December Newsletter

Real Estate News and Market Update

December 06, 2016

Real Estate News, December 2016

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I recently listed this single family home in Centennial. The home features an updated kitchen, updated bathrooms, and a large backyard. Located in the Cherry Creek School District and Southlands Mall. Offered at $299,900.Click here for more information about this home.This home is sold but if you know someone in the market to buy or sell, please contact me!

Star Wars and the Power of Costume

WHEN: Nov. 13, 2016–Apr. 2, 2017 WHERE: Denver Art Museum Have a sci-fi or fantasy fan in your family? Then they won't want to miss the Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume exhibit at Denver Art Museum, featuring original costumes from the films. Note: Denver Art Museum is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.More Information

Home resale price gains hold steady in metro Denver; national prices reach new high

11/29/2016 - Denver Business Journal  

Home-resale prices across metro Denver averaged 8.7 percent in September from a year earlier, almost the same yearly gain as the month before, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices report, issued Tuesday.

Nationally, home prices finally surpassed their pre-recession peak, the report said.

While September’s metro-Denver price gains far outpaced the national average, they lagged Denver’s year-over-year performance during the spring and early summer.

The 8.7 percent average price increase for home resales in the 10-county Denver region followed year-over-year gains of 8.8 percent in August, 9.4 percent in July, 9.3 percent in June, and 9.5 percent in both May and April, according to the closely followed Case-Shiller monthly real estate report series.

Denver's yearly price increase in September was well ahead of the 5.5 percent national gain and the 5.1 percent average rise for 20 big cities that the Case-Shiller report tracks most closely.Click here for the entire article

How To Care For Poinsettias

Poinsettia is the brilliant Christmas plant that, with a little love, will bloom long after the ho-ho-hos have faded. 

Here’s how to care for poinsettias and help them last beyond the holidays.

What a Healthy Poinsettia Looks Like

Inspect poinsettias carefully before you buy a plant. A healthy plant looks like this:

  • Dark green foliage before color develops.

  • Bracts (colored leaves) completely colored without green perimeters.

  • Lush and filled with leaves, not yellow and sparsely covered.

  • Balanced from all sides.

  • Displayed naked without plastic sleeves that can cause plants to droop. Cover the plant only when transporting in temperatures below 50 degrees.

  • 2.5 times taller than its diameter.

How to Keep Poinsettias Alive

1. Display your poinsettia in indirect light for about 6 hours per day.

2. High temperatures will shorten the poinsettia’s life. Keep room temperatures at 60 to 70 degrees during the day; around 55 degrees in the evening. You might have to move the plant around to expose it to optimal temperatures, like keeping it in the kitchen by day and in the mudroom by night.Click here for the entire article