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Colorado Lifestyle
Jan 26th 12
This is for all the flatlanders out there that wonder what life in Colorado is like. The Colorado lifestyle is awesome.
You can see images like this daily and actually get out and play in areas like this with your friends and family. Come on out!
Colorado Mountains
Steve’s Favorite Restaurants Around Denver
Jan 24th 12
Gourmet Food
In no particular order I will throw down a few of my favorite restaurants around Denver. I’m no food critic or a food snob. Well, maybe a food snob.
We all look for fun things to do with our wives , family and friends so why not support the economy and go out to eat. I remember 10 years ago when you wanted to go out to eat you better get an early start or have a reservation or forget about getting a seat. Restaurants were packed to the roof every night. Remember the boom time of the early 2000’s? I do.
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- Best Restaurant period end of story – Fruition. Yum, just typing the name made me hungry. Try it or miss out on one of life’s great pleasures. You will not get in this place (usually) without a reservation. Not a place for kids. Date night or bring one other couple with you. It’s excellent and a fun place to eat and talk.
- ChoLon – 1555 Blake Street #101 Denver, CO 80202 - Very addictive dumplings. Don’t try to share these with your wife unless you both want to go home mad. Whoever eats the last one leaves the other person pissed. I’ve never been here for dinner just lunch and it’s always crowded.
- Colt & Gray – 1553 Platte Street #120 Denver, CO 80202 – Cool place with cool people and excellent food. Good date night with the wife or girl friend.
- Mizuna – 225 East 7th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 – I’ve been here twice and never disappointed. It’s just great food with awesome service. Both times we visited Mizuna we had a blast and left with a very happy belly.
We are going to be trying two other great restaurants in Denver soon. Our next outing will be
- Linger 2030 W. 30th Ave which we have reservations for. This place must be great since we could not get a reservation for almost a month out. I can’t wait. I have friends that eat here regularly (probably why we couldn’t get a reservation) and they all say this is the place to be. We’ll see.
- ll Posta – 2011 East 17th Avenue, Denver - This is another restaurant in Denver that has raving fans. We have a reservation here in a few weeks so I’m excited to see what they have to offer.
Anyway that’s my quick list with all the places that come to mind right now so they must be my favorites. If’ you were looking for fun things to do and wanted a list of good restaurants then here it is. Go try some and let me know what you think.
Free List of REO and Foreclosure Homes in Parker, CO
Jan 24th 12
Free Daily or Weekly List of All REO and Foreclosure Properties in Parker, Colorado.
You don’t have to be a real estate investor with magical inside connections to gain access to REO and Foreclosure Property. All you have to do its ask.
What is this list? It is a daily or weekly email of every new REO, Foreclosure or HUD home that is listed for sale in your desired area. I have the search setup so that it shows you homes that have been on the market less than 7 days. So New listings to the market.
There are two ways to see this list.
- Follow this link to the “feed” and see them there.
- Email Steven Beam with your request or fillout this contact form and I will setup a custom search and have the homes emailed to you daily, weekly or however you wish.
- Call Steven @ 303-941-4663
Here is a sample of what a typical email might look like. Click the photo to see a full size version.
Parker Colorado REO, Foreclosure Homes email
Control Your Destiny With Custom Home Search
Jan 24th 12
It’s a proven fact that home buyers start their home search online. NAR or the National Association of Realtors conduct yearly surveys of home buyers to see where and how they are searching for homes.
Recently NAR’s research showed us that over 80% of home buyers use the internet to search for homes. In my almost 13 years of real estate I’ve never once worked with a home buyer that didn’t use the internet.
“Typically buyers roam the NET skipping from site to site looking at different properties. I guess that’s OK but wouldn’t it be nice to have total control of your searches and be able to save those searches so you don’t have to re-enter the same search criteria over and over again?”
Benefits of using our easy home search system:
- Saved Searches. Enter and save as many different searches as you like. Track homes in several different neighborhoods and price ranges.
- Email Alerts. Setup automatic emails so that you receive the latest listings in your “Saved Searches.” You will be emailed as soon as any new listings pop on the market or when there are price changes to listings. You can set these emails so they come daily or weekly or monthly. You decide.
- Detailed Search. With our MAP search you can actually trace a line around the areas you want to search or even down to a specific street and have the system update you any new listings within that small area.
- Never have to login again. With these “Saved Home Searches” you never have to wonder around the web looking for MLS access again. Save the link to the main Search Panel in your Bookmarks and use it each time you are ready to view homes.
- Sold Homes. If you would like regular emails about sold homes in your area so you can learn values or just see what your neighbor’s home “really” sold for just ask. We can set that up too. Steven Beam Parker, CO Realtor. 303-941-4663
Search Homes, Save Homes and Get Homes Emailed to You.
Here is an example of an email that you will receive with links to more detail info and maps of the property.
Email from a saved home search.
Horse Creek Real Estate Market Report 2011
Jan 24th 12
Map of Horse Creek Neighborhood
We show and list homes for sale in Horse Creek 7 days a week. Call 303-941-4663 for a showing or to sell your home today.
Horse Creek has another good normal year in home sales. My thoughts are that Horse Creek has substantially benefited from two major developments; one in the real estate market and one due to development around the neighborhood.
The two major factors helping Horse Creek.
- New home builders are not producing as many new homes as they once were. The result is that Parker, Colorado home buyers wanting a new or newer home must look to re-sale homes. Buyers wanting the latest and greatest can easily find that at a reasonable price in Horse Creek since the neighborhood and homes are all newer having been built withing the last 10 years.
- Access and convenience and location, location location we all know are key elements for a good neighborhood. Well the access to major roads and shopping to and from Horse Creek just doesn’t get much better. Mainstreet connects with I-25 now and Chambers Road easily connects up with Lincoln and E-470. In tow days on January 24, 2012 Hess Road will finally open with direct access from Horse Creek to I-25 and Castle Pines parkway. What more could you want. Multiple ways to enter and return from Denver and the DTC. And…don’t forget the light rail terminal at the Lincoln and I-25 exit.
Realtors and home buyers have long speculated that with the opening of the cut through roads to I-25 all of the neighborhoods around those roads would benefit and I believe we are staring to see that take place with Horse Creek.
Horse Creek had 41 homes sold in 2011 with an average days on market of 107 days. The average sales price is down to $304,223 or 7.52% from the highs one year ago. The average price per square foot is $123 and $117 per finished sqft. The highest sales price for 2011 in Horse Creek was $402,000 and the lowest sale was recorded at $196,572. Total sales volume ended up being $12,473,134.
Find out what your home is worth.
Contact Parker, CO Realtor Steven Beam 303-941-4663 for a showing today.
Here is a map of every home currently for sale in Horse Creek.
Hover over the map pins to see previews of the homes currently for sale in Horse Creek.
Hess Road to I-25 to Open January 24, 2012
Jan 20th 12
Hess Road to I-25 in Parker Opening January 24, 2012.
Finally! The day has come that Hess Road or “Stress Road” as Parker residents call it will open to traffic. After a few months delay yes it will really happen.
The planned opening is January 24th around 11AM. There will be a ceremony to mark the event with we have all been waiting for.
Hess Road in Parker, Colorado will now take you directly from Parker over to I-25 and connect up with the Castle Pines Exit off I-25. This will save many of us a lot of time going forward and should break up a lot of the morning and evening traffic on Lincoln Ave. We all can already tell a huge difference in traffic with the recent opening of Mainstreet to I-25. That alone has made a huge difference.
Parker Arts Culture & Events
Jan 19th 12
Business Meeting At PACE
Looking for a meeting spot in Parker, CO to have a business meeting or social function?
Bet you thought the new PACE Center or [Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center] was just for watching a play, outdoor concert, ballet or school recital?
No, No, No it’s so much more.
Parker has been in need of easy cost effective meeting rooms for years and now we have it right in the middle of town. This is a huge benefit to business in the Parker area. No more driving to the DTC for meetings. No more cramming everyone in your office conference room meant to hold only 15 people. No more standing for an hour listening to the meeting because there is no place to sit.
If you are looking for a meeting room or class room or a great place to host a business or even a social gathering then the Parker PACE Center should not be overlooked. I was over there last week with friends looking for a place to host and event for around 400 people and was shocked at how reasonable the place is and especially how reasonable the prices are.
My real estate office, RE/MAX Alliance Parker, regularly holds our office meetings there. It’s super convenient and they allow food.
Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center
- Rooms that hold around 40-50 people.
- A 536 seat theater.
- Outdoor patio for parties.
- Large technology room.
- Outdoor 250 seat amphitheater.
- Full list of caterers to lavish your guests with food.
- Reasonable prices.
- Super easy access. Head East off I-25 and Ridgegate Parkway and you will run into The PACE Center in Parker. No turns.
- It helps support Parker, Colorado Arts.
Has anyone seen our Colorado snow? Think Snow.
Jan 19th 12
Deep Snow
Earlier this week I saw on the local NEWS that Colorado is hanging around 73% of our normal snowpack. Looks like Alaska is getting all the snow for now and Seattle is getting hit as I write this.
The Rocky Mountain snowpack is vital to Western US States for their water supply. Just ask Nevada and California since they get a lot of their water from Colorado snow runoff. If we don’t have snow we will likely have a drought this summer. Farmers were on the NEWS last night talking about the possibility of changing up their normal summer crops if we don’t get more snow soon. Pretty scary stuff. Yep it also means higher food prices. Even if the rest of the country is getting plenty of water for crops they will find a way or reason to jack up food prices if there is a drought. You just know they will.
I’m writing about this for selfish personal reasons more than anything…I want an 18 inch powder day of skiing. Just like everyone else on the Front Range. We are all house bound for the lack of snow in the hills and the usual winter activities we all enjoy are limited without DEEP snow. I went snowshoeing last week with the kids and up at 10,000 feet elevation and there was less snow there than here at my home in Parker, Colorado. Sad.
When will it be our turn? Who knows but if the storm currently sitting over Seattle moves this way if could help us a lot. If not then I guess we will all be looking forward to the huge Spring snows to get out and enjoy deep powder in Colorado.
THINK SNOW!
Don’t Get Left Holding The Bag
Jan 19th 12
- Interest Rates
If you still have not refinanced your home loan into a new lower interest rate you might get left holding the bag. Rates are still hovering around the 4% and even under the 4% level. What are you waiting for.
“Today I’ve seen rates as low as 3.35% for a 30 year fixed mortgage.”
With the European debt crisis and Asian countries purposefully slowing down their economies I would think that it should be enough to warrant a refinance.
Refinancing your home at these super low rates will give you and your family peace of mind and security for the long haul. Many people refinancing right now are shaving hundreds of dollars off their monthly payment. Cash flow is the key. Cutting a few hundred dollars from your monthly bills will free up more cash for investments and maybe even that investment property you have always wanted to add to your portfolio.
If you need the name of a good lender give me a call and I will give you a referral. Steven Beam 303-941-4663
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Canterberry Crossing Neighborhood Yearly Market Report 2011
Jan 17th 12
- Canterberry Crossing Home
Canterberry Crossing and The Villages of Parker 2011 Real Estate Report
See every home for sale in Canterberry Crossing Here.
Believe it or not Canterberry Crosssing and the Villages of Parker neighborhood is down only 6.53% from the high in 2008. The average NET price per SQFT in 2008 was $138 per SQFT versus 2011 at $129 per SQFT.
The Canterberry neighborhood was started in the late 1990’s. With many lots enjoying large mountain views and plenty of open spaces to play Canterberry is an obvious choice for anyone looking to buy a home in Parker. Over the years I’ve learned that Relocation Buyers often choose Canterberry as one of the first neighborhoods they want to look at.
Check out these sales numbers for Canterberry over the past 4 years.
- Total Sold 2011 = 116 | 2010 = 115 | 2009 = 118 | 2008 = 142 (little change inm the past 3 years)
- Average Days on Market 2011 = 113 | 2010 = 99 | 2009 = 100 | 2008 = 96
- Average NET Sales Price 2011 = $289,917 | 2010 = $314,054 | 2009 = $326,424 | 2008 = $334,991 (Difference from high to low year = down 13.46%)
- Average Price Per SQFT 2011 = $129 | 2010 = $134 | 2009 = $136 | 2008 = $138
- Average Price Per Finished SQFT 2011 = $113 | 2010 = $118 | 2009 = $119 | 2008 = $124
- Highest Sales Price 2011 = $515,000 | 2010 = $548,400 | 2009 = $625,000 | 2008 = $580,000
- Total Volume Sold 2011 = $33,630,318 | 2010 = $36,116,167 | 2009 = $38,519,193 | 2008 = $47,568,707
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