Denver’s 2020 Real Estate Market Saw an Unprecedented Number of Records Broken
And just because we re in a new calendar year doesn t mean that the industry is slowing down. Cassidy Ritter •
January 13, 2021
If you’ve been following along at all this year, you probably already know that 2020 was a record-breaking year for Denver’s housing market. The 11-county metro area saw historic sales, unparalleled price increases, and months of low inventory, even as a global pandemic swept through the state. What can we say? Homeownership in Denver is just that desirable.
Year-over-year, Denver’s real estate market saw a nearly two percent decline in new listings and a seven percent increase in closed listings. But these numbers didn’t seem to scare away buyers. The year ended with nearly 63,000 homes sold, up nearly seven percent from 2019, according to the year-end report by the Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR).
I Brought COVID-19 to My Family’s Doorstep
I missed my family and thought I could travel safely to see them during the pandemic. I was wrong. Jay Bouchard •
December 14, 2020
“I humbly ask you to forgive decisions that are borne of my heart and not my head.”
Such was the plea Denver Mayor Michael Hancock made after it was revealed despite urging Denver residents to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday that he traveled to Mississippi to be with his family. When it was reported by 9News the Wednesday before the holiday, the vitriol directed at the mayor was as swift as it was justified. He didn’t follow his own COVID-19 guidelines, which was widely considered a failure of leadership. If anyone should have stayed home that week, it was him. But he was not alone: Millions of Americans boarded flights across the country ahead of Thanksgiving to see loved ones and reclaim some sense of normalcy they’d been missing for the better part of a year. They all made decision
Denver’s COVID-19 Fight Moves Backward, as City Restores Level 3 Restrictions
Denver is losing ground in its fight against COVID-19. The city is now tightening restrictions and stay-at-home orders may be reinstated in the coming weeks. Jay Bouchard •
October 27, 2020
Denver is moving in the wrong direction and Mayor Michael Hancock is not happy about it.
At his press conference Tuesday morning, Hancock announced that the state of Colorado has required the city to move back to the Safer at Home Level 3 stage from Safer at Home Level 2. Restoring Level 3, which primarily impacts capacity limits for restaurants and other non-essential businesses, is the last step backward before Denver will have to reimplement stay-at-home orders.