How rich is Prince Bandar bin-Sultan? Prince Bandar, who served as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 2005, just sold what’s reported to be his last Aspen-area property for $5.87 million. But an Aspen Times source suggests that it was never one of the Prince’s residences. Instead, he used the 5,980-square-foot…
Over the past few months, we’ve documented Denver’s red-hot housing market and noted that many properties are selling way above list price. But real estate sales in Colorado as a whole are scorching as well. FindTheBest.com has compiled facts and figures about how quickly properties sell after they’re listed, and Colorado…
Back in November 2014, our William Breathes wrote about the Fourth Corner Credit Union’s efforts to provide banking services for the marijuana industry. As Breathes noted at the time, FCCU was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1 — “and even has the backing of Governor John…
Earlier this week, we shared photos of progress on the rail line to DIA, a project that’s expected to be completed in the spring of 2016. The plan is for light rail to reach Aurora next year as well, and a new report details how things are going on that…
The folks at FindTheBest.com have pulled together lists of the most and least respected companies in America. And unfortunately, a Colorado firm is on the latter roster. The data is culled from two rounds of Harris Poll surveys. The first asked 4,000 respondents to list America’s most visible companies, while the…
It seems like the construction of a rail line to Denver International Airport has been going on forever. But finally, the end is in sight. Testing of trains on the East Rail Line, which will be known as the A-line, is underway, and Denver Transit Partners, the consortium behind the project,…
As we’ve reported, the Denver real estate market is so hot that many properties are being sold for more than the original list price. Is the story different for high-end properties in the Aspen area? It certainly seems to have been for acting couple Felicity Huffman, best know for her role…
Locals know that Boulder housing prices are sky high. That’s why so many people who work within the city limits live outside them. But a common assumption about the community — that the pricier the neighborhood, the better the schools in them — doesn’t always prove to be the case…
In May, we told you about Frontier Airlines’ awful customer-service performance in the Air Travel Consumer Report, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. That same week, Frontier CEO Dave Siegel resigned his position — and while the carrier and some experts argued that the bad grade probably didn’t prompt Siegel’s…
Regulated marijuana has more than a few obstacles in the way towards legitimacy, but at least federal lawmakers are addressing one of its biggest: banking. Introduced by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat), Senate Bill 1726— better known as the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015— would “create protections”…
Colorado’s marijuana moguls are high on helping others. They may have trouble finding banks that will handle their cash, but they have no problem handing some of that cash to good causes. But can those causes take the cash? As we reported in the recent post “Colorado’s Ganjapreneurs Are High…
One of the hottest topics in the Denver area these days is high rent prices. As evidence, we note that a recent post featuring eight reasons why Denver-area rents are so high has been among our most viewed in recent months. But now, a new analysis from California-based RealtyTrac suggests that renting…
There’s no question that RiNo is changing. The once-industrial neighborhood of warehouses and factories is now home to at least ten breweries, two wineries and two cider-makers. There are several hip restaurants that serve kale salad and $12 hamburgers, and there’s the Source, an artisan market with a coffee roaster,…
Denver home sales reached a record high in June, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. “Despite the slight cooling in the market, June still set records in home prices and closed dollar volume, as the lack of inventory available in the Denver-area over the last eighteen months is continuing…
Any close observer of the Denver retail marijuana scene has no doubt noticed the proliferation of chain pot shops at the expense of individual or standalone dispensaries, often referred to as “Mom and Pops.” One reason, according to attorney Nick Richards, is aggressive auditing being conducted at the state and…
Property Type: Single Family, 3+ Story County: Eagle Bedrooms: 7 Bathrooms: 6 Full/3 Three-Qtr/2 Half Lot Size: 0.79 Acres Square Feet: 11,629 (approx) Price per Sq. Ft.: $571.85 Year Built: 1983 Garage: Yes-2 spaces Stories: 4 Construction: Wood Frame, Stucco, Stone Room Information Recreation Room Great Room Den/Study Wine Cellar Bathrooms Full Baths:…
The pockets of marijuana investors are getting deeper as more states warm up to medical and recreational marijuana, and pot entrepreneurs were trying their best to capitalize on the opportunity at the ArcView Investor Pitch Forum — an investment conference for ancillary marijuana businesses held in Denver’s Exdo Event Center…
We recently wrote about Denver’s hottest housing markets and why so many properties are selling for above list price. But the heat isn’t limited to real estate in the metro area. In fact, a slew of markets in Colorado are among the most scorching in the entire country. The source…
Glass is infinitely recyclable, so it’s easy to imagine that the bottles and jars you put out at the curb every week are headed off to be melted down and remade — baby-food jar into baby-food jar, beer bottle into beer bottle, forever and ever, amen. But not in Denver,…
Have you noticed that your cannabis dollar is going further than it did this time last year? According to a new analysis by Convergex, which describes itself as “an agency-focused global brokerage and trading-related-services provider,” you should. Since last June, the report notes, “the average price of an 1/8th ounce of…
Last month, we shared a roster of the ten best U.S. cities for tech jobs — including one city from Colorado. But what are the best places for tech jobs within Colorado? The folks at FindtheBest.com have the answers, with specific data on the nine Colorado counties that placed highest, plus a heat map…
In recent weeks, a number of studies have been released that help explain why housing prices in Colorado are currently so high. One of the latest comes from FindTheBest.com, which set out to track housing prices in American cities today as compared to how much residences cost during the peak…
