Since no Arvada homes sold in this price range in January of 2010 or 2011, expectations aren't high, to say the least.  5 did sell this January, and 11 are currently under contract....

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you: The number of days Arvada home sales were accomplished in this price range has steadily increased over the past three years. Coupled with the appearance of a couple of foreclosures t...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you: In this price range, distressed sales are a much higher percentage in the 'sold' category compared to the 'for sale' and 'under contract' categories. There is good news in the number...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  While homes sold in Arvada last month in the $200-250,000 price range show a slight increase in days on market, the percentage of sales that were short sales or foreclosures is the ...

Where exactly is Colorado's 'front range'? Is it the same as the 'foothills'?  'Western slope' seems pretty obvious, but where do the 'eastern plains' actually start? I remember hearing all these terms when we first moved to Colorado. Then, when starting my gardening blog I was torn between using...