HB 13-1134, which was recently introduced in the Colorado House of Representatives, proposes some interesting changes to the laws creating the HOA Information & Resource Center. As reported here earlier, the HOA Information & Resource Center was created in 2010 to track complaints related to property owners associations for purposes of reporting those complaints
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Denver’s Industrial Real Estate Vacancy Rate Down from 2011 Rate
According to a recent MarketView report from CBRE Group Inc., which was summarized by Dennis Huspeni of the Denver Business Journal, the industrial real estate submarket was the strongest of Denver’s commercial real estate submarkets based on fourth quarter reports. The industrial vacancy rate in the fourth quarter fell from 7.8% in 2011’s fourth…
Denver’s Housing Market in the New Year

A housing market report released by Clear Capital shows that the West region has been the front-runner of the recovery in the single-family housing market, with a strong year-end finish. The West region saw year-over-year growth of 11.8% and was the only region to see quarterly price gains in December, with 2.1% growth.
Denver has…
Denver Announces Improvements to Development Services Web Offerings
The City and County of Denver recently announced several improvements to the website for Denver’s Development Services department. The goals of the enhanced website are to provide residents and developers with more efficient online access to the City’s review, permitting and inspection processes and newly assembled guides about the permitting and approval requirements for commercial…
Wildfires Raise Important HOA Questions
This weekend, the Denver Post included a story regarding certain legal issues related to the rebuilding of the Colorado Springs homes destroyed by wildfires, many of which were located in covenant controlled communities. As noted in the article, many of those communities have architectural review committees, but given the amount of destruction it is not…