Denver CO Real Estate

The capital and most populous city of the state, Denver, Colorado offers a wonderful quality of life, many job opportunities (unemployment rate is 2.4 percent), and a beautiful climate. Denver has much to offer in the way of tourist attractions and family-theme park environments as well. Some of the more unique and interesting spots include: the Denver Zoo, the Botanical Gardens with its water lilies and ducklings floating gracefully in the Monet Pool and the amazing Elitch Gardens offering spectacular rides, Island Kingdom Water Park, concerts, shows, lush gardens and a sizzling fun atmosphere. Denver is also the most educated city in the United States and the “baby boomer capital” of the nation.

As of July 2010, Denver CO real estate offers the median listing price for a home at $282,954. Resale prices have risen in the last year and comprise the bulk of housing sales. This is mostly because existing homeowners are buying relatively expensive homes. The average sale price increased 9.6 percent from May to $299,375 in the Denver Colorado real estate market and was up 5.7 percent over the last year.

Due to the fact that its elevation is 5,280 feet (one mile) above sea level, Denver is often referred to as “the mile high city.” The 15th step of the state capitol is at exactly 5,280 feet and Coors Stadium provides purple seats, which offer a view of the game at a mile high. Despite this appellation, visitors are often surprised to find that Denver is also one of the flattest major cities in America and is technically located on a wide Rocky Mountain Platte. Denver is also known as the “Queen City of the Plains” because of its importance in the development of the agricultural industry. The US Navy has named several ships in honor of the city’s many contributions.

Denver has more than doubled its diverse population since 1960 due to a building boom over the course of the last decade. Currently, more than 610,000 people live in the city; the median age of its residents is 31 and the median household income $39,910.

Denver CO has a colorful and bawdy past as a mining town that was born in 1858 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. The city became prosperous and respectable at the turn-of-the-century, and elaborate mansions were built by the likes of millionaire, J.J Brown and his wife, Molly Brown, the brave society matron who single-handedly rescued a half dozen fellow passengers who would have otherwise drowned on the ill-fated Titanic.

Since its wild beginnings as a frontier town, Denver has evolved into a modern metropolis, attracting all types of people and offering a wonderful and healthy lifestyle to the modern soul. Perhaps it’s all a way of paying homage to the rich, famous and notorious personalities who once called Denver home.

Modern Denver is a delightful place to prosper, grow and pay homage to the ghosts of its rich past.