Downtown Denver Motor Tour

by Kristal Kraft on September 27, 2007

Denver InFill Motor TourWhen was the last time you were a tourist in your own city? For me that was yesterday. Thanks to the Downtown Denver Partnership and Ken Schroeppel, Urban Planner/Tour Guide. We boarded a bus for a 3-hour tour of Denver’s infill development projects. Yes, we took a whole 3 hours and never left the city!

OK, so touring on a slow moving bus, covering all too familiar ground doesn’t sound so thrilling? Ah, but it was. Learning about Denver and all of the Denver real estate projects in and around downtown is amazing.

Denver is a construction magnet right now. Everywhere one looks there is a construction crane or two in view! Actually I think Denver has the corner on the construction crane market, there can’t be any left in the rest of the country. [click to continue...]

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The FHA Loan: Back to the Future

by Mark on September 27, 2007

In my last post, I talked about how the FHA loan is now coming to be a new force in the mortgage industy and is filling the void left behind by the “sub-prime” loan crisis. The FHA loan is great for many buyers and people that need to refinance but there are a few things to watch out for. In the Denver Metro where I do most of my business the FHA loan limit is $308,370. So if you are buying a $500,000 house and you have little or no money to put in to the transaction for a down payment, the FHA loan will probably not work for you. FHA sets loan limits according to the county you live in. A good FHA lender can easily look up the loan limit in your county if that lender is a FHA expert. [click to continue...]

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