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Rocky Mountain News Stories: Real Estate
Commercial real estate sales dive in first half of 2008	7/2/2008 11:01 PM
Investors paid a little more than $1 billion for commercial properties in the Denver area in the first half of the year, a 62 percent drop from the $2.7 billion in sales in the first six months of 2007, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Gart family buys Denver Pavilions	7/1/2008 9:05 PM
The Gart family's real estate company, with partner ING Clarion Partners LLC, paid $94.5 million Tuesday for the Denver Pavilions shopping center.
Company to protesters: 'We build buildings'	6/27/2008 10:10 PM
General contractor Bill Hornaday's Thanksgiving Day dinner last year was interrupted by what he calls "anti-abortion zealots" picketing his house in Greenwood Village.
Foreclosure stigmatizes would-be renters	6/27/2008 12:29 PM
As if losing a house on the court steps wasn’t enough, some former homeowners may find themselves turned away by apartment owners spooked by the foreclosure history on their credit reports.
New mortgage broker rules thin the herd	6/27/2008 10:12 AM
Jay Gould thinks he’s the first mortgage broker in the county to pass his state licensing exam. Everyone else has until the end of the year.
Hick, Ritter push Denver energy savings by turning up thermostats	6/26/2008 11:35 AM
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Gov. Bill Ritter and local business leaders today launched Cool Biz, a summer energy-saving program that will cut energy use in Denver government office buildings by raising thermostats.
Push for affordable housing	6/24/2008 9:10 PM
Affordable-housing advocates are seeking enough voter signatures for a constitutional amendment that would create a housing investment fund.
Denver bucks housing trend	6/24/2008 9:22 AM
Denver-area homes lost an average 4.7 percent of their value in the 12-month period that ended in April, but outperformed most major U.S. metro areas.
$5 billion for 'green' buildings	6/23/2008 10:10 PM
A nonprofit building management association and the Clinton Climate Initiative on Monday said they have lined up
Hotel occupancy rates fall, prices rise	6/23/2008 11:40 AM
Hotels in the Denver area and throughout the state saw slight drops in their occupancy rates in May, compared with May 2007, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report released today.
Vacancy rates in state vary by region	6/19/2008 9:05 PM
The statewide apartment market outside the Denver area is a story of three distinct regions.
Wraps are off proposal for unusual building	6/19/2008 9:05 PM
Developer Buzz Geller on Thursday unveiled drawings of his proposed $300 million residential and office tower along Speer Boulevard and Larimer Street.
Coloradans may have to pay more for flood insurance	6/19/2008 5:49 PM
Seven Front Range counties, including five in metro Denver, are classified as high-risk flood zones, according to a new analysis by the FEMA.
Vacancy rate falls outside Denver area	6/18/2008 4:37 PM
The vacancy rate for apartment buildings in Colorado outside the Denver area was 6.1 percent at the end of the first quarter compared with 7.5 percent a year earlier, according to the latest report by the Colorado Division of Housing.
For developers, loans getting personal	6/18/2008 10:18 AM
After a decade of easy lending, the dreaded personal guarantee is making a comeback in the real estate industry, bringing back the kind of tough terms that borrowers hoped not to see again.
5 questions for Tracy Huggins	6/17/2008 9:05 PM
Denver Urban Renewal Authority, which celebrated its golden anniversary Tuesday, has had only four directors since it was created in 1958. Huggins is the current director.
State ranked 7th in foreclosures	6/13/2008 10:35 PM
Colorado ranked No. 7 in the nation for its foreclosure rate in May, according to a national report released Friday by California-based RealtyTrac.
Dodd tied to preferential mortgage rates from Countrywide	6/13/2008 10:25 AM
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd reportedly received two mortgages under a special Countrywide Financial Corp. program that gave preferential interest rates to “friends” of the company’s chairman.
Area housing woes helping rental stats	6/12/2008 9:24 AM
Record foreclosures in the Denver area have been good for rental homes, driving down the vacancy rate to a seven-year low.
Art helps make dingy ex-Qwest site 'first-class'	6/11/2008 8:00 PM
When Micky "Myron" Miller's company bought the dark and dingy former Qwest headquarters building at 17th and Arapahoe streets in 2006, he thought he would install a waterfall.