Our Bloggers
Denver & Suburbs
Larry Hotz - Selling nearly 1000 homes since 1978, Former Managing Broker and Faculty Member, Colorado Association of Realtors. Follow me on Twitter
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 suburbs.
West Denver
Melody Rivera
- and Rivera Team sell homes in Highlands, Lakewood, Westminister. She is also President of The Denver Board of Realtors.
Downtown Denver
John Ludwig - Lo-Do, Business District, City Park, John lives in and knows the city.
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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Downtown Condo Prices
By Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
"City Condo Prices: Sky’s The Limit".
That was the lead headline this morning in The Denver Post, Denver’s daily newspaper. Despite a softer market outside the downtown area, developers are raising prices on new condo projects downtown.
Dee Chirafisi of Kentwood City Properties is sometimes called "the Mayor" of Downtown Denver. She meets are greets about every third pedestrian as she meanders the sidewalks of Lo-Do. She is also the top selling Realtor in those parts of the city and a listing broker of the 51-story tower
Castle Pines North, Colorado
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
Denver has a new suburb! Ok, it’s not exactly new. It’s been there for over 20 years. But, now Castles Pines North is the latest suburb to incorporate as its own city.
There is no police force yet, no city hall or even city ordinances. But, this new city voted in a City Council and Mayor just last month. But now, the real work begins. And, how will this effect it’s residents?
Discount Real Estate Broker?
By Mike Conway, Homeowner and Mortgage Broker
I have been a mortgage broker in the Denver real estate market for many years. 
I have seen good markets and bad. But,when it came to selling my own home in Littleton, I would only use the most qualified broker I could find to do it. I know selling by owner or getting a discount broker sounds like saving money. But, I don’t think so.
New Denver Jobs
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
The Denver economy has been sustained by steady job growth and the resulting relocation of employees to fill a portion of those jobs. Now, more jobs are moving here.
Three major employers have recently announced expanding their businesses to the Denver metro area. The net effect will be thousands of new jobs over the next few years. Charles Schwab, ConocoPhillips and VMware will be bringing more jobs to the Denver suburbs.
February Sales Increase
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
Denver home sales increased by 4% over the previous February period according to statistics released by 
Metrolist, Denver’s Multi-list reporting organization. Significantly, inventory of homes for sale remained essentially constant during the year over year period rising only .8% to 25,037 homes.
Why is this important? First, home sales are lower in many neighborhoods impacted by foreclosures. Secondly, home sales usually don’t begin to pick up until March when we begin our Spring selling season.
So, what does my 30 years of experience in this real estate market tell me about the condition of the Denver real estate market?
2007 Home Appreciation
By Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate
It doesn’t make sense. Does it?
Standard and Poors Case-Shiller Home Price Index just reported that Denver home prices declined 4.5% in 2007. But, another outfit, DataQuick Information Systems, out of La Jolla, California, says "Hold-On, not so fast". They claim prices appreciated as much 16.2% depending on the exact zip code.
Denver Weather
By Larry Hotz
Denver weather isn’t what most people expect.
As I write this now the temperature on March 1 is 74 degrees and the skies are sunny. It’s the kind of weather you expect in Scottsdale this time of year.
I passed crowds at Washington Park this morning enjoying the "lakes", views and some volleyball. Even the golf courses have the die hards smacking the little white ball off brown fairway grass. But, some of the greens actually are greenish. These photos were taken today.
In my 30 years of selling homes to relocation buyers, the biggest misconception I find is about our weather. Our temperatures are really moderate.