Jude's Real Estate Blog

Short Sales Soar – In the first seven months of 2010, short sales in the Denver metro area rose by 48%, compared with the same period in 2009, according to an analysis of data by InsideRealEstateNews. During this time period there were 2,270 completed single-family home short sales, almost a 42%...

Aurora Quest K-8 recently hosted 25 exchange students and their two chaperones from Beijing, China over the summer. Many of the host families have children who currently attend Aurora Quest K-8. “The experience was a tremendous one for all involved,” said Dusty Burton, Aurora Quest K-8 Social St...

Outback Steakhouse, Aurora, Colorado hosting fund-raiser Sept. 12 for Aurora Symphony Orchestra It may be a Broncos game day, but don’t let that stop you from coming out to Outback Steakhouse in southeast Aurora to support the Aurora Symphony Orchestra and enjoy a fabulous meal. A special select...

APS Schools Receive HLC Designation Provided by: Eleanor Frisch The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) recently designated three APS high schools as educational sites for the Community College of Aurora (CCA). Aurora Central, Rangeview and William Smith high schools offer concurrent enrollment opt...

Work on a $1 billion light rail line that will serve travelers and employees of Denver International Airport officially got underway last week. Aurora mayor Ed Tauer helped break ground Aug. 26 for the East Corridor commuter rail line, a 23-mile corridor running from downtown Denver through Auro...

Vacancies hit lowest 2nd-quarter rate since ’04 – In metro Denver, CO Vacancies hit lowest 2nd-quarter rate since ’04 – In metro Denver, vacancies in for-rent condos, single-family homes and other small properties dropped to 3.8% during the second quarter, compared with 5.2% during the second qua...

LBA Realty Pays $7.8M for Industrial in Aurora – LBA Realty purchased an industrial building in Aurora for $7.8 million, or nearly $57 per square foot. The one-story, 136,828-square-foot industrial building is situated in the Southwest DIA/Pena Boulevard Industrial submarket. Read full article: ...

Colorado apartments cost more in second quarter Colorado apartments cost more in quarter – Apartment vacancies dropped and rents rose in Colorado during the second quarter, according to a Colorado Division of Housing report released yesterday. The state’s average apartment vacancy rate decreased ...

Real Estate Outlook: Fannie Forecast - Check out the latest forecast from Fannie Mae chief economist Doug Duncan, if you want a good sense of where we are in housing and where we're headed.  Never known as a Pollyanna or wild optimist, Duncan acknowledges that this summer has been a challenging t...

Foreclosure filings are slowly inching down in Arapahoe County, a development that appears to be mimicking a statewide trend, according to an Aug. 5 report from the Colorado Division of Housing. There were 300 fewer foreclosure filings in the county during 2010's second quarter, an 18.7 percent ...