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Senator Ulibarri’s Homeownership Opportunity Act (SB 14-220) was finally introduced Wednesday evening.   This much anticipated bill represents a moderate compromise with bipartisan support to address construction defect litigation in condominium projects.  As has been widely reported in the media, there are very few condominiums being constructed in Colorado, an issue that has the…

You may not know it, but, as the Denver Post detailed in a recent article, the “Silver Tsunami” has reached the United States, including Colorado.  While the impact thus far has been gentle, when its full magnitude arrives, “[e]verything will be impacted,” including real estate.

The “Silver Tsunami” is the moniker demographic…

The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute held the 2014 installment of its annual conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law March 12-14. The 2014 conference, which saw a record number of registrations, was titled “Moving Beyond Recession: What’s Next?” and focused on the need to balance population and economic growth in the…

On March 13, the Colorado Real Estate Journal hosted its annual Multifamily Owners and Managers Conference and Expo.  The Conference assessed the present and future of Colorado’s multifamily housing market with an emphasis on the Denver metro area.  Speakers included economists, consultants, property managers, lenders, investors, and developers. They canvassed topics ranging from the…

The origins of the “three rules” of real estate call into question whether location should be viewed as the most important characteristic when evaluating real estate.  At the 17th Annual CU Real Estate Forum, Gunnar Branson highlighted William Safire’s research on the origins of the phrase “location, location, location.”  According to Safire’s research,…