Category Archives: Real Estate News

This category has information about the Denver real estate industry including all of Colorado and the nation.

Vacation Home Sales Sizzle, Rentals Booking Fast

“We’re getting the calls again from people looking to really buy, buy into the market and start renting again,” said Lipscomb. The impact of Super Storm Sandy is less apparent further south on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. “It’s … Continue reading

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REITs Trounce Stocks as Investors Pour In

Institutional investors are especially drawn to REITs because they provide not just earnings growth, but strong dividend growth. REITs are required to distribute at least 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Also, real estate … Continue reading

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Even as Housing Revives, Apartment Growth to Boom

“Despite overtures of the headwinds from new supply, our April survey results showed positive gains in both occupancy and rents ahead of expected seasonal trends,” she wrote in a report to clients. (Read More: Apartment Building Bubbles as Single-Family Homes … Continue reading

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Why Rising Rates Are Rattling the Mortgage Market

“Underlying interest rates are moving higher, dragging mortgage rates along with them,” said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com, a data and analytics site. “This has come as the result of somewhat better conditions in the labor market, helping investors … Continue reading

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Why Rising Rates are Rattling the Mortgage Market

“Underlying interest rates are moving higher, dragging mortgage rates along with them,” said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com, a data and analytics site. “This has come as the result of somewhat better conditions in the labor market, helping investors … Continue reading

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REITs Return Big as Investors Pour In

Institutional investors are especially drawn to REITs because they provide not just earnings growth, but strong dividend growth. REITs are required to distribute at least 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Also, real estate … Continue reading

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The Other Housing Recovery: Agents’ Pay

About half of all licensed agents are members of this industry group, which is meeting in Washington, DC this week for a semi-annual conference. “To put that in perspective,the median realtor income had fallen by 35 percent during the housing … Continue reading

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Uninsured losses on property theft and fraud are tax deductible

Fraud by building contractors is a distressingly common occurrence. How’s this for a nightmare scenario: You agree to pay a contractor $400,000 to tear down part of your house and put in an addition. While the work is going on, … Continue reading

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Time to take the measure of the recovery

Long-term rates fell this week to the lows of 2013, mortgages stickier than 10-year T-notes. Although long Treasurys made it to 1.85 percent, mortgages are still 3.75 percent or so — the mortgage market frightened to death that any loan … Continue reading

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