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January 27, 2012
The New Year is often accompanied by important resolutions made by many Americans, and what better way to start new resolutions than with the purchase of a brand new home.
Lennar Homes at Blackstone County Club, Southeast Aurora’s premier country club community, offers homes for growing families and empty nesters alike. What’s more, purchasing a new Lennar home means buying an “Everything’s Included” residence filled with luxury features and upgrades included in the More...
January 23, 2012
The number of homes on the market in metro Denver in December 2011 slipped to the lowest level in more than a decade.
There were 12,531 homes on the market in December, down 33.6 percent from the same month in 2010. In 2000, the inventory hit a low of about 9,000.
Most experts say that if inventory continues to drop, it could have a dramatic impact on the market, perhaps reducing the number of transactions.
In August, the number of metro Denver homes on the market More...
Politicians need to be very clear about one thing: Americans don’t want anyone messing with the popular mortgage interest tax deduction, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
The tax break is favored by the real estate industry but is the bane of most economists who consider it a waste of money amid concern about the federal budget deficit.
There are detailed proposals to replace the mortgage interest deduction with a tax credit targeted to entry-level More...
December 28, 2011
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey showing averaged fixed-rate mortgage rates at or near all-time lows, helping keep homebuyer affordability high. The 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.91 percent on December 22nd, a new all-time low from the previous low of 3.94 percent. The 15-year fixed rate matched the previous all-time low of 3.21 percent.
“Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages have been at or below four percent for the past eight weeks More...
December 16, 2011
Single-family luxury homes and condominiums continued to keep pace with 2010 as buyers purchased a total of $522,693,822 in million-dollar-plus homes comprised of 350 transactions year-to-date through November 2011. This compares with $543,437,818 in total luxury homes sales in 2010, which also represented a total of 350 transactions.
The sales volume through November 2011 represented a 3.8 percent decrease in volume but clearly shows that the luxury home market is maintaining its More...
December 12, 2011
There are positive signs that the country’s housing market is nearing a turnaround. In some major metro areas, the market has bottomed out, with both sales and prices on the rise and foreclosures in decline.
Industry observers site a number of reasons, including stronger employment, and government data appears to support the forecast. The Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund is up 38 percent, while the S&P 500 is up about 21 percent.
Jerry Howard, president More...
November 28, 2011
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that its advance estimate place economic growth at a 2.5 percent annual rate during the third quarter, more than three times the pace of the first half of the year. The most important contribution to Gross Domestic Product was domestic aggregate demand, which rose 3.6 percent annualized, the second biggest quarterly gain in five years.
Some positive news also came from the latest retail sales report, which showed the fifth straight monthly More...
November 21, 2011
Bloomberg.com recently reported that the number of Americans filling applications for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in seven months. Viewed as a sign of economic recovery by some, jobless claims fell by 10,000 to 390,000 in the week ended November 5th, according to the Labor Department.
The number of people on unemployment benefit rolls decreased, while those getting extended payments rose. According to Bloomberg, waning dismissals pave the way for bigger gains in More...
Builders broke ground on more homes than forecast in October and construction permits climbed to the highest level since March 2010, according to Bloomberg.com. Some believe that this increase is a sign that housing may become less stagnant in the third year of economic recovery.
Starts decreased 0.3 percent to a 628,000 annual rate from September’s 630,000 pace that was slower than previously reported, according to the Commerce Department. The median estimate of economists More...
November 8, 2011
As the winter soltice approaches, afternoon dusk will play the early visitor. Daylight is officially shortened. Adjusting to the dark? The brilliance of less daylight, is discovering what we can do with darkness…light it up!
A quick drive around the micro neighborhoods of this late autumn/ early winter wonderland will lighten any life. Larimer Square is dazzling in a canopy of white lights that stretch the entire city block. Cherry Creek North is wired in tiny white lights along More...
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