Denver named the second most popular city to live in or near

The Harris Poll just published its annual poll of the top cities in which to live or live near and Denver once again made the top 10. In fact we hold the #2 position. You can read the entire poll results at http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/pubs/Harris_Poll_2009_10_05.pdf.

Talk of the Town Newsletter

This is an article about O’Brien Pool from the Parker, Colorado Newsletter. This was not written by me and all thanks go to the Parker June 2009 Newsletter for this article. : )

Cool Down at H2O’Brien Pool

Full view of H2O'Brien Pool

The pool is open daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Fridays for Open Swim. “Little Squirts” 48 inches and smaller and their adult caregivers are invited to play at the pool on weekday mornings from 9 to 10 a.m. This special hour is designed to give younger swimmers better access to the water playground. “Little   Squirts: are welcome to stay for Open Swim.

Please note that H2O’Brien Pool will be closed June 12, 13 and 14 due to the Parker Country Festival. (Of course these dates have already passed, but this will be also true for future Parker Country Festivals).

H2O’Brien is also an ideal location for your next party or event. Ninety minute birthday party packages start as low as $100 for up to 15 people. Parties may be scheduled seven days a week. H2O’Brien Pool is also available for private rentals in the evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. Company, school or church picnics are easily accommodated at the facility. For a full rate sheet and rental policies, please call 303.805.3279.

Daily admission rates for H2O’Brien Pool are $4 for  Parker residents under 52 inches and $4.50 for non-residents under 52 inches. For swimmers over 52 inches tall, daily admission is $5 for residents and $5.50 for non-residents. Swimmers over age 62 and under age 3 swim free. Ten-visit punch cards to the pool are available at any Parker Recreation facility.

H2O’Brien Pool is located in downtown Parker at 10795 Victorian Drive. Visit us online at www.ParkerRec.com or call the pool at 720.851.5873.

Denver Named Best City in America to Buy a Home!

Forbes: Denver is America’s Best City to Buy a Home

Denver Business Journal – by Mark Harden

Denver is America’s best city to buy a home, Forbes magazine says in a new ranking of U.S. metro areas.

“While the majority of the nation’s housing markets are still working toward a bottom, some cities are boasting fundamentals that make them good places to buy a home now,” Forbes reported this week.

Phoenix was ranked No. 2 on the Forbes list, followed by Boston, San Diego and Los Angeles.

The Forbes rankings seem geared more toward each market’s current and future potential as a place to buy a home, since some of the cities at or near the top of the list are among those hardest hit by the recession.

The report ranked the 25 largest U.S. metro areas on the basis of change in price per square foot, frequency of real-estate transactions, and how evenly distributed home-sales activity is in a metro area.

“Denver tops the list,” Forbes said. “It had 25 percent of its property sales occur within approximately 25 percent of the city’s ZIP codes. This means sales in various parts of the city were fairly evenly distributed, showing proportionate activity. The further a city deviates from the 25 percent mark, the less evenly distributed the market is in that city, and thus the lower that city ranks.”

Forbes also determined that average price per square foot of housing space increased 5.7 percent in Denver between February and March of this year, and that transactions decreased 8.4 percent between March 2008 and March 2009, less of a drop than many cities.

“Denver scores very well in terms of being able to bring people into a stable housing market,” the magazine quoted Moody’s economist Christopher Cornell as saying. “It has better growth potential than most cities today.”

Forbes listed Las Vegas, Cleveland, Seattle and Detroit at the bottom of the 25 cities. “There, distressed sales have kept home values down and buyers away,” Forbes said.

It’s the second time in as many months that Denver has held the top spot in a ranking of real-estate potential.

On May 19, Denver was named America’s No. 1 city on the verge of recovery in a segment on NBC’s “Today” show. Real estate expert Barbara Corcoran, a regular guest on the show, said Denver more than any other U.S. city is “clearly on a rebound.”

Forbes drew its data from March 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report, distributed by Radar Logic Incorporated, a New York-based derivatives firm.

 

You’re Invited!

Some of you have asked me in the past month about investing in rental properties so I thought this might be of value to many of the rest of you. As you all likely know already, I get into researching the statistics and trends in the real estate market and I, like many of you, am very intrigued by what I am seeing. I also just received a copy of the housing needs assessment that was just completed for Douglas County and it is very informative. The opportunity for rental investment is looking very good long term. Among other things it states that there is an immediate need for around 1600 rental units right now in Douglas County. It also talks about the significant shortage of affordable rental housing in our area. It also has great information on demographics and vacancy rates. This is excellent information for those of you are interested in investing in rental properties. I am going to hold a forum next month to share all of this information and some ideas of types of investments to consider based on this information. You all have been very loyal to me over the years and I am committed to providing you the knowledge you need to decide if investing in real estate makes sense for you and if so how to go about it so this is only for you, my clients. I will be covering the results of this needs assessment as well as examples of types of investment that makes sense based on the current market and what is likely to happen over the next several years. I will also share with you step by step how to determine what price point of investment you should consider based on your finances and how to determine if a property will have a positive cash flow and if it makes sense to put in an offer. These formulas and processes work for all budgets so you will not have to share your personal finances in a group environment. Of course once you have this information we will get together privately should you want to look at moving forward with investing. I will ask that you RSVP so I know the quantities of handouts and also food and beverages.

Saturday July 25th 10:00 AM to Noon

 

At my office 

Prudential Preferred Real Estate

7505 Village Square Drive Suite 102

Castle Pines North, CO 80108

 

Please RSVP via email to dave@davekupernik.com or by calling me on my cell at 303-807-0808.

May 2009: The Waterline – Douglas County

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May 2009: The Waterline – Douglas County

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May 2009: The Waterline – Douglas County

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May 2000: The Waterline – Douglas County

 

 

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