Consumer Advisory: Five tips for navigating short-term rentals and homeowners insurance

What you need to know about insurance in Denver's home-sharing marketplace

Technology has drastically changed the way people travel and stay in new places. Online marketplaces allow travelers to book entire homes or rent a room in a private home overnight. [...]

What is the cost of waiting to buy a Denver home? This is a blog that I try to do twice a year and every time I write it, I think there is no way these numbers will come to fruition. But every time I've written it, the projected average price for a Denver single family home has always met or exceeded the projection and I don't expect it to [...]

Photo: 1550 Ogden, a Capitol Hill historical condo listed by Brian Conley for Live Urban Real Estate.

Denver's Homes are Increasing in Value faster than any other US city.

According to the Denver Post:

Metro Denver isleavinglast decade's housing bust in the rear view mirror faster thanany othermajormetro area in the country, according to anew studyfrom [...]

We are really feeling the housing crunch as the Spring market heats up!

Even with new inventory hitting the market every day, homes that are priced right and show well continue to sell very quickly. We are seeing a lot of buyers resort to buying new construction, and waiting for homes to be built, in order to be able to own a home anywhere in [...]

Data.

Some people like stories and pictures, othersenjoynumbers and charts. This is for all myanalyticalpeople out there!

Here are thenumbers, charts, and graphs you love.

If you are thinking about selling, there couldn't be a more ideal time to take advantage of your equity and move up. If you are waiting to buy, there are 8 charts provided [...]

Compared to the previous month, the metro-Denver residential real estate market experienced increases in virtually every category including active listings, new listings, homes under contract, homes sold and closed, and overall sales volume. While the average and median sales prices were also up in April, it was only a two percent and 1.45 [...]

It's tough out there for homebuyers in the Denver Metro area right now.

Low inventory, high demand, rising home prices...it's like meeting Darth Vader in a dark alley without a light saber. Multiple offers, bidding wars, trying to compete against cash buyers...What Would Yoda Do?!

In honor of May 4th, which has come to be known as May The [...]

Owning a second home can be pretty awesome.

And there's abenefit that's often overlooked: the tax breaks.

Thanks to our partners at Realtor.com for this great list that you should be double-checking if you're one of those procrastinating-types that still hasn't filed this year!

1. Mortgage interest.

When it comes to owning a second home,the interest on your mortgage is [...]