Photo Voltaic Good For Boulder Real Estate
You should know that there are some good times for you coming to an end if you’re thinking about putting photo voltaic panels on your house. While it’s been a good run for owners of Boulder real estate, the times they are a changin’.
The federal tax credit is set to expire at the end of 2008 unless there’s an extension put in place. The state rebate program may also end soon. Right now the state rebates get you about $4.50 per watt according to David Coddington of 3R Roofing, LLC. Read more
The Pic Nic
There is a pic-nic coming and you’re probably invited. If you don’t think you are, you are now! I just need you to RSVP. Check out the info for my Big Pic Nic Party 2008 to get the details and let me know you’re coming!
Zachary will be flipping burgers, Nora will be getting cold beverages in your hand and Catherine will make sure you get to meet someone new.
Side dish or two? Well, sure! Read more
Countrywide Real Estate Shenanigans?
Looks like Countrywide Financial Corp. proposed to settle on accusations that it fabricated evidence.
The supposed evidence was used in an attempt to foreclose on a home and this case went to a bankruptcy court. The judge listening to the bankruptcy case has apparently rejected Countrywide’s plan to settle the suit with the homeowner from the Pittsburgh area. Read more
Even Boulder Real Estate Buyers Trending Towards Condos
While the local market remains strong for Boulder real estate sales, the condo market is heating up as both local and national trends move towards buyers focusing on condos.
Even though some think that it’s been time to circle the wagons, the Boulder, CO real estate market is very strong and with limited space for new development, the Boulder condo market has been heating up. Projects such as The Peloton, The Walnut Read more
Boulder Peloton Condos Now Has Residents
On a recent April Tuesday …the 29th actually… the first residents of The Boulder Peloton took possession of their new Boulder condos.
As this mile-market event for The Peloton is finally crossed, many locals are excited to see one of the largest Boulder condo projects get its first residents. Read more
Where’s Your Home Equity Line?
So you worked hard to secure a home equity line, you always pay both your primary loan and the equity line payments on time, and yet the bank just let you know that you have been cut off.
Or worse, they didn’t even tell you. Rather, you tried to use some money from your equity line with the Visa card attached to it and it was a no go. You think the bank cares Read more
Boulder, CO Airport Shows Off!
The Boulder Municipal Airport will have an open house on Saturday, May 10th, hosted by Journeys Aviation and C.M.L. Air Limited.
While they may not have any SR-71 Blackbirds at the event (although I’m not certain) you will be able to view new, vintage, sport, antique, and military aircraft. Read more
Superior Colorado Household Hazardous Waste Clean-Up
The town of Superior, Colorado is hosting an annual household hazardous waste clean-up again. This year it’s in May and you’ll need to remember to make an appointment. The great part is that this is free for you if you’re a Superior, CO resident! Read more
Boulder Indoor Soccer Meets Cycling Counterpart
I just met with Rodrigo Garcia who is the owner and founder of Boulder Indoor Soccer. What a cool place!
The extent to which Rodrigo has thought through his facility and his business is remarkable and inspiring.
Rodrigo is by training a lawyer, but his passion for soccer led him to co-found Boulder Indoor Soccer in central Boulder in 2003. Read more
Boulder Farmer’s Market On Wednesdays Again
The local Boulder Farmer’s Market will once again open for the season on Wednesdays beginning this week.
Typically there are lots of people showing up for the weekend farmer’s market at its 13th street location: between Arapahoe and Canyon Blvd. Fewer people seem to be aware that there’s another opportunity on Wednesdays. Read more
Boulder Steel Yards Is a Great Downtown Alternative
The Steel Yards is a Boulder real estate development that has, in my opinion, revitalized this eastern part of Boulder and become a highly desirable alternative to downtown Boulder for many condo and town home buyers in our area.
We’ve been into a year or more of resales in this mixed-use neighborhood and prices and sales still remain strong. It’s a concept that’s caught on and worked better here than in many incantations that I’ve seen attempted in other areas. Read more
Boulder Real Estate Sold
You may have seen the sign as you drove along Walnut Street in downtown Boulder last month.
Then again, you could have missed it. This property was only on the market for part of a day. Read more
More Boulder Adverse Possession?
Would you believe that we’re seeing another possible adverse possession case in Boulder again? I’d think that people that own Boulder real estate would have caught on by now and considered doing their homework before fooling around with each other’s property.
The owner of a mobile home park in northeast Boulder put in a fence and it has some people bent out of shape over access to their usual short-cuts through his land. Read more
New Westminster Home For Sale
I just added another home for sale in Westminster, CO. This is a remodeled four-level home in the quiet College Hills / Stratford Lake neighborhood.
With a neighborhood pool and community center and many new amenities all around the Westminster and Broomfield area, there’s quite a lot to please even picky buyers with this one.
While this isn’t Boulder real estate, Read more
Green Building Codes For Commercial Boulder Real Estate
The City of Boulder has implemented green building codes on all new homes within the city, and now Boulder officials may be considering the same for commercial buildings. There an immediate tie-in to our local developer, Morgan Creek Ventures and their project, The Walnut.
The Walnut and Morgan Creek Ventures are already ahead of the game in some respects as they haven’t waited for the city to impose standards but rather, they’ve set some of their own. Read more
Boulder Realtor Makes Earth Day Run
Today is the day for the Earth Day 5k run / walk / expo.
It’s a benefit for the Center for ReSource Conservation and it’s also a qualifier for the Bolder Boulder 10k coming up at the end of May. I ran this 5k two years ago for the first time since I needed a qualifying time for my first Bolder Boulder. Read more
Will ConocoPhillips Create A Louisville Boom?
The recent purchase of the old Storage Tek / Sun Microsystems campus by ConocoPhillips may seem like old news to some of us. However, in and around town, the people I talk to continue to bring it up. There’s both skepticism and optimism.
Some of you have told me that you think that the impact is insignificant, but the majority sentiment seems to be that we’re on the side of optimism on this matter. The local papers have given us Read more
Boulder Realtor Joins Real Estate Of The Rockies
As of last Friday, this Boulder Realtor is now with a new real estate brokerage: Real Estate of the Rockies. It’s an exciting change as I’ll now have more opportunity to be the best Boulder Realtor that I can be for you. Nope, I’m not saying I’m the best Boulder Realtor for ‘everyone‘… but maybe… perhaps, for you!
Here’s the lowdown on what’s been going on and why the change.
I had a great run with my former brokerage and when I learned that Real Estate of the Rockies was planning to open a Boulder real estate office, I thought it made sense to investigate new opportunities. As it turns out, Read more
Price Of Going Green, More Thoughts
Here are some additional things I picked up from national publications about the costs associated with going green at home. The sad thing about what I read is that it seems that, once again, the media can’t give us useful information without sensationalizing.
Consider using ratings standards such as Energy Star and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) point systems to help you figure out the costs and benefits. LEED has historically been used in commercial building but it’s making its way into residential with projects right here in Boulder such as The Walnut condo project. Read more
Boulder City Council Puts Home Size Regs On Hold
The Boulder City Council decided to listen to public sentiment and also to a recommendation from the Boulder Planning Board. The temporary ordinance limiting house sizes is on hold as of late Tuesday night.
In a decision made after 10:00 pm on the 8th, the City Council unanimously voted not to hear a first reading of an interim ordinance on the matter. The Council decided instead to hold a discussion next week at the public meeting to review the options for putting together such an ordinance. Read more
Photo Voltaic A Key to Eliminating Your Electricity Bill
So I picked up the phone and made a few calls recently about our upcoming neighborhood pic-nic and one of the people I talked to is a very sharp woman that I met many months ago.
The irony is that I’ve had lots of thoughts about alternative energy on my mind (who hasn’t?!) and when we started talking the conversation immediately moved to photo voltaic solar panels and other energy saving modifications to her home. She has some interesting ideas. Read more
Boulder Condos Market Recap
I’ve had many of you ask me when we talk on the phone if the Boulder condo market is hanging in there.
What I’m seeing is that the market for Boulder condos still remains strong, especially in the central Boulder area. As usual, homes that are prepared to show well, priced right and marketed properly (and where buyers actually look for homes) sell in very reasonable time. My forecast is: as we get into the warm months we’ll see market time shorten drastically for well-prepared and well-marketed condos. The local economic situation is very good.
Here’s what the data looks like for March 2008: Read more
What’s The Price Of Going Green?
One of the things you might want to look at if you’re thinking of ‘going green’ with your home is how long the payback takes. Having said that, I would hope that you’d keep in the back of your head two things:
- Making your home more green can mean more comfort.
- Focusing on green solutions for your home is good for the environment.
Now, what’s the pay-off in dollars? Read more
Boulder Real Estate Market Statistics
Here are the Boulder real estate market statistics for March 2008.
I’ll give you a review of the high and low prices and some other info to help you see what’s been going on in the local Boulder real estate market. Since you keep asking me how Boulder and the surrounding area is doing compared to the national market, this might be helpful for you to see if you agree with what I’ve been saying. Read more
Boulder Adverse Possession Land Grab Saga Continues
In an interesting turn of events, the hot topic of a recent case of adverse possession in South Boulder may appear to be a fabricated land-grab after all.
Boulder County District Court Judge James C. Klein may have an opportunity to review the case again. I’ve heard through local media sources that Don and Susie Kirlin have suggested Richard McLean and Edith Stevens may have systematically orchestrated a plan to take advantage of Colorado’s Adverse Possession laws so that they could take the Kirlin’s land from them. Read more
Time To Vote In Superior
A few towns are having local elections and the Town of Superior has its election tomorrow. There are some great info links in my full story. You can vote between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm and there are three open seats for new trustees.
I spoke with Debra Williams today (she’s one of the candidates) for quite a while and she seems to have a very good handle on local issues. I’ve also known Debra for several years Read more
Indian Peaks Final Building Phase
The Indian Peaks community in Lafayette has announced its final neighborhood.
Developer, McStain Neighborhoods, has said that the last project in the Indian Peaks community will begin construction soon. The new home sales office will be open sometime this summer. Read more
Boulder Real Estate Home Size Limits
Homes in the Boulder real estate market have been in jeopardy of being tightly restricted in recent months as the city council considers legislation to limit the size of a home should you choose to remodel or build new.
Boulder City Council recently backed away from an emergency action to limit home expansions at its meeting on March 18. In an email posted on March 17 councilor Macon Cowles proposed a severe, city-wide .35 floor area ratio (FAR). Read more
ConocoPhillips Plans For StorageTek Site
There’s ongoing speculation about how the purchase of the former StorageTek site in Louisville by ConocoPhillips will impact the local economy. Some have said that it will take up to a year to see any real impact on the area.
You might remember the significant impact that Sun Microsystems and Level 3 Communications had on the Superior / Louisville / Broomfield local marketplace. There’s lots of talk that a similar impact is poised to hit us.
I’ve heard a few people complain Read more
Top Ten Reasons To Work With A Realtor
When the economy is uncertain, homeowners may want to try to save a few dollars by selling their homes themselves. But, a slower market is actually the best time to have an experienced professional on your team to avoid costly mistakes. Here’s your top ten reasons to work with a Realtor. Read more
Boulder Real Estate Under Contract In Record Time
Boulder real estate seems to sell quickly when everything’s done right. This beautiful downtown Boulder ranch style home got all the right treatment and my sellers got a contract offer in record time.
As usual, we took the time to pre inspect and complete any deferred maintenance, hired a staging consultant, professionally cleaned and photographed and all the other usual tactics to get ready for market including it’s own website. Read more
Adverse Possession Rules For Boulder Real Estate To Change
Due to all the controversy and attention over the recent rift between local landowners in Boulder we’re going to see some changes in the rules regarding adverse possession. The Boulder real estate market may be better off as a result.
You might remember the recent case of our neighbors in south Boulder over a land squabble, where some folks decided to get a friendly district court judge involved and implement the rules of adverse possession to grab up some land from their next-door neighbors. It was headline stuff for a while locally. Read more
River Cliff Condos In Lyons
If the prices of Boulder condos are getting you down and you’re looking for something a little off the beaten path, but you don’t want to trek eastward, River Cliff in Lyons, CO may be a great alternative.
The units in this project, nestled along the North St Vrain river start in the mid $300’s. The River Cliff project includes foothills views and a courtyard leading over to the river. It’s within waling distance to central Lyons and all the shopping, entertaining and dining Lyons has to offer. Read more
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