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Unexpected retirement expenses can strain senior homeowners

January 8, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

A new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College finds that nearly all retirees face sur...

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Western Pennsylvania, small metros surge in home price growth

January 8, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

Home prices in Johnstown and other western Pennsylvania markets posted some of the strongest gains in the nation...

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The National Western Stock Show is back in town. Here’s what to know

January 7, 2026

Get your cowboy hats and boots ready — the National Western Stock Show is back in town for its 120th year. This ...

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Why absorption rate matters more than market size for spotting housing pressure

January 7, 2026  |  Rachel Bader, HW Data

Data reflects single-family home market conditions as of the Jan. 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on HousingWire ...

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Texas Triangle drives future of single-family homebuilding

January 7, 2026  |  Scott Finfer

If you are inside the Texas Triangle and complaining about the state of single-family homebuilding, you are not ...

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Mortgage applications drop 9.7% despite lower rates

January 7, 2026  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications fell 9.7% from two weeks earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly s...

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Birdseed Collective doesn’t miss a beat after losing its home in Globeville Rec Center

January 7, 2026

Kristina Garcia and her brother, Anthony, were caught off guard last year when they learned their nonprofit woul...

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Producing LOs grow their ranks in 2025: RETR

January 6, 2026  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

The mortgage industry recorded a modest increase in the number of producing loan officers in 2025 — the first an...

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Apartment building to be demolished after Leetsdale fire, and the feds are investigating

January 6, 2026

The apartment construction site that caught fire Friday night is still burning, and officials from the Denver Fi...

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DIA’s Concourse C, Peña Boulevard set for more construction following City Council contract approvals

January 6, 2026

Denver International Airport’s growth is set to continue after the Denver City Council approved contracts to exp...

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Rising insurance costs shape homeowner decisions in 2026

January 6, 2026  |  Jonathan Delozier

American homeowners enter 2026 expecting higher insurance costs, growing climate risks and continued pressure on...

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Mortgage rates steady as 2026 housing outlook brightens

January 6, 2026  |  Neil Pierson

Mortgage rate movements remained calm in the opening days of the new year, and there’s little on the horizon to ...

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FoA hires former Bloomberg Media exec Angela Tribelli as CMO

January 6, 2026  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Finance of America (FoA) has appointed Angela Tribelli as chief marketing officer, tasking her with overseeing t...

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Denver’s premier water nerd knows what lurks beneath the lake

January 6, 2026

Denver’s lakes may freeze over this winter, but underneath, there’s something lurking — waiting for the warm wea...

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He wanted to die on the streets. He’s found new life at Colorado’s newest recovery center

January 6, 2026

A few years back, Phillip West lived on the streets of San Antonio, waiting to die. He had once held down a sale...

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Denver firefighters need an excavator to stamp out the Leetsdale fire. Here’s what we know so far

January 6, 2026

The raging five-alarm fire that shocked Denver Friday night was still burning in spots as of late Monday afterno...

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Denver City Council moves to smaller digs amid $1.5M renovation

January 5, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Denver City Council’s chambers are getting a major makeover. Meanwhile, the council’s public meetings will be mo...

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In a flat year for HECMs, Mutual of Omaha topped the 2025 leaderboard

January 5, 2026  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage led originations for the federal reverse mortgage program in 2025, a year in which Home...

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Mortgage M&A poised to accelerate in 2026

January 5, 2026  |  Flávia Furlan Nunes

In the mortgage M&A arena, 2025 marked a year of transition from distressed sales to strategic moves — a period ...

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New homeowner data challenges mortgage rate lockdown theory

January 5, 2026  |  Logan Mohtashami

I have often debated whether the mortgage rate lockdown is real or just another housing myth. At first glance, t...

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Could a wildfire happen in Denver?

January 5, 2026

By Zachary Shell for Denverite On Denver’s east side, in the Mayfair neighborhood, the threat of wildfire feels ...

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This plant starred in a sexy Netflix home design show. Now it’s at the library

January 5, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Back in the COVID-19 shutdowns, Denverite had a short-lived series we called Houseplant of the Week, where we hi...

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Safety ‘threatened’ by controversial Alameda Avenue plan, Denver council members warn

January 2, 2026

Several members of Denver City Council sent a letter to Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday over “grave concerns” abo...

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Denver Public Library workers move to unionize in 2026

January 2, 2026

Workers at the Denver Public Library took a big step toward forming a union, potentially making them the first c...

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Are anime horse girls behind the Denver Broncos’ winning season?

January 2, 2026  |  Paolo Zialcita

Sports journalists and analysts have struggled to understand exactly why the Denver Broncos are good after years...

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Sloan’s Lake is hot and shallow. Can $5 million save it?

January 2, 2026

As the legends say, Sloan’s Lake sprung up overnight after farmer Thomas Sloan tapped into an aquifer. Since the...

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Welcome back, clouds of crows!

January 1, 2026  |  Kevin Beaty

Denver is home to some special guests this time of year, and I don’t mean old men dressed in red satin suits. Th...

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Our favorite stories of 2025

December 31, 2025

Denverite published more than 1,000 stories in 2025. We think they were all pretty good, but that would make for...

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HousingWire 2026 housing market forecast: A more balanced market comes into view

December 31, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

2026 is upon us and for this year, I want to keep the housing discussion very simple. As active inventory has re...

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Logan Mohtashami’s 2026 housing forecast

December 31, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

2026 is upon us and for this year, I want to keep the housing discussion very simple. As active inventory has re...

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Judge allows price hike for RTD disability transit program to take effect Jan. 1

December 31, 2025  |  Stephanie Wolf

Starting on New Year’s Day, people with disabilities will pay more to use a popular on-demand paratransit progra...

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Out-of-state investors keep sizable stake in single-family homes

December 30, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Out-of-state investment in U.S. single-family homes remains elevated in 2025, even as the housing market continu...

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Home price growth slows, affordability pressures persist

December 30, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

U.S. home price growth remained muted in October as high mortgage rates and affordability constraints continued ...

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Loan officer mental health: How to recognize & prevent burnout

December 30, 2025  |  Julia Mahan, Gina Baker

Over the past few years, the mortgage industry has seen a significant decline in the number of loan originators....

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Will stable mortgage rates and home prices set the table for a strong 2026?

December 30, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

Mortgage rate movement remains stuck in neutral as 2025 comes to an end, but the U.S. housing market has shown s...

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Bad baseball and disasterous dating: How Denver caught the nation’s attention this year

December 30, 2025

Denver is hundreds of miles away from just about every other major city, but that doesn’t keep us out of the nat...

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We spent a morning with the guys that clean up Broadway

December 30, 2025

The first snow of the season had just fallen on Denver as Daniel Carbajal boarded his golf cart to scoot across ...

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Private lending in 2025: A market in transition

December 30, 2025  |  Nema Daghbandan

Once viewed as a niche option, private lending has rapidly entered the mainstream as more borrowers discover the...

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Pending home sales rise in November as lower rates spur buyers

December 29, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

November’s declining mortgage rates enticed more homebuyers to come off the sidelines, resulting in an uptick fo...

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Why didn’t double-digit growth in purchase apps lead to more home sales in 2025?

December 28, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Purchase application data had its first positive year in many years in 2025, meaning we had more positive than n...

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Denver’s condos market has homeowners worried

December 26, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

This story is a part of an occasional series looking at aspects of Colorado’s faltering economy. The small condo...

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The unlikely story of how the Meadowlark made 20 years of Denver music — and survived in RiNo

December 26, 2025

By Joe Carabello for Denverite Before Denver’s RiNo neighborhood transformed from an industrial artist community...

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What’s with that old barn by DIA?

December 25, 2025

Denverite reader Sami Powers has spent most of her life in this city. But it wasn’t until recently that she noti...

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Mortgage applications fall 5% despite rate decline

December 24, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 5.0% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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Who keeps Blucifer’s eyes red and blue body shining? 

December 24, 2025

A 32-foot-tall Denver icon had a spa day recently. Mustang, who is more commonly known as Blucifer, got shined, ...

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Denver airport’s ‘Jurassic’ garden is one step closer to demolition. Here’s what’s next

December 23, 2025

By Cassis Tingley for Denverite The garden in Concourse C has been drawing the eyes of travelers — and the ire o...

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Denver will fund land for a women’s soccer stadium on the old Gates Rubber Factory lot

December 23, 2025

A turbulent debate over a proposed professional women’s soccer stadium has largely come to a close at Denver Cit...

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The 6 best mortgage loan originator (MLO) license courses for 2026

December 22, 2025  |  Gina Baker, Zeb Lowe

Before you’re allowed to help people finance their dream homes, you must get the proper education to obtain your...

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Homelessness deaths dropped a second time, but few are celebrating

December 22, 2025

Kimberly Miller has worked with people on Denver’s streets for years, so she was ready for a somber evening when...

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United Real Estate CEO Dan Duffy on the roadmap for competitive advantage

December 22, 2025  |  Brena Nath

Data continues to be a clear differentiator in real estate, especially for those who want to grow in 2026. As Da...

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Denver isn’t even close to hitting its ambitious climate goals. Will it ever get on track?

December 22, 2025

On an unseasonably warm morning in November, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston gathered reporters and city leaders to c...

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Why did the growth rate of housing inventory drop by half this year?

December 21, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

This is the final Housing Market Tracker article for 2025 and we’re going to tackle why the inventory growth rat...

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Existing home sales hit 9-month high with inventory at 1.43M units

December 20, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

Existing home sales have been trending higher since June, when the monthly sales print bottomed at 3,930,000 for...

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Reverse mortgage vet says an end to HUD counseling risks senior protections

December 19, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

A proposal to remove housing counseling as a front-end requirement for borrowers seeking government-insured reve...

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November existing home sales edge up while inventory falls

December 19, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The pace of existing home sales rose yet again in November, buoyed by lower mortgage rates during the fall, acco...

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What two months of TSA data tells us about security at DIA

December 19, 2025

There was a time, not long ago, when the lines to get into Denver International Airport looked like a Disney Wor...

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Distressed property auctions outperform traditional REO sales

December 18, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Auction.com released its 2025 Disposition Strategy Report on Wednesday, showing that distressed property sales a...

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Su Teatro’s ‘Westside Oratorio’ tells the story of Auraria’s displaced residents through song 

December 18, 2025

When Anthony “Tony” J. Garcia was growing up in Denver, he lived in the city’s oldest neighborhood. Today, that ...

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Inflation cooled in November after September peak

December 18, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

The pace of annual inflation slowed in November, after hitting its highest level of the year in September, accor...

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Off the Beaten Path: Unique places to visit in Denver this December

December 18, 2025

By Cassidy Ritter for Denverite Welcome back to our monthly series highlighting hidden gems across the Denver me...

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Zillow was right to kill Climate RiskScores

December 18, 2025  |  Anthony V. Mannino Esq.

Four row houses in South Philadelphia share a wall. Their flood risk scores: 6, 4, 1, 3. This is real data from ...

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Equity Union Real Estate expands in California

December 17, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Equity Union Real Estate has expanded into California’s Central Coast by adding Team Sweasey, a San Luis Obispo-...

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Lifestyle priorities overtake luxury in 2025 home searches

December 17, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Americans searching for homes in 2025 placed greater emphasis on lifestyle features and everyday comfort than on...

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Patrick Ferry departs family firm to join KW MAPS Coaching

December 17, 2025  |  Brooklee Han

Real estate coach Patrick Ferry is the newest member of Keller Williams’ MAPS Coaching team. The firm announced ...

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Mortgage demand drops, but refi share reaches highest level since September

December 17, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications decreased 3.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Associat...

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A beloved Denver taproom closes next week. It did everything right

December 17, 2025

By Eric Gorski for Denverite The sky was still dark when Chris Bell unlocked the back door of his taproom and fl...

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Midwest dominates Zillow’s most popular housing markets of 2025

December 16, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Home shoppers in 2025 gravitated toward more affordable, midsized U.S. cities, with Midwestern markets accountin...

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Why the Fed isn’t worried about the jobs data

December 16, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

The unemployment rate reached 4.6% today! Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve perceives current conditions as stab...

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Mortgage rates in limbo as Fed officials debate inflation, jobs data

December 16, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

The latest in a string of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts appears to have done little to impact mortgage rate...

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The will to solve problems

December 16, 2025  |  Mark Milam

Foreword: I wish solving housing affordability fit into a 30-second TikTok or Instagram reel. It just doesn’t. B...

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4 key takeaways from our investigation into the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

December 16, 2025

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is facing a big moment. It is a preeminent voice of business and industry i...

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Denver’s top business group has lost half its staff. Many blame the CEO

December 16, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

J.J. Ament was socializing at the end of a holiday party at Stanley Marketplace when he made a comment that shoc...

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Homebuilder confidence ticks up but remains low

December 15, 2025  |  Tyler Williams

Homebuilding executives remain downbeat, citing a range of current conditions marked by buyer hesitancy, economi...

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Weekly housing demand reaches multiyear high

December 14, 2025  |  Logan Mohtashami

As mortgage rates stay near 6%, our weekly housing demand data lines have improved so much that we are at multiy...

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3 forces shaping the housing market in 2026

December 12, 2025  |  Odeta Kushi

For the past several years, the housing market has been defined more by what didn’t happen than what did. Homeow...

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Why housing affordability will improve in 2026

December 12, 2025  |  Mike Simonsen

The U.S. housing market is entering a new era. After four years of slow sales, rising prices and relentless affo...

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Housing affordability challenges steepen in Q3

December 11, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The housing market showed faint signs of near-term affordability improvement in late 2025, but it remains dramat...

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Boston emerges as hottest large metro market entering 2026

December 11, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Boston has emerged as HousingWire’s hottest major metropolitan housing market heading into 2026 — fueled by chro...

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Guaranteed Rate Affinity promotes Lacey Sullivan to regional manager

December 11, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Guaranteed Rate Affinity, a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Anywhere Integrated Services, announc...

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Denver Summit FC stadium back on track to stay in Denver

December 10, 2025

The future home of Denver’s women’s soccer team took a step closer to staying in the city. Denver City Council’s...

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Walters | Plaxen Group joins Sotheby’s International Realty

December 10, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Shauna Walters and Nicole Plaxen, the broker duo behind the Walters | Plaxen Group, have joined Sotheby’s Intern...

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Why 2026 policy debates will center on housing supply, not mortgage rates

December 10, 2025  |  John Toohig

The following information has haunted me since last year. “According to Fannie Mae calculations, it would take o...

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The best 6 online real estate schools in Virginia for 2026

December 10, 2025  |  Gina Baker

We know searching for the perfect real estate school in Virginia can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be....

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VA lending took a sharp upturn in 2025

December 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program rebounded sharply in 2025, according to a new anal...

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Refinance surge boosts mortgage application activity

December 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Mortgage applications increased 4.8% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA...

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Regis University’s big plan for Federal Boulevard gets unanimous city approval

December 9, 2025

A mostly vacant strip mall, a McDonald’s and parking lots near Regis University are set to transform into a mixe...

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Mortgage rates could move higher despite a Fed cut

December 9, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

While the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver another interest rate cut on Wednesday, mortgage rates aren’t l...

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She won a $56M fight for a Westwood rec center. Here’s what it looks like

December 9, 2025  |  Kevin Beaty

A decade ago, Westwood resident Norma Brambila set out to convince the city to finally bring a recreation center...

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Why U.S. home insurance costs have leapt in the past decade  

December 9, 2025  |  Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

The cost of home insurance in the United States rose by ~89% between 2014 and 2025, as rapidly climbing home pri...

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NRMLA speaks out on the future of federal reverse mortgage programs

December 8, 2025  |  Neil Pierson

After federal housing leaders issued a request for information in October about the future of two key reverse mo...

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RTD broke federal disability law with transit changes, lawsuit alleges

December 8, 2025  |  Andrew Kenney

Updated at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 A disability-rights group sued the Regional Transportation Distric...

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Average buyer’s agent commission ticks up under settlement rules

December 8, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose modestly in the third quarter, according to a new report from Red...

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Two men, a bar and a sketch: How the DIA ‘tent’ came to be

December 8, 2025

Most people who have traveled through Denver International Airport will remember the tent-like structure that en...

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A $10,000 theft and $800,000 of lost funding have a Black LGBTQ group reeling

December 5, 2025

Tara Jae had something to celebrate last week. Community members had donated in droves over Thanksgiving to the ...

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City met with a lobbyist before scaling back Alameda road narrowing project, public records show

December 4, 2025

Updated Friday at 4:38 p.m. In a cozy room of the Washington Street Community Center, Denver transportation off...

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Gypsy House Cafe ordered to pay $122,000 to its former landlord

December 4, 2025

South Broadway’s Gypsy House Cafe has been shuttered since March, but the funky, well-loved coffee shop hasn’t b...

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Mortgage applications jump nearly 10% as rates drop across the board

September 10, 2025  |  Sarah Wolak

Lower mortgage rates prompted mortgage applications to increase 9.2% from one week earlier, according to data fr...

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What happens to Broncos season tickets if the team moves stadiums?

September 10, 2025

There are more than 100,000 people waiting for the chance to buy Denver Broncos season tickets. But the planned...

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Pam Grier will headline the East High Film Festival later this month

September 10, 2025

Did you know that a Denverite is the main star of a Quentin Tarantino movie? Or that a different Denverite was t...

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Fannie Mae: Consumer housing sentiment slips in August

September 9, 2025  |  Jonathan Delozier

Americans grew slightly less confident about the housing market in August, as more consumers expressed concerns ...

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