Choose from 4 fantastic lots in Denver's popular Cory-Merrill neighborhood, and build one of 3 completely unique and thoughtfully designed home models. Build an Urban Ranch Home, a 2-story Colorado Farmhouse, or a stunning Mountain Modern home (seen above) with clean lines and contemporary finishes. Proven builder with an amazing track record - we have homes at all levels of finish that are available for you to walk, and we would love to bring you into our showroom to check out floor-plan options, available finish choices, and our convenient + exclusive financing solutions. We look forward to working with you to build your dream home!   1711 S Jackson St, Denver, CO (One of four listings)   $875,000   Listed by Doug Sutton for West…

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Live in the heart of the city! Step outside & jump on the light rail to the airport or to get downtown. Take a nice stroll to downtown or to RiNo to grab a bite to eat or grab a drink with a friend. Walk to a ballgame at Coors Field as it is under a mile away. Head up to City Park for Jazz in the Park, to take a run or to go to the museum. Get into this hot Five Points neighborhood at a great price & enjoy the lifestyle & neighborhood growth!

Nice open layout is perfect for entertaining. Balcony perfect to grill on or sit outside and enjoy watching the sunset. This is the perfect condo for those who like high quality, low maintenance city living!

For more photos and floorplans please visit 2550washington.com

2550 Washington St. #409, Denver,…

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Should You Buy a Home With Cash?

If you have the ability to purchase a home with cash only, then you’re part of a slim percent of the American population - congrats! Before you head to the bank to withdraw those fat stacks of greenbacks, make sure you consider both the pros and the cons (yes, there are some cons) of skipping the mortgage. 

Pros

Skipping the interest. Buying a home is often a good investment, but buying one flat out may be an even better one. This is because you save on mortgage interest that is usually paid over the life of the home loan – interest that could amount to anywhere between several thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Avoiding the fees. With an all-cash deal, you skip those loan origination fees, an…

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Hip West Highlands bungalow with open floor plan, mountain views, and a prime location between all the shops and restaurants in Highlands Square and on the Tennyson strip. The open kitchen has concrete counters and SS appliances with a professional Thermador oven and a silent Bosch dishwasher. The remodeled upstairs bathroom features a deep soaking tub and a concrete counter, and in the fully remodeled downstairs bathroom there is a rainfall shower with body jets and a floating vanity with storage. Laundry room has a high efficiency LG washer&dryer with lots of room for storage. The fenced-in private backyard is perfect for dogs and BBQs. New oversized 2-car garage has a tons of attic storage plus another fridge and workbench. The original 1-car…

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When selling your home, especially in this market, you want to make sure you get top dollar. Thanks to a recent study published by Zillow, we now know that simply painting rooms in your home with a certain color could increase your home's value by thousands of dollars!

Zillow’s 2017 Paint Color Analysis inspected 32,000 photos from sold homes to understand what makes a home more valuable. From these photos, the site noted a correlation between house sales and the color blue.

kitchens

Homes with blue kitchens (typically a soft gray-blue) sold for $1,809 more than a white kitchen.

bathrooms

Homes with "light pale blue to soft periwinkle blue" bathrooms collected $5,440 more than then competing bathrooms.

bedrooms

Homes…

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Kids, and adults alike, all over the country are being kept busy and off their electronics with this fun new art project of painting rocks!

The groups are organized by state, county or town, and often originate on Facebook, gathering local members who wish to join in the fun of painting rocks, hiding rocks and hunting for rocks painted by others.

It's a simple act of kindness that's making a big impact in communities across the country. From Vermont to Arizona, rock painting groups are brightening the days of strangers — one colorful rock at a time.

To read the full article please visit Today.com

Megan Murphy is a life coach from Massachusetts who started the Kindness Rocks Project, a movement that many rock group creators credit with…

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Enjoy your elegant & low maintenance lifestyle in this beautiful City Park condo! Walk out your door to City Park, farmers markets, Jazz in the Park, Uptown's numerous coffee shops, restaurants & boutiques. Relax & take in the best mountain & city views in Denver from the 7th level pool, hot tub or by the firepits. Enjoy your workouts in an upscale gym. Entertain your friends in your open floor plan or in the building's multiple entertaining rooms, the theater room & or wine room with temp controlled wine lockers. Have your guests stay in their own guest suite when they come to visit. This condo uniquely has three storage units allowing for ample storage space. This is the perfect lock & leave condo & home for the city dweller!

Relax & take in the…

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It’s the No. 1 reason that mortgage applicants nationwide get rejected: They’re carrying too much debt relative to their monthly incomes. It’s especially a deal-killer for millennials early in their careers who have to stretch every month to pay the rent and other bills.

But here’s some good news: The country’s largest source of mortgage money, Fannie Mae, soon plans to ease its debt-to-income (DTI) requirements, potentially opening the door to home-purchase mortgages for large numbers of new buyers. Fannie will be raising its DTI ceiling from the current 45 percent to 50 percent as of July 29.

DTI is essentially a ratio that compares your gross monthly income with your monthly payment on all debt accounts — credit cards, auto loans, student…

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In May, a record-breaking 179 homes priced over $1 million sold and closed, up over 21 percent from the month prior and up nearly 38 percent year over year.

“By this time next month, sales in the Luxury Market of homes priced over $1 million will likely surpass one billion dollars year to date,” said Elaine Stucy, DMAR Market Trends Committee member and metro Denver real estate agent. “This is a stunning trend in a month where traditionally the greatest number of homes come into the market. However, instead of a build up in supply, there was a full 1 percent reduction in months of inventory to a 5.8 month supply.”

Average home prices in the Denver area have continued an upward climb to a new high of  $449,736, up 2.84 percent from the previous…

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People often ask if now is a good time to buy a home, or if they should look for a new rental when their lease expires and inevitably increases. The answer is sort of frustrating, because with inventory so tight, both homes for sale and for rent are hard to find in Central Colorado. But, really, it all depends on your short and long term plans, as well as your Real Estate and other investment goals.

The Census Bureau recently released their 2017 first quarter median rent numbers. Here is a graph showing rent increases from 1988 until today:

In the first quarter of 2017, the median asking rent for vacant for-rent units across the United States was $864. 

According to Rent Jungle, that number is almost double in Denver:

As of April 2017,…

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