Posts tagged with flipping

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:40 p.m.

Construction at the future site of the Speer Boulevard Lofts. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Fear of “war on suburbs” may convince Jefferson County to reject $1.7 million for affordable housing, other programs

An opposition group argues that accepting federal money will mean Jefferson County will be forced to "gentrify" by building low-income housing.

Painted Dumpsters in Sun Valley, part of a Birdseed Collective projected funded by a P.S. You Are Here Grant in 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Sun Valley, long known as Denver’s poorest neighborhood, is going to look very different in five years

Sun Valley Homes community leader Lisa Saenz said the $240 million redevelopment plan "will be like watering a flower and watching it bloom."

"Homeless sweeps" on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Federal report: Homelessness rose 6 percent in Colorado in 2016

The federal government estimates that the number of people experiencing homelessness nationwide continued to decline in 2016, but not in Colorado.

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Development in Five Points. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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A Denver fixer-upper costs only about $9,000 less than a market-value home

Nationwide, fixer-uppers sell for an average of $11,000 less, representing an 8 percent discount.

New chic condos seen in the reflection of Mark Rodriguez's older rented home.

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How to count Denver’s flipped houses

A recently-flipped house in Denver's Chaffee Park neighborhood.

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Do flipped houses accelerate gentrification?

Views of Denver's Five Points Neighborhood. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

In booming Denver, the role of flipped houses is changing

The city's biggest flippers used to bring back foreclosed homes. Now flipping is a sign of gentrification. And the margins are thinner. What it means for Denver when homes flip over.