Denver Named “Most Improved Housing Market” There is more good news for the Denver real estate market. Denver has been named the “most improved housing market” in the country by Businessweek. The report cited a 5.8 percent increase in Denver home prices from the first quarter 2009 to the first quarter 2010, and projects a … Continue reading Denver Named “Most Improved Housing Market”
5280’s (Denver’s magazine) annual real estate issue hit newsstands yesterday, and the results are interesting! This year, the magazine selected “The Great Eight” neighborhoods in Denver. These Denver neighborhoods enjoyed strong price appreciation from 2009 to present. The following areas made the list of Denver’s hottest eight neighborhoods (data was obtained from the May 2010 … Continue reading 5280 Magazine Names Denver’s Best Places to Live
TeamCox Realtors wasn’t surprised to see that in two recent surveys of real estate brokerages, RE/MAX continues to significantly outshine its national competitors. The surveys reveal that RE/MAX significantly outperformed its national competitors, including in RISMedia’s 2010 Power Broker Report & Survey, which ranked 69 RE/MAX brokerages among their Top 300 (representing 23% of all … Continue reading RE/MAX Continues to Outperform National Competitors
TeamCox Realtors is always on the lookout for rankings that include Colorado cities, but this one truly takes the cake! Forbes recently released its 12 annual ranking of “Best Places for Business and Careers,” which recognizes multiple Colorado cities. Three Colorado cities – Fort Collins (4), Denver (6), and Colorado Springs (12) – were ranked … Continue reading Colorado Cleans Up on Forbes’ “Best Places for Business and Careers”
There is more good news for the Denver real estate market! Denver home prices stacked up well against other major cities in the recently-released S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices. The report indicated a 2.6 percent increase from January 2009 to January 2010. This sharp percentage increase was enough for Denver to have the 6th highest year-to-year … Continue reading Denver Homes Prices Rise from Last Year
According to an article in the Denver Post today regarding census numbers, Denver County was the Front Range’s fastest growing county from 2008-2009. This is not only the first time that this has happened since the early 1970s, but the big spurt landed Denver County on a list of the five fastest-growing large counties in … Continue reading Denver County had a Growth Spurt Last Year!
Denver Named Among 2010 Best Winter Locations Move over, California! The Weather Channel has named Denver, Colorado among its, “2010 Best Winter Locations” list. Yes, we’ve bragged about Denver’s mild winter weather to non-residents for years, but they never seem to believe us! Well, the Weather Channel has finally validated these claims by ranking Denver as … Continue reading Denver Named Among 2010 Best Winter Locations
Denver has been ranked seventh among America’s “green cities.” The “Green Cities Index” ranks 43 U.S. metro areas on a variety of environmental factors, including traffic congestion, transit use, water quality, carbon emissions, LEED-certified projects, and the number of “green” jobs. Other “green” cities include San Francisco, Honolulu, Austin, Boston, and Seattle. On another “green … Continue reading Denver Named Among Country’s “Greenest” Cities
BusinessWeek recently named the country’s “Best Affordable Suburbs in America,” and Douglas County’s Roxborough Park made the list. Roxborough Park, Colorado, a Denver-area suburb with a population of 8,211, was ranked as the seventh best affordable suburb in the country, based on its affordability, high quality of life, amenities (country clubs and golf courses), low crime … Continue reading Roxborough Park Named Among Country’s Best Affordable Suburbs
Happy Birthday, DIA! While images of lost baggage may linger in your mind when you think of Denver International Airport’s opening in February of 1995, the airport has come a long way in the last 15 years. CNBC recently reported on J.D. Power and Associates’ 2010 North America Airport Satisfaction Study, ranking airports on a … Continue reading Denver International Airport (DIA) Flies High in Customer Service