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Drees Homes bets on operational leadership for next century

June 5, 2026  |  John McManus

[Image (left to right): Scott Drees, Midwest Regional President, Barbara Drees Jones, VP Marketing, David Drees,...

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The real truth about the jobs data in 2026

June 5, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Don’t call it a comeback, the labor market has been here for years, sending those recession scrubs back to anoth...

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US adds 172,000 jobs in May, April data revised up

June 5, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The U.S. economy’s strong job growth continued in May, adding 172,000 total nonfarm payroll jobs, according to d...

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RealTrends Verified 2026 shows higher sales volume for teams, agents in 2025

June 5, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

Despite yet another year of sluggish home sales, the nation’s top-performing real estate agents and teams contin...

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We raced a car, an e-bike and public transit to Red Rocks. Who won?

June 5, 2026

In 2018, Denverite staffers embarked on the Great Denver Transportation Race, to test once and for all which mod...

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A new one-day music festival in Baker could bring concerts to front porches

June 5, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Yet another live music event is coming to Denver’s Baker neighborhood — but this time, the stages are neighborho...

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Asia Center gets a reprieve, but redevelopment plans could still move ahead. What’s next?

June 4, 2026

A developer withdrew part of a controversial proposal to redevelop the Asia Center on Federal Boulevard. That ha...

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What Rising Inflation Means for Your Move

June 4, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Data shows inflation is moving in the wrong direction. But before the headlines send anyone into a panic, here's...

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RTD is about to improve service for Arvada, Aurora and Westminster, but some lines will see cuts

June 4, 2026  |  Outside Contributor

By Chase Bierenkoven Significant changes take effect Sunday for the Regional Transportation District’s bus and r...

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Denver airport CEO Phil Washington will retire

June 3, 2026

Updated at 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Phil Washington, the CEO of Denver International Airport and for...

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Mortgage demand resilient in the first half of 2026

June 3, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Demand for mortgage purchase applications has shown some resilience in the first half of this year, even as rate...

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Mortgage applications fell again even as 30-year rates eased

June 3, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 2.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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The Mid-Year Housing Market Update: Why Forecasts Changed in 2026

June 3, 2026  |   KCM Crew

If the housing market feels confusing right now, you’re not alone.

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Denver’s clowns get serious (kind of)

June 3, 2026

Today is a big one for the clown named Crabman: for the 1,000th day in a row, he’ll be stuffing a crab into one ...

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Denver statehouse candidates debate rent control as primaries approach

June 2, 2026

Two candidates aiming to replace state Sen. Julie Gonzales debated rent stabilization and political experience a...

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Turtle racing event at Charlie’s sparks speedy backlash

June 2, 2026

If you happened to be near Charlie’s Denver over the weekend — a gay bar on East Colfax — alongside the usual so...

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Windermere promotes founding family member Lucy Wood to regional director

June 2, 2026  |  HousingWire Automation

Windermere Real Estate has promoted Lucy Wood to regional director for western Washington and Oregon, placing he...

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For mortgage rates, it’s not labor over inflation anymore

June 2, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

With all the crazy headlines that push oil prices up and down, we sometimes forget that the labor data is still ...

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Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady will resign due to illness

June 1, 2026

Updated at 4:49 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2026 At-large City Councilmember Sarah Parady will step down Aug. 5 due ...

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Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal focuses on scale and ecosystems

June 1, 2026  |  John McManus

[Editor’s Note: Berkshire Hathaway‘s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison is one of those rare transactions wh...

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What we saw at Elijah Wood’s ‘fantasy-themed’ DJ set

June 1, 2026

One does not simply walk into a DJ set played by Elijah Wood. Mostly because the Sunday show at Cervantes Master...

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It just hailed a lot in Denver 

June 1, 2026

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that your car parked outdoors likely got hit by a bunch of hai...

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Less House, More Home: Why Smaller Homes Are Paying Off for Today’s Buyers

June 1, 2026  |   KCM Crew

You started shopping with a specific mental image of your future home in your mind. Then the houses in your budg...

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Denver startup gets $4 million to analyze psychedelic therapy for vets in Mexico

June 1, 2026

The Denver-based company Invi MindHealth measures the effects of psychedelic-assisted therapy on veterans by mea...

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Housing inventory just turned negative year over year

May 30, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Housing inventory officially went negative year-over-year last week. This might be a shocker to some people, but...

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Belcaro King Soopers is dead. Long live the Virginia Village King Soopers

May 29, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

King Soopers will be trading in old digs for new ones in south Denver. The King Soopers at the Belcaro Center on...

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Credit card and auto loan delinquencies look like 2008. Housing does not

May 29, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Serious delinquencies (90 days or more past due) for credit cards and auto loans are at peak levels not seen sin...

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Can a former deputy solve Denver’s communication problem?

May 29, 2026

A new government office aims to bridge the gap between the city and residents who feel left behind during the de...

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Small investors, not Wall Street, are tightening the path to homeownership

May 28, 2026  |  Neil Pierson, HousingWire Automation

Small real estate investors are reshaping the first-time homebuyer pipeline by purchasing and holding more singl...

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New home sales fall, but the trend is still sideways

May 28, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Today, the new home sales report validates two talking points I have had for some time. First, new home sales ha...

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The Real Reason Some People Are Still Moving Right Now

May 28, 2026  |   KCM Crew

You may be telling yourself you’re going to wait to move – maybe you’re hoping mortgage rates will come down, pr...

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Experimental noise fest coming to park above I-70 this weekend

May 28, 2026

Denver Noise Fest returns this weekend. The three-day music festival starts Friday night and will be held at two...

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RTD to spend $3M on marketing for ‘CoCo’ train to Boulder ahead of potential election

May 28, 2026

By Chase Bierenkoven The Regional Transportation District will spend millions on marketing for a plan to run pas...

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Avs fans lament after Golden Knights sweep the conference final

May 27, 2026

The Colorado Avalanche were a team searching hard for answers heading into Tuesday’s Game 4 of the Western Confe...

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Mortgage demand slides 8.5%, driven by 18% drop in refi applications

May 27, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 8.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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The Truth About Affordability Today

May 27, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Let's be real with each other for a second about affordability.

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Fan Expo Denver brings stars, swag and superfans to the convention center

May 27, 2026

By Justin Goodrum Fan Expo Denver, one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the entertainment industry, is comi...

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Eastwood Homes lands Peachtree Building Group in Atlanta

May 26, 2026  |  John McManus

Eastwood Homes’ acquisition of Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group – announced today – maps out on its surfac...

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Case-Shiller shows further cooling of US home prices in March

May 26, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The recent slower pace of home price appreciation continued into the spring housing market, according to the S&P...

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Denver airport’s solution to train frustrations: $300 million of walkways through old baggage tunnels

May 26, 2026  |  Andrew Kenney

Travelers have been baffled for years by a fateful design choice at Denver International Airport: Two of its dep...

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What it’s like to buy an EV in Colorado right now

May 26, 2026

By Chase Bierenkoven for Denverite Last August and September, demand for electric vehicles skyrocketed as custom...

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Denver sees improvement in homelessness, but a worrying trend for kids

May 26, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

When city staff fanned out to count unhoused people on a single night in January, they found fewer people sleepi...

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What happens to mortgage rates if the Iran conflict is over?

May 25, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Though there is still a lot of uncertainty, it looks like we could have an actual end to the Iran conflict as ta...

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What Most Veterans Don't Know About Their VA Home Loan Benefit

May 25, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Nearly half of Veterans (49%) feel homeownership is currently out of reach, according to a recent survey from Ne...

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Housing demand stays firm, pushing inventory close to negative YOY

May 24, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

It’s been a day full of news about a possible peace deal with Iran, which would be great news for housing. Howev...

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We have met one enemy of housing affordability … it is us

May 22, 2026  |  Scott Finfer

America’s housing affordability debate has become one of those national arguments that sounds complete until you...

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Denver mayor says future BRT projects won’t look like Colfax

May 22, 2026

Mayor Mike Johnston says the city of Denver will make some significant changes as it considers future bus rapid ...

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Federal report finds ‘some’ antisemitism on Auraria Campus, mayor’s office pushes back on criticism

May 22, 2026

A federal committee has released its report following a year-long investigation into alleged antisemitism on the...

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This tiny town near Denver has 12 blocks, 600 people and a lot of drama

May 22, 2026  |  Andrew Kenney

A tiny town neighboring Denver and Wheat Ridge has descended into an all-out political brawl. Members of the Mou...

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What the drought means (and doesn’t mean) for Chatfield Reservoir

May 21, 2026

Boating, paddleboarding, swimming, and other aquatic activities will all be possible this year at Chatfield Stat...

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Why housing construction can’t grow at current demand levels

May 21, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

The U.S. has too much supply of single-family homes and not enough demand. But why can’t housing starts grow whe...

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Rate Insurance: Home premiums rose 9% in 2025

May 21, 2026  |  HousingWire Automation

Homeowners insurance premium growth slowed in 2025 after several years of steep increases, but coverage costs ha...

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Fearless at foreclosure auction

May 21, 2026  |  Auction.com

More than 20% of properties purchased at foreclosure auction are going to owner-occupant buyers, including first...

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Newly Built Home Prices Hit a 5-Year Low

May 21, 2026  |   KCM Crew

If you’ve always assumed a newly built home is just not in your budget, you should know the math just got a litt...

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The 150th class of East High School Angels grieved, learned and graduated

May 21, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

The families of the 150th class of East High School Angels filled the Denver Coliseum on Tuesday afternoon for g...

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How much higher can mortgage rates go?

May 20, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

What a crazy few days for the 10-year yield and mortgage rates. As soon as the 10-year yield broke the key techn...

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Mortgage applications fall 2.3% as rates hit upper sixes

May 20, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications fell last week as rising Treasury yields pushed mortgage rates to their highest level in n...

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The housing market is increasingly rewarding functionality over scarcity

May 20, 2026  |  Rachel Bader, HW Data

For years, the housing industry has treated inventory levels as one of the clearest signals of market strength. ...

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Record High Mortgage Debt Sounds Scary. Here’s What the Headlines Leave Out.

May 20, 2026  |   KCM Crew

You may have seen the headlines lately about mortgage debt in America hitting a record high.

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The search is on for Denver’s next great shade tree

May 20, 2026

The last few months have been a reminder of why Denver is naturally a short-grass prairie, not a landscape shade...

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Cherry Creek is doing better than your neighborhood

May 20, 2026

There’s nowhere in Denver quite like Cherry Creek. (And not just because it’s probably the only neighborhood in ...

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AI-powered data remaps builders’ landbuying art and science

May 19, 2026  |  Tyler Williams

Not long ago, artificial intelligence was considered a headline-grabbing, yet futuristic and perhaps unreliable ...

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Denver congressional candidate Wanda James sues other CU Regents over censure

May 19, 2026

Congressional candidate Wanda James sued the University of Colorado Board of Regents on Tuesday for censuring he...

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Pending home sales rise 1.4% in April, NAR says

May 19, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

Pending home sales were up again in April, rising 1.4% from a month prior according to data released Tuesday by ...

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Denver geese drop tens of thousands of pounds of poop each week. Here’s how the city deals with it

May 19, 2026

At Sloan’s Lake, the geese are hard to miss — and so is what they leave behind. “We get quite a few complaints f...

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Colorado homelessness was flat overall in 2025, but it grew dramatically for some groups

May 19, 2026  |  Kyle Harris

Homelessness among adults was flat, and may even have declined, around Denver and across the state in 2025. But ...

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Data center moratorium gets unanimous approval in Denver, but that’s just the beginning

May 19, 2026

The Denver City Council voted unanimously on Monday evening to temporarily halt the development of future data c...

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Are Home Prices Going To Fall?

May 18, 2026  |   KCM Crew

It’s one of the biggest hold ups some buyers have right now: “What if I buy, and home prices go down?”

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Who will replace Mutiny? A classic joint on Broadway has a new owner

May 15, 2026

Jeremy Spira has enjoyed a long history with Denver’s Broadway corridor. Now, he has a unique opportunity to sha...

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Mortgage rates are headed higher as the 10-year yield surges

May 15, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Mortgage rates are headed higher as the bond market is taking the Iran conflict more seriously today and Fed rat...

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The 2025 Exhibit Awards winners: Celebrating innovation at The Gathering

May 15, 2026  |  MAXA Designs

At The Gathering this past April, HousingWire and MAXA Designs recognized the companies redefining what strong b...

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Denver Chamber finds ‘no misconduct’ after Denverite investigation, but internal survey shows worry ab...

May 15, 2026

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will work to improve its culture but found “no misconduct” in a third-party...

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BRT is planned for another Denver road. This is what we’re hearing about Colorado Boulevard

May 14, 2026

Plans to build bus rapid transit on Colorado Boulevard are slowly moving forward, and the public got an early gl...

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Why a 2008 housing crash can’t happen again

May 14, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Since 2012, every year we have heard that it’s about to be 2008 all over again for the housing market, as people...

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The Pricing Mistake That Could Cost You Your Sale

May 14, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Most sellers come into the market with one number in mind. And it’s often the one that costs them the most.

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The Denver posse trying to send tree-of-heaven back to hell

May 14, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

To the untrained eye, the tree-of-heaven is just another part of Denver’s canopy, providing shade and greenery i...

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What to know about the 20th running of the Colfax Marathon (even if you’re not doing it)

May 14, 2026

By Justin Goodrum for Denverite Denver’s Colfax Marathon will draw thousands of people — including runners and r...

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Seth Ring elevated to president and COO at Toll Brothers

May 13, 2026  |  HousingWire Automation

Toll Brothers has promoted Executive Vice President Seth J. Ring to president and chief operating officer, succe...

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Why mortgage purchase apps are holding up even with rising rates

May 13, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Today, the MBA’s purchase application data showed 4% week-to-week growth and 7% year-over-year growth, even thou...

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Mortgage demand rises 1.7% even as rates reach five-week peak

May 13, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications increased 1.7% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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What the Foreclosure Headlines Aren’t Telling You

May 13, 2026  |   KCM Crew

You've probably seen the headlines saying, "foreclosures are on the rise,” and maybe your mind jumped straight t...

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Denver wants to ‘reel back’ Mutual Aid Monday. They refuse: ‘We are a protest’

May 13, 2026

Tensions are rising between the city of Denver and Mutual Aid Monday, the long-running weekly gathering that giv...

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The historic Rossonian building in Five Points inches closer to special redevelopment deal 

May 12, 2026

A deal that could incentivize redevelopment for the historic Rossonian building may help a long-running effort t...

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Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

May 12, 2026  |  John McManus

The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable mode...

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Inflation is rising, but mortgage spreads have kept rates under 7% 

May 12, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

With headline Inflation at 3.8% today, jobs data beating estimates and the ongoing Iranian conflict — rates woul...

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Mortgage rates move higher, keeping the spring housing market in a holding pattern

May 12, 2026  |  Neil Pierson

Economic conditions continue to keep the costs of a home loan higher, with the war in Iran, inflationary concern...

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April CPI rises 0.6% as annual inflation ticks up to 3.8%

May 12, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The prices for goods and services continued to climb month-over-month in April, but at a slower pace than they d...

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The smoke from Suncor was due to an electrical outage

May 11, 2026

By Sam Brasch and Tegan Wendland Large smoke plumes billowed from the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City on...

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Inventory growth making housing more affordable

May 11, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

One positive housing story that really isn’t getting any love is the inventory growth we have seen since the low...

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Existing home sales rise 0.2% in April as inventory grows

May 11, 2026  |  Brooklee Han, HousingWire Automation

Existing-home sales ticked up 0.2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million, while remainin...

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Why Staging Your House Could Pay Off This Spring

May 11, 2026  |   KCM Crew

Selling your house this season? You’ve probably heard you should stage it before it hits the market.

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Positive housing demand leads to inventory almost going negative YOY

May 9, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

Housing data once again remained resilient last week even as mortgage rates are closer to yearly highs than lows...

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AI agent aims to reshape how builders screen sites, spot deal risk

May 8, 2026  |  John McManus

Warren Buffett, no stranger to the residential real estate business and to the incalculable role of homebuilding...

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The sun is back, and so are two of Denver’s biggest spring plant sales

May 8, 2026

There’s an unspoken rule for Denver gardeners: don’t plant the tender stuff before Mother’s Day weekend. After t...

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Jobs data stabilizes, giving Fed hawks more reason not to cut rates

May 8, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

The jobs data is stabilizing, folks. The big slowdown in job creation in 2025, which led to the lowest job creat...

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April jobs report shows 115K payroll gains, unemployment rate at 4.3%

May 8, 2026  |  Brooklee Han

The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Stat...

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Is the South Platte River full of microplastics? This Ph.D candidate is finding out

May 8, 2026

We all know that the South Platte River is teeming with E. coli. Now Colorado School of Mines Ph.D candidate Ann...

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How turning two homes into landmarks could help preserve Denver’s Black history

May 7, 2026

Two separate bids to designate the homes of some of Denver’s most prominent Black leaders are advancing through ...

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Could Co-Buying Be the Answer for Some First-Time Buyers?

May 7, 2026  |   KCM Crew

For a lot of would-be first-time buyers, affordability is the thing that’s standing in the way.

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Sakura Square is literally crumbling. Its stewards want the city to help pay for repairs

May 7, 2026

Sakura Square, the block in downtown Denver that has acted as a center for Japanese American culture in the city...

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