December 2011

There are 2 blog entries for December 2011.

Boulder, CO and the Improving Market Index (IMI)

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 6:51pm. 595 Views, 0 Comments.

Boulder, CO makes the Improving Market Index, or IMI, in December, 2011!  This is a national leading-market indicator published monthly by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and First American.  The most recent edition was published on 12/6/11 and featured 20 new additions.  We think this is an interesting statistical index because it reflects cities that have exhibited improvements in single-family building permits, employment and home prices for at least 6 consecutive months.  Colorado actually placed two cities on the list this time around - Boulder and Ft. Collins.

On a broader level, it is also interesting and encouraging that the most-recent IMI list has expanded for 4 straight months, increasing from 30 to 41 cities across the…

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Colorado's Safest Cities? Boulder and Longmont Both Ranked in the Top 5

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 1:50pm. 1365 Views, 0 Comments.

Colorado's safest city?  Boulder and Longmont are both ranked in the top 5, according to the latest report from CQ Press.  Their City Crime Ranking Report for 2011-2012 was released earlier this month, and uses data reported each year to the FBI.  For this ranking report, they used data from cities with populations of 75,000 or more, and ranked the top 5, safest cities in Colorado as follows (in order):

  • Centennial
  • Longmont
  • Arvada
  • Boulder
  • Ft. Collins
  • CQ Press has been releasing these annual city rankings since 1999, and this year it is nice to see Northern Colorado represented so favorably.  When you combine this study with so many others that rank Boulder County cities so highly in other areas such as the Boulder real estate market, it's no wonder…

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