Our Bloggers
Denver & Suburbs
Larry Hotz - Selling homes since 1978, Former Managing Broker and Senior Faculty Member Colorado Association of Realtors
Littleton & SW
Dennis Martin - Another Dad/Daughter Real Estate Team sells homes throughout Denver's Southwest Suburbs. Dennis also managed a real estate company and sold homes for over 30 years.
Erie, Niwot & Northwest
Paula King - a Certified Residential Specialist helping folks in Denver's north suburbsWest Denver
Melody Rivera - and Rivera Team sell homes in Highlands, Lakewood, Westminister. She is also President of The Denver Board of Realtors
John Ludwig - Lo-Do, Business District, City Park and more offer homes for "urban at heart".
Longmont & North
John Callis - Broker since 1982 in Denver's northern suburbs. Lives in Boulder.
First Time Homes
Elizabeth Hotz
- Purdue grad and broker since 2005, Liz has lived in both the City and Suburbs. She know the best places for first-time buyers.Aurora Co Suburbs
Maureen Moore
- Lives here and loves South Aurora, Maureen has been a Realtor here for 22 years.
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Pumpkin Makeover Winners
by Dennis Martin, Extreme Pumpkin Fanatic
Ok, this is my third post this year about one of my favorite subjects. Pumpkins are seasonal, festive, tasty and sometimes frightening. But, most of all they are fun. My children, wife and I have enjoyed making pumpkins, secretly giving them away and searching out the best pumpkins in the most unlikely of places.
These came to me today in an email from a friend of mine. I found a couple of them at a website at the bottom. I don’t know where the others came from.
Pumpkin Pie For Carnivores
Here are some of our favorites including two we kept away from the children.
Pumpkin Patch
By littleton/’>Dennis Martin, Pumpkin Fanatic
Have you ever taken a child or grandchild through a pumpkin patch and let them run around looking for their perfect pumpkin. It’s an experience you and your child will treasure and remember for a life time.
Great Pumpkin
By littleton/’>Dennis Martin, Southwest Denver Suburbs Expert
Editor’s Note: In the last few years many residents of the Ken Caryl Ranch in Littleton, Colorado have stepped out their doors on mornings around this time to find that someone has quietly come in the night and left a pumpkin on their doorstep. Over the years this Halloween gift-giver has become known as the “Great Pumpkin.” Who is he? We asked a local little bird who wouldn’t chirp away the secret, but she did tell us this story. Can you guess who he is?
Yes, Virginia. The Great Pumpkin lives.
As a mater of fact, his place of permanent residence is right here at The Ken-Caryl Ranch in suburban Denver. And like his cousin, Santa Clause, he travels far outside his home territory to spread his goodwill.
Wildlife in Boulder, Colorado
by John Callis, North Denver Suburbs Expert
Living in Northeast Boulder, Colorado for 17 years has provided us with a lot of unexpected excitement due to the wildlife in the area. At night coyotes near Twin Lakes mournfully howl, singing a song to remind us they are out there looking for a tasty morsel, usually someone’s poor pet who happily got out for the night. One would think this area, about 7 miles from the mountains, would be a place where domestic pets would roam unharmed.
The Red Fox Hills neighborhood has 115 homes and is surrounded by miles of open space and undeveloped land, tucked between the Boulder Country Club area and suburban Boulder, this small development has had its share of wild animal visitors including mountain lions, coyotes and Red Foxes.
Two mountain lion sightings have been reported in the last year and one particular young female lion
“Big Guns”?
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
All Denver Real Estate launched this brand new blog just before Labor Day. You have seen contributions by some of Denver’s best Realtors here since then.
Finally, we have had a chance to meet for the first time to discuss how to improve this blog. About a dozen contributors met at The Kentwood Company in Greenwood Village today. Among them was Melody Rivera, New President of the Denver Board of Realtors. Melody is also one of the principles of The Rivera Team at Kentwood City Properties.
Other attendees included Dennis and Dawn Martin of the Martin Team in Littleton. John Ludwig of Fuller and Company, our downtown Denver contributor, suburbs/’>Paula King and John Callis, our northern suburbs contributors, Pam Darby of Kentwood Relocation Department, Dotson Skaggs who works in Centennial, Elizabeth Hotz who is our "first-time home buyer specialist and Dennis Beranek of Nu-Home Mortgage.
September Home Sales
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
In figures just released for September home sales in Denver, Metrolist, the Denver multilist reporting agency,shows a decline in home sales. However, in a separate report, Land Title statistics show average home prices continued to rise in third quarter especially in the south suburbs.
As recently as last week, the national Case-Shilling home sales report indicated that Denver home sales had been increasing since March. But, that study could not include this most recent data.
In fact, this is a further decline in under-contract sales from August which is traditionally one of the slowest months for home sales in Denver. The only silver-lining in this cloud over real estate sales is for buyers. Market-wide average sold prices softened from the previous month by 7% and from the year ago period a more significant 1.1%. That does not mean the average price of a home dropped but rather that the overall mix of homes sold were at that lower price point. Rising prices in the south suburbs (see Land Title report above) improved compared to the overall market. The south surburbs generally have higher priced homes.
Here is the September, 2007 Denver Home Sales Data from Metrolist, Denver’s MLS:
Autumn Hike
By Paula King, All Denver Real Estate’s North Suburbs Expert
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Fall has arrived in all its glory to the Colorado Rockies. There is a crispness in the air, while the afternoon temperature hovers in the high 70’s to low 80’s. The aspens are golden, scrub oak is beginning to turn crimson and a light dusting of snow can be seen on Long’s Peak. Perfect weather to take a hike and explore these changes for yourself.
So, I did, along with a trio of friends yesterday.
Memories At the Drive In
By Dennis Martin, All Denver Real Estate Expert in Sheridan, Colorado
Drive-In Fans it appears this is the final curtain on The Cinderella Twin Drive-In. The city is close to approving of the final site plan for an apartment complex.
“There have been a half-dozen serious development proposals for the location since my dad bought the land and built the drive-in back in 1972” Bruce Leiman, president, said after the August 29th Sheridan planning and zoning commission meeting on the developers final site plan.