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Desiree Curta - The CINRA Group of Keller Williams: Saturday 6/18/2011 from 1 to 4pm Open House in The Vista Ridge Community 2151 Indian Paintbrush Way, Erie CO 80516 Description: Adorable turnkey Ranch at Vista Ridge Golf Course Community tasteful blend of paint color Stainless Steel Appliances...

In our ongoing series of down payment assistance options in cities and neighborhoods in Colorado, we are going to talk about your options in Broomfield, Colorado. As a reminder, FHA mortgage loans provide the lowest down payment requirement, 3.5% of the purchase price, for all homes in Colorado. ...

Tuesday June 14, 2011 Progressive Open House for Brokers Only from 10:00am to 1:00pm Details: Food and Beverages at each house - each house will build on the meal 2 - $100 drawings: Any agent who sees ALL 5 house can enter both drawings. Get details and directions for each house at the 1st home o...

Our monthly Colorado Realtor survey question results are back. If you were to purchase a home in the Front Range, based solely on what it's future value would be in 5 years, what neighborhood/city/area/community would you choose? The overwhelming majority was Boulder homes. More than 50% of Color...

For a lot of first time home buyers the 3.5% down payment that is required by FHA in Colorado is not manageable and with the elimination of seller down payment assistance home buyers don’t have many options.  In a series of blogs we will discuss different down payment options for Colorado home bu...

Colorado home owners have seen their financial portfolios and net worth decrease over the last five years, and a new report from CoreLogic provides more evidence that we are not out of this mess yet. In CoreLogic’s report they show 22.7% of homes nationally are in a negative equity situation; the...

On a monthly basis we will be surveying local real estate agents to provide you a better insight to the local Front Range real estate market. Most real estate survey’s are on a national level or answered by “real estate” experts that are not active in the real estate market. We hope to provide po...

Like our grandparents, a lot of Colorado home owners want to pay off the mortgage early and "own" their house quicker than their existing mortgage.  Home buyers often will make extra payments or larger mortgage payments to paying additional interest. Home owners will also often make large down pa...

Great news, after two months on the market you just received an offer to purchase your house!!! Even better news, the offer is a full price offer. With your home under contract you can now place an offer to purchase your dream home in Colorado that you have been watching for the last few weeks. A...