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        <description>Boulder Real Estate Blog | Boulder Homes &amp; MLS Listings | Your Resource for Boulder Real Estate and Homes For Sale</description>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Moving to Colorado?  Join the Crowd!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Moving to Colorado?&nbsp; If you've considered moving to Colorado, you would not be alone.&nbsp; Actually, you would be joining a pretty big crowd!&nbsp; Colorado has increasingly been a popular destination for people moving from other states.&nbsp; Often called &quot;net in-migration&quot; by demographers, this benchmark refers to the net number of people&nbsp;moving in, i.e. total minus the number moving out.&nbsp; For the time period from 2001 to 2009, for example, Colorado ranked 10th on th... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:39:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Boulder Homes For Sale: Boulder MLS Listings Offer a Wide Range of Prices</title>
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Boulder Homes For Sale:&nbsp; Boulder MLS listings offer a wide range of prices; based on IRES data today, there are some 470 single-family listings active in Boulder that range in price from a low of $85,000 (Gold Hill cabin), to $8.5 million up in Pine Brook, with 73 classified as either under contract, under a first right or pending.&nbsp; That equates to an under-contract ratio of about 16% in Boulder right now.

With this broad range of local inventory available right now, coupled with the... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:34:50 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Boulder, CO and the Improving Market Index (IMI)</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Boulder, CO makes the Improving Market Index, or IMI, in December, 2011!&nbsp; This is a national leading-market indicator published monthly by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and First American.&nbsp; The most recent edition was published on 12/6/11 and featured 20 new additions.&nbsp; We think this is an interesting statistical index because it reflects&nbsp;cities that have exhibited improvements in single-family&nbsp;building permits, employment and home prices for at least... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:51:04 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Colorado's Safest Cities?  Boulder and Longmont Both Ranked in the Top 5</title>
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Colorado's safest city?&nbsp; Boulder and Longmont are both ranked in the top 5, according to the latest report from CQ Press.&nbsp; Their City Crime Ranking Report for 2011-2012 was released earlier this month, and uses data reported each year to the FBI.&nbsp; 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 rele... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:50:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Boulder Housing Report: National vs. Local Trends</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Boulder Housing Report: We thought it would be interesting to compare some recent national housing trends to what we've experienced with Boulder real estate during the past 12 months.&nbsp; RE/MAX recently published the October, 2011 National Housing Report, which is based on a survey of housing data published in 53 metro areas across the country.



The above report from RE/MAX International reveals some interesting national housing trends:


Through October, 2011, it was the 4th consecutive m... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:24:15 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Blue Heron Lafayette Homes For Sale</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Blue Heron, Lafayette Homes For Sale:&nbsp; Blue Heron is a very popular neighborhood, a gated community located just off the intersection of Arapahoe and 95th in Lafayette.&nbsp; There are currently 11 homes listed for sale in Blue Heron, and we just put the home at 2494 Ginny Way under contract.&nbsp; This is a wonderful home that backs up to the neighborhood park, and features over 6,000 square feet on one of the biggest lots in Blue Heron at .44 acres.

This neighborhood has a lot to offer ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Paperless Transactions: Sign on the Fly With DocuSign</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Paperless Transactions:&nbsp; There's no argument that in any Boulder real estate deal these days there's a lot of paperwork.&nbsp; Whether you're listing your home for sale or making an offer to buy a home, there will be&nbsp;a lot of forms to read and a lot of&nbsp;signing to do.&nbsp; While some people still prefer to sign documents in person, we're seeing more and more people who&nbsp;appreciate the convenience of signing electronically while they're on the go.

One of the services we provi... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:00:14 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Boulder Condos For Sale: A Review of the Boulder Condo Market</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Boulder Condos For Sale: A review of the Boulder condo market through September, 2011 indicates that overall, condo/attached dwelling prices have improved over the past 12 months.&nbsp; Based on IRES data, the median price of a sold condo/attached dwelling unit in the City of Boulder has increased by 13.8% over this period.&nbsp; Boulder has a wide spectrum of prices in this housing category - from under $100,000 to over $5,000,000, but the overall trend has been positive during the past year.&amp;... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:23:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Where in Boulder No. 2?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Where in Boulder is this?&nbsp; This is our newest entry, following our initial launch about 30 days ago.&nbsp; If you're familiar with Boulder, CO at all, this latest entry should prove to be even easier to recognize than the previous one! 
If you recognize this popular spot in Boulder, simply fill out the form below and submit and if you're one of the first 10 correct answers, we'll send you a complimentary coupon for $15 or 15% off your 2-entree dinner bill at - the Boulder Cork! If you've ne... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:13:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>philboren@gmail.com (Phil Boren)</author>
            <title>Tips For Financing Your Next Home</title>
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Tips for financing your next home:&nbsp; In case you haven't heard, mortgage interest rates are at or near historic lows!&nbsp; Interest rates and APR's can vary depending on the lender and loan program, borrower's credit history, etc.&nbsp; You can check Colorado mortgage rates, but in general 30-year fixed rates are in the low 4's and 15-year fixed rates are in the low 3's?&nbsp; You have to go way back into ancient history to find rates even close to what we're seeing today.

One good tip in... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:25:43 -0500</pubDate>
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