Tag Archives: Fourth Quarter

Mortgage Fix Failing at ‘Alarming Rate’

A new report from Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program points to disturbing numbers, but offers no reason for the high rates. Treasury’s data shows that the longer a homeowner remains in HAMP, the more likely he … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Commercial real estate market improves in Colorado Springs

Commercial real estate space in Colorado Springs is slightly harder to come by now, indicating the market has seen a slight improvement, The Gazette reports. The combined vacancy rate for the three commercial real estate sectors — office, industrial and … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Construction crews break ground at site of a Trader Joe’s in Denver

Workers have broken ground on the construction of a Trader Joe’s store in Denver, which is expected to open late this year. Trader Joe’s spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki confirmed Monday that excavation began last week on the southeast corner of East … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Case-Shiller report: Denver metro home prices rise 8.5 percent in 2012

Home prices in the Denver metro area rose 8.5 percent in December over December 2011, marking the 12th straight month of year-over-year gains, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index released Tuesday. It was Denver’s largest annual increase since 2001, … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

More Coloradans paid off home loans in 2012

 The number of home loans paid off in Colorado was up 49.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2012, and they were also up 29.4 percent measuring the full year of 2012 compared to … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

US Homeowners Rise Above Water on Mortgages

The negative equity numbers also don’t say anything about whether or not the loans coming out from underwater are delinquent. While the overall delinquency rate dropped dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 7.09 percent of all loans, according … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Available metro Denver apartments scarce, while rents soar

Available metro Denver apartments remain scarce, with the apartment vacancy rate in the area falling to 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with 5.4 percent in the same quarter of 2011. According to a report released Thursday … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Big listing portals, by the numbers

By JOEL BURSLEM With the three biggest online real estate companies all reporting year-end 2012 earnings this week, I thought it might be interesting to compare the three and see how they stacked up. Here are the three releases, in … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Why Women are Driving the Demand for Rental Apartments

No, according to a recent Raymond James report: Renter household formation remains at the strongest level in decades. Roughly 1.32 million new renter households were formed in the past year (including owner conversions), while the number of owner-occupied households declined … Continue reading

Posted in Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Denver Real Estate Prices Up, Inventory Down

By Loren Bimler The Denver Metro real estate market changed dramatically in 2012 moving into the category of recovery. The market turned in the sellers favor as sales were up 12% over 2011 (statistics courtesy of Lon Welsh, Your Castle … Continue reading

Posted in Denver Real Estate News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off