Energy Audits for Your Metro Denver Home from Xcel

by Derec Shuler on June 11, 2009

Since we’re a lifestyle company and being sustainable is a part of our values, we contacted Xcel Energy, our local electricity and gas provider to conduct one of their heavily subsidized home energy audits to see where we could be saving money with our home.  We signed up for a full audit with a blower door test and infrared assessment.  In my courses for the real estate GREEN designation, we talked a lot about inexpensive ways to improve the efficiency of your home.  While solar, wind, and geothermal energy are sexy ideas in today’s world of alternative energy, there are easier, less expensive, and quick things to reduce energy usage.

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Free Building Permits for Denver Homes June 1-15

by Derec Shuler on June 5, 2009

Participate in the Denver Home Renovation Bonanza!

Denver County is issuing free building permits to Denver homeowners from June 1 to 15 for a limited number of home renovations and updates.  I was in the County Zoning office this past Monday, June 1st, to get a zoning variance for my chickens, and the line was filled with Denver home owners taking advantage of this opportunity. [click to continue…]

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The Dilemmas of First Time Home Buyers

June 1, 2009

Understanding the wants and needs of home buyers is extremely important and saves everyone time and energy. Watch this fun video clip of home buyers running across an amazing home.

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Denver Picked as Number One Rebounding Housing Market

May 29, 2009

We posted this on our Mile High Urban Living Facebook page last week and want to get this positive news on the blog as well. The Today Show recently ran a piece about rebounding housing markets around the United States.  Their expert selected Denver, CO as the real estate market most likely to [...]

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First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Can Be Used for Downpayment

May 12, 2009

The folks in DC continue to conjure up ways to help make home buying more affordable and get people involved in buying and selling homes. At a session today at the National Association of REALTORS Mid-year Meetings in Washington, DC, Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Us Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revealed [...]

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