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By: Luc Hatlestad

Category: Elevated Voices

Posted: April 25, 2012 9:22 AM

Tags: walkability, South Platte corridor, real estate, new urbanism, Light Rail, housing inventory, Highlands, Denver rental properties, Case-Shiller index

Exclusive Preview: Real Estate 2012

As devotees of 5280 know, our May issue means real estate, and for the first time in several years we've found that Denver's housing market has a pretty encouraging story to tell. This year we're illuminating it through the lens of Highlands, the northwest-side neighborhood that's garnered national acclaim for its new urbanist-driven revitalization. But if you live in another part of the city, fear not: We've come up with the factors—and the areas—that have the best chance to replicate a Highlands-style boom. So check us out on newstands soon to learn the latest about the state of local real estate, including:

Inventory—Why it's too low, and what you might be able to do about it.

The South Platte corridor and its potential effect on local property values.

Why remodeling might be better than moving.

The main factors that make a neighborhood great.

Why areas such as Curtis Park, Baker, Cherry Creek, Wash Park, City Park West, and others bear watching in the coming year.

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The real estate market is

The real estate market is definitely starting to come back since its big fall. So much good is coming from it. I think it has hit its bottom and coming back strong. The future looks so bright.

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The best and the worst of the Highlands

My wife and I moved to the West Highlands/Sloan's Lake area nearly 8 years ago for all the reasons very well laid out in this article. We are sad to say that we are now selling our very precious home. The schools are the number one thing driving us out to the burbs. A close second are all of the politically charged, anti-progressive, anti-change residents who live here. There aren't very many of them, but they are certainly very vocal and threatening. I laugh every time I see the billboard on Federal and 19th showing Mr. Rogers saying, "Won't you be my neighbor?" A sense of community is nonexistent here because of these “terrorists.” Some of the residents here are more interested in fighting change than in being good neighbors. They threaten/assault councilmembers and volunteer City Board members, sue their neighbors for disagreements that grounded/educated people would solve over a simple cup of coffee, attract renters in slummy houses without considering whether drug dealers and violent child predators might not fit in well with homes next door and across the street that are filled with families and children. We gave it our best shot. Invested a small fortune in our home making it a gem on the street, donated a tremendous amount of time and money to nonprofits in the area, we even paid out of our own pocket to paint the slum house next door in an effort to improve the image of the area. But until the slumlords and backwards thinking anti-progressives move out, this neighborhood has an uphill battle that we are simply no longer willing to fight. Good luck to those interested in fighting a battle by living in the West Highlands. We will miss it, but not too much.

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