I was reading a story in the May 24th business section of the Denver Post by Howard Pankratz entitled, “Colo. Population Grew in 2009-10.” In it, he explained how Colorado had a net gain of 56,310 residents in a year’s period, according to the latest statistics by the Census Bureau.

The other day, I was taking a glance at the recent MLS statistics and it jumped out at me the startling difference in stats compared to one year ago.

I venture to guess that if you own a business or are in a business that sells a product or service, you have felt the tidal wave of indecision by consumers as of late.

Today marks the one week anniversary of the end of the Mortgage Backed Securities Purchase Program (MBSPP). This monster $1.25 TRILLION stimulus program began in Early January 2009 and held rates under 5.00% for most of the year. So, what happened?

If you have followed my column for a while now, you would know that I represent a fair amount of luxury properties and their sellers. I hear a lot of rumors about the luxury market and given the economy, most of the information I hear is negative. Being both a journalist and a realtor, I decided that it was time to do the right thing and investigate the issue for myself.

Everyone is always looking for encouraging signs when it comes to the economy. After all, the economy is the number one topic on everyone’s mind these days and with the Holiday season here, people are looking at retails’ numbers as one sign to gauge if the economy is getting better.

Wall Street has seen 10,000 on the big board a couple of time over the last week which has led many people to believe the economic recovery is here. I am not so sure that it is and here’s why.

For those you First Time Home Buyers out in the market place looking for your first home, you know that homes in the $200,000 and under price range are selling in days (sometimes hours) and not weeks or months. The current low interest rate environment along with the Tax Credit of $8000 has caused this [...]

Recently a client of my was told by his credit union that he “should not pay any points” on the new mortgage he was taking out to buy a home. The reason the credit union suggested the client not pay points was that it added too much to the cost to the loan. It is [...]

The Treasury Department on Wednesday expanded its foreclosure prevention plan, lifting the current 105 percent loan-to-value cap to refinance up to 125 percent of a home’s value.