Archive for July 2015

Map shows route of RTD’s southeast-line extension project (heavy blue line). Red squares indicate planned stations. The Regional Transportation District’s board late Tuesday approved a $140 million contract with Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc. and partners to design and build an extension to RTD’s light-rail line across Denver’s southeast suburbs. The current route, built in 2006…

Welcome to the July edition of the 2015 Denver Real Estate Market Newsletter. Give Your Tree A Hug!  Speaking in general terms, there are three characteristics affecting a home’s value: location, condition and physical features.  Physical features include: type of construction, amount of living space (square footage), number of bedrooms, improvements, upgrades, and landscaping. The…

Lone Tree housing prices are some of the highest in the metro region, with the median sale price for a single-family home now at $705,000. And with new amenities on the way, those numbers may only go up from there. Real estate brokers and city officials gathered at the Lone Tree Arts Center July 15…

Earlier this year I broke the record for highest sale price for a home in this neighborhood. With the sale of this stunning home, I just broke my own record. Congratulations Denise on the sale of your gorgeous home!

Former mayor planted Lone Tree’s Blue Spruce in community’s infancy In April 1997, Lone Tree was just 20 months into its official existence as an incorporated city. Then-mayor Jack O’Boyle decided the fledgling city deserved a tangible identifier. O’Boyle had tried in vain to find a tree for which the city was named. Lone Tree…

Crowd filled to its 10,000-person capacity for celebration Lone Tree’s 2015 Independence Day celebration went off — almost — without a hitch. A forecast that showed rain and potential hail headed toward the area late the afternoon of July 4 prompted a short evacuation of Sweetwater Park, but it reopened when the storm veered north.…

JUST PURCHASED IN HIGHLANDS RANCH! Competition to buy ranch homes is fierce, but I helped my clients make the winning bid for this exceptional ranch style home on a quiet cul-de-sac. Congratulations Don and Martha!

LONE TREE BY THE NUMBERS Courtesy of Lone Tree Magazine