Real Estate

DR Richardson and Josh Lake founded Elephant Energy in 2021 with a mission to simplify electrifying homes. “We wanted to make it dramatically easier and more affordable to make homes more energy efficient,” Richardson said. But making your home more energy efficient can be daunting, so Elephant Energy created a tool to provide an electrification roadmap. “It’s a simple, approachable way for homeowners to get the answer,” Richardson said. “Every home is a little different. This helps you create a custom plan for your…

The most expensive home ever sold in the Denver area is officially off the market — and Russell Wilson took a $3.5 million loss to seal the deal. Wilson, the former Denver Broncos quarterback who was cut from the team earlier this month, sold his 20,000-square-foot Cherry Hills Village mansion for $21.5 million Wednesday, according to Arapahoe County public records. The quarterback and his wife, singer-songwriter Ciara, moved into 10 Cherry Hills Park Drive in April 2022, just weeks after the Seattle Seahawks traded…

A "Sale Pending" sign in front of a home in Pinole, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSales of existing homes surged 9.5% in February from January to 4.38 million units, on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts had been expecting a slight drop.Sales were down 3.3% year over year, but it was the largest monthly gain since February of last year. Sales surged the most in the West, up 19.4%, and the South,…

Artificial intelligence is moving into the housing space, specifically architecture.ICON, which developed one of the first fully 3D-printed housing developments in the U.S., is taking automation another step further. It recently unveiled what it calls Vitruvius, an AI program that helps consumers design custom homes online and get the plans, making the process cheaper and faster."The big vision of Vitruvius is to go all the way from human desire all the way through deliveries, like construction documents, budgets,…

Devon Toews sold his 6,000-square-foot Belcaro mansion last month for $240,000 under its list price. The $3.75 million sale closed on Feb. 12. Last year, Towes signed a seven-year contract extension with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. He listed the mansion on Jan. 11 for $3.99 million. Toews and his wife, Kerry, bought the mansion on the 800 block of South Steele Street in March 2021 for $2.9 million. The six-bedroom, five-bath home, constructed in 2020, has two fireplaces. The first-floor open floor plan includes a…

A two-family house is under construction November 17, 2023 in Shelburne, Vermont. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty ImagesU.S. homebuilders are feeling more confident about their businesses than they have since last summer, as they see better demand despite stubbornly high mortgage rates.Homebuilder sentiment rose 3 points in March to 51 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The reading gained for the fourth straight month, hitting its highest level since July.Sentiment also moved into…

Colorado’s real estate market is heating up as spring approaches. “The spring market has brought optimism while everyone waits to see if the rates will adjust again. Those who need to move have adapted to the rates and have come off the sidelines,” said Kelly Moye, Boulder/Broomfield-area realtor. According to the February Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of Realtors, new listings jumped statewide last month, with 6,361 new single-family homes and 2,174 new townhome/condo listings. That’s up 18%…

The National Association of Realtors announced Friday that it had reached a legal settlement that upends the traditional model of sellers paying for the buyer’s agent in a home purchase. The agreement has the potential to save home sellers billions of dollars every year, but could also complicate purchases for buyers. The NAR, the largest trade group representing residential real estate agents, agreed to pay $418 million over four years to settle claims that the group and its members engaged in uncompetitive practices…

When Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic allies sought to overhaul land use rules in the state last year in hopes of spurring more housing development they faced immediate blowback from municipalities intent on protecting their local control. Seeking housing solutions From the mountains to the prairies, Colorado’s housing crisis is squeezing state residents in ways that make drastic choices an all-too-common part of their cost-of-living calculus. Click here to read more from this series. But one Front Range city publicly…

From the mountains to the prairies, Colorado’s housing crisis is squeezing state residents in ways that make drastic choices an all-too-common part of their cost-of-living calculus. Colorado faces a shortfall of 100,000 homes and apartments, the second worst deficit of any state after California, according to a study last year from Up for Growth. A homebuyer misery index from the Common Sense Institute found households in the state’s largest counties facing record-high levels of stress. When The Denver Post put out a call…