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Real Estate Matters
www.homeandrealtyguide.com • Saturday, June 26, 2010 • Reporter-Herald
Take part in the ReporterHerald’s 2010 Tour of Homes from noon-3 p.m today
Senate votes to extend tax credit deadline
New and existing homes are being featured today and tomorrow from noon to 3 p.m. throughout Loveland. Follow the map on page C4 to each corresponding property.
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he Senate this week voted 60 to 37 to extend the deadline by which buyers have to close on a new home to qualify for the homebuyer tax credits. Under the current law, those with signed, valid contracts to buy a home are required to close by June 30 to collect the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit or the $6,500 long-term homeowner tax credit. If the law clears the House, the new deadline to close will be September 30. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) noted that approximately 180,000 home buyers had signed valid contracts by April 30 but will not be able to close by June 30 due to outside forces. Basically, the banks, appraisers and title companies are overwhelmed by the crush of demand from home buyers and can’t keep up. The new rules of mortgage finance require lenders to doubleand triple-check documents, verify all information and pull several credit checks. Verifying income, tax returns, bank accounts and assets can be time-consuming. Meanwhile, appraisers are now booked weeks in advance in some communities, making it difficult to meet the June 30 deadline. And many title companies that had laid off workers after the real estate bubble burst don’t have enough time in the next two weeks to schedule the closings. I See GLINK/Page C5
Inside this week’s Home & Real Estate Realtor of the Week Anthony Jarmula of RE/MAX Alliance
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H&RE Real Estate Home sales rise through May REPORTER-HERALD
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ome sales continued rising through May in Loveland, with 158 home sales, totaling 559 for the year, up from 440 at this time last
year. Monthly sales volume for May ($39,407,269) is up 58.1 percent from May last year, and year-to-date sales volume is up 29.7 percent from May of 2009. Fort Collins saw similar gains in May, with a 25.9 percent gain in year-to-date listings sold. Year-to-date sales volume, at $245,724,054, is up 20.3 percent over last year at the end of May. Mortgage rates remain at historic lows, dropping to 4.72 percent for 30-year fixed mortgages on Friday.
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Mortgage rate update This week Last week Trend
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30-year fixed
4.72%
4.80%
15-year fixed
4.10%
5/1 ARM
3.74%
4.18% 3.78%
Historic garden to be featured in Berthoud’s Art in the Garden REPORTER-HERALD
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rea gardening enthusiasts will have a chance to tour a historic garden as part of Art in the Garden today in Berthoud. The event will be from 4-8 p.m. at the historic Waggener home located at 980 Mountain Ave., Berthoud. The tour will feature garden talks by area experts, more than 25 artists, live acoustic music and wine tastings. Informative gardening and landscaping talks will include: • 4:30 p.m. — Xeriscaping with Jim Doyle of Imagine Green Design • 5 p.m. — Garden Tour Jane Vielehr will guide a tour through the garden and discuss her planting methods and process. • 5:30 p.m. — Heirloom Roses with Charlotte Hardy • 6 p.m. — Garden Tour Jane Vielehr will guide a tour through the garden and discuss her planting methods and process. • 6:30 p.m. — Edible Landscaping with Marlin & Barbara Ann McMonigal of leasureacre.com • 7 p.m. — Fairy Gardens with Christy Patton
If you go What: Art in the Garden When: Today from 4-8 p.m. Where: Historic Waggener Home located at 980 Mountain Ave., Berthoud. Enter the garden from Massachusetts Avenue, parking is available at Turner Middle School. Cost: $5 for adults, free for children 12 and under. For more information: Visit www.berthoudartinthegarden.com ABOUT THE GARDEN The private garden at the historic Waggener home is maintained by Chuck and Jane Vielehr. It was at one time an apple orchard and later converted to a garden by John Waggener. The Vielehrs plant a combination of vegetables and flowers and experiment with new plantings each year. The garden is a labor of love for those who take care of it, and it is appreciated by many friends, neighbors and family members throughout the summer season. 26-313725
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Home buying tips 1. Location counts. How far are you really willing to commute to your place of employment? How good are the local schools, shopping centers, public transportation, seniors services and other public amenities? Will your new home be next to a vacant lot or a commercial property? 2. Make a list, zeroing in on the features you must have, would like to have, definitely don’t want and would prefer not to have. 3. Do your homework. Study recent home sales prices, market trends, homes on the market, neighborhood statistics and the home-buying process. 4. Get pre-approved for a mortgage. 5. Use a checklist when touring homes. Make notes about the homes you visit. 6. Wear comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes. House-hunting can be tiring, especially if you’re relocating to a distant community and want to see a dozen homes in one day. There’s no sense in torturing your feet unnecessarily. — National Association of Realtors
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Did you know? Nationally, first-time homebuyers purchased 49 percent of all homes sold in April. — National Association of Realtors
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How to: Choose your neighborhood
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Another group of buyers who are running short of time are those who are hoping to buy short sales, homes that are worth less than the mortgage amount. One Realtor left a comment on my blog saying that she had three buyers who made bids on short sale properties in January and February and had yet to receive a response from the lenders. These contracts contain contingencies that allow the buyers to cancel the deals, penalty-free, if for they do not qualify for the home buyer tax credits. Despite the Obama Administration upping the fee paid to lenders who approve a short sale, approval for these deals is still taking months. One mortgage banker speculated that lenders aren’t particularly eager to write off the loss on these loans, even though taking back properties through foreclosure generally nets lenders less money. Extending the deadline for the
home buyer tax credits is bound to confuse home buyers. All they’ll hear is that the home buyer tax credit deadline has been extended, not realizing that it’s the deadline for closing only; to qualify, they must have a valid contract that was executed by April 30. But perhaps this is what the Realtors, mortgage bankers and others associated with the real estate industry is hoping for — a little confusion and a few more sales. Homebuyer demand has plummeted 40 percent since the end of April, more than most industry observers expected — all the while mortgage interest rates have dropped to a new 50year record low of 4.6 percent for a 30-year fixed rate loan. Indeed, lenders nationwide are offering 30-year fixed-rate mortgage interest rates as low as 4.58 percent, and as low as 4.42 percent in Colorado, according to Zillow’s Mortgage Rate Ticker. Zillow reports that the rate for a 15-year fixed rate loan is currently 4.03 percent. But low interest
rates aren’t enough to overcome high unemployment and a modest U.S. recovery. Still, for 180,000 buyers who would otherwise have seen their tax credits slip away, this is good news. Question: My divorce was final two years ago, and in the divorce decree I was awarded the house. But prior to my getting a spousal transfer deed, one of my ex-spouse’s creditors put a lien on the house which prevented me from completing a short-sale. If one of us or both end up filing bankruptcy, which looks inevitable, is there any way to get the lien removed so the house can be sold and prevent a foreclosure? Answer: You’d have to convince the creditor that the house is worthless and there is no cash coming out of it. The creditor might be convinced by an appraisal of the property and a report that lists what nearby homes have sold for. If you can reach a decision-maker who understands what you’re saying, there’s a chance that this might work out and
When evaluating a neighborhood you should investigate local conditions. Depending on your own particular needs and tastes, some of the following factors may be more important considerations than others: • Quality of schools • Property values • Traffic • Crime rate • Future construction • Proximity to schools, employment, hospitals, shops, public transportation, prisons, freeways, airports, beaches, parks, stadiums and cultural activities such as museums, concerts and theaters. — National Association of Realtors
the lien will be removed. Otherwise, you’re probably stuck. You are trying to sell your home as a short sale. There is no equity in the home and the creditor won’t get paid any money if the home is sold via a short sale or in foreclosure. If you can’t convince the creditor to allow you to sell the home through a short sale, your other option would be to let the home go into foreclosure. In foreclosure, the lender would wipe out the lien of the creditor and then sell the home to a buyer free of that lien. Finally, if you file for bankruptcy, your bankruptcy won’t release the lien placed on your home by your ex-spouse’s creditor. Your spouse’s bankruptcy should release the lien. If you’re worried about your credit history showing a bankruptcy and a foreclosure, don’t be. Once you have a bankruptcy on your credit history, it’s unlikely adding a foreclosure will do much additional damage.
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H&RE Regional Real Estate Report REGIONAL SNAPSHOT FOR LOVELAND/BERTHOUD ATTACHED DWELLING
REGIONAL SNAPSHOT FOR LOVELAND/BERTHOUD RESIDENTIAL March, 2010
March, 2010
May, 2010
April, 2010
Active Listings Previous Year Active Listings
1099 1099
1126 1069
1117 1080
Active Listings Previous Year Active Listings
Number of Sold Listings
126
138
158
Number of Sold Listings
$234,500 $220,000
$199,900 $183,500
$214,500 $198,000
Median Sales Price Previous Year Median
Median Sales Price Previous Year Median
April, 2010
May, 2010
125 115
139 124
130 118
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15
20
$150,000 $125,000
$147,000 $150,000
$154,000 $143,500
Average Days on the Market (ADOM) Previous Year ADOM
123 123
105 127
117 125
Average Days on the Market (ADOM) Previous Year ADOM
108 102
121 107
88 102
Year to Date Listings Sold Previous Year YTD Listings Sold
263 231
401 334
559 440
Year to Date Listings Sold Previous Year YTD Listings Sold
36 20
51 37
71 52
$34,334,746 $22,712,094
$34,199,536 $23,882,898
$39,407,269 $24,919,043
$2,475,100 $1,130,656
$2,202,935 $2,522,755
$3,474,824 $2,156,524
Monthly Volume Previous Year Monthly Volume
Monthly Volume Previous Year Monthly Volume
* Updated statistics will be available after the 15th of each month.
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ASSOCIATE BROKER, RE/MAX ALLIANCE Location: 750 W. Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland Contact: 970-219-6776, ajarmula1@remax.net, www.remax.com Designations, Affiliations & Accolades: Jarmula is a member of the Loveland/Berthoud Association of Realtors. Graduated with honors (Cum Laude) in 2008 from California with an Associate of Science in Real Estate with a Loan Broker Certification. He received a Subject Area Award for the field of real estate. This award was the first one given out in three years. Jarmula holds a Colorado Mortgage Broker’s License and a California Salesperson’s License. Years of Experience: Jarmula is a new real estate broker with less than three months with Re/Max.
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501 Radiant, Loveland
125 E. 15th St., Loveland
Lovely 2 bed/2 bath patio home to warm your soul! New Dream Maker Warm Floor installed in master bath, vaulted open plan, gas fireplace, skylights, large windows, breakfast nook & hardwood floors! Upgrades throughout! $189,900 MLS #626482
Great starter home or Investment Property. Close walking distance to Lake Loveland, shopping, downtown activities. Large fenced yard. 2 bd 1 bath, fridge, range, small bsmt. for laundry and storage. Short sale subject to lender approval. All necessary docs on file. $99,000 MLS #617369
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Beautiful Views of lake front of Boedecker Lake. 459 Cape Dory at Marianna Cove. Custom built in 2000, two story home 4000 sq. feet, 4bd/3ba, 3 car garage. Lots of upgrades. $434,900 MLS #626976
Ranch home with wood floors in kitchen and walk way. 3 bedrooms, unfinished basement. Fenced back yard with patio for BBQ’ing (with gas line) and fenced garden space. 2 car garage. $199,000
$312,500 • Built in 1999 • 6 bedroom • 4 bath • Close to Seven Lakes Park & city bike trails • Spacious master suite with 5-piece master bath, heated tile floors in master bath • Huge Trex deck is ideal al for entertaining g
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One of a Kind Property! The Carter-Kiva Ranch. Spectacular views. • 13.77 acres • 47x36 Great Room • 6139 finished sq. ft • Wine Cellar Room • 4 levels • Library • Gourmet Kitchen • Media Room • Sauna & Steam Rooms • Guest House. $1,500,000 MLS #626644
Newer 2 story. 4 bedroom, 3 bath, unfinished basement, deck, fenced yard sprinklers, a/c, new carpet included in price, 2 living areas, big kitchen. Directions: N. Taft to Georgetown, north on Box Prairie. $199,900 MLS #619104
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omatoes, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes, onions, herbs, beets and varieties of squashes and melons are growing at the High Plains Environmental Center’s volunteerbased Giving Garden in Loveland. Last year that food, all 13,000 pounds of it, was donated to House of Neighborly Service and the Loveland branch of Food Bank for Larimer County, a number HPEC plans to achieve again this year. School groups, scout groups, church groups, individuals and even businesses seeking team-building opportunities volunteer at the Giving Garden, said Sarah Fox, HPEC’s Director of Community Outreach. This summer’s volunteer count has already exceeded last year’s of 300, Fox said. “It’s a great chance to learn how to garden if you don’t know how, but also a great way to give back to the community,” Fox said. Individual plots for rent
will be available at HPEC next summer for participants so they can also grow their own food. “People who are on their second year of helping out are really interested in coming out and getting a little more hands on on their own,” Fox said. HPEC is in many ways a hub for the growing community garden scene in Loveland. HPEC works with Thompson School District to “provide opportunities for kids to experience gardening, work with plants and learn more about food,” said Susan Singley, HPEC’s Community Garden Coordinator. Third graders from three Thompson District Schools are part of an ongoing field trip experience called Every Child Plants a Seed. They will come back next year as 4th graders and teach the next set of 3rd graders what they learned about saving seeds and gardening with their plot of pumpkins from this year. The Loveland Youth Gardeners share the space with HPEC and have their youth
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“This big surging interest in growing your own food has really become quite a phenomenon that is driving the interest of gardeners and the way that people view their community,” O’Meara said. “People are reaching out
to help one another and community gardens do this,” she said. For volunteer opportunities at High Plains Environmental Center e-mail Sarah Fox at sarah@suburbitat .com or go to www.suburbitat.org.
“Community gardens are definitely on the upswing,” Carol O’Meara with CSU Extension in Boulder said. Community gardens allow individuals to have access to fresh, healthy food that they know is clean from pesticides, O’Meara said. Community gardens also offer a forum for gardeners, novice and old-school alike, to come together, learn from each other and share techniques. O’Meara likes the saying, ‘what a new gardener needs is an old gardener.’ “You can read all about it, but it’s a living thing so the best person to teach you is someone who’s been through it.” “I also think they’re becoming social gathering places as well, Fox said, “People get to know each other well and enjoy their time together and become fast friends.” The increased interest in community gardening may have something to do with the unsteady economy. “Historically speaking, a lot of people do turn to food gardening during tough times,” O’Meara said. What’s unique about the current trend, O’Meara said, is that people “not onRH photos/Jennifer Lehman ly raise their own food but Red cabbage grows at High Plains Environmental Cenraise enough to help othter’s Giving Garden ers.” 26-313246
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garden there. As the recipient of funding from CanDo (Coalition for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity), the coordinating agency for the LiveWell Colorado initiatives in Fort Collins and Loveland, HPEC is offering financial and technical support to community gardens that have popped up around town including an education garden at Cresset Community Farm and community gardens at the Loveland Boys and Girls Club, Loveland Historical Society’s Milner Schwarz House, and at Loveland’s RV Park where one resident spearheaded a garden for the neighborhood. Organizations such as CanDo also see community gardens as an opportunity for communities to become healthier. “CanDo (focuses on community gardening) to increase physical activity and decrease obesity. You’ll try a vegetable if you grow it,” Fox said. “Community gardening provides a one stop shop for physical activity, nutrition, good food access and community building,” said Susan Singley, HPEC’s outgoing Community Garden Coordinator who will begin her new job as CanDo’s Obesity Prevention Coordinator next week. HPECs Giving Garden also demonstrates how community gardens can feed a community. “We want to encourage gardens all over Loveland and if you donate some of
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Use caution when seeking foreclosed properties falsely believing they are entitled to prices may not be as good as at an aucthose items and leaving the home in tion, or the process as straightforward shambles. as in pre-foreclosure, lenders, who are not regularly in the business of There are actually three points at uestion: How do I go about buybuying and selling property, are often which you might consider purchasing ing a house or condominium highly motivated to get rid of forecloa foreclosure. If an owner is clearly that is in foreclosure? sures. Answer: Over the last two years there headed towards losing a home, he may consider a pre-foreclosure sale Finding such properties can be as easy has been a significant increase in which the owner and lender cooper- as driving neighborhoods, scanning in the number of foreclosed homes ate in selling you the home at a newspaper real estate sections and doin Colorado. Buying one of these considerable discount. A second option ing some on-line research. Contacting a properties — either as a primary Realtor is an important step in the proresidence or for investment purposes — is to attend publicly held auctions of foreclosed properties. This is a high re- cess — both to help with the search and may be tempting. However, unless you ward (good prices) and high risk (possi- to have the benefit of that person’s prohave some experience with foreclosed real estate, the complexity of the proble costs to you, less chance to inspect fessional expertise and experience. Not cess may be surprising and overwhelm- the home thoroughly ahead of time) op- all foreclosures are advertised and some ing. tion. lenders (owners) will not accept offers from unrepresented buyers, simply as a If a property is in foreclosure the legal The third option is to purchase foreowner(s) likely became unable to make closed properties after they have been means of sorting out the legitimate required payments on the mortgage, buyers. taken back by the lender. While the and the lender took the property back. While many such homes are in excellent condition, some of these properties have been neglected or even consciousWhile many such homes are in excellent ly damaged. Some unscrupulous owners may even remove plumbing, condition, some of these properties have been wiring, countertops, lighting and other neglected or even consciously damaged. fixtures as they vacate the property,
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Upcoming workshop teaches gardening with greenhouses, hydroponics and aquaponics
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duction, can be challenging but the class will cover how to sort through the material to use it for food production. In comparison to soil-based production, hydroponics smokes the competition, turning in 20-percent greater yields per plant. This is due to plants growing faster, rolling out yields sooner and over longer time. What you grow depends upon the space you provide and the size of the system. “We’ll discuss using kits to build your own and also found materials. A simple ice chest system for hydroponic growing can be as inexpensive as $25, supporting up to four basil plants. Larger systems vary in price,” she said. But if growing plants under glass isn’t giving you the challenge you crave, don’t worry — this class is super-sized with aquaponics, where fish swim lazily in waters below the plants and their water is filtered up through the roots to feed and hydrate the crop. “We’re merging fish and plant culture in an organic, complex ecosystem,” said J.D. Sawyer, owner of Colorado Aquaponics and instructor in the class. Though relatively new to the United States, aquaponics is fairly mainstream in water-limited countries like Australia, he said. Plants and fish support one another in the system, where the aquarium water is pumped into the grow bed so roots can filter off fish waste. The clean water then drains back into the fish tank.
“You can get into this inexpensively and grow fish like perch or tilapia as a protein source, or just use pet store fish like goldfish or zebra tetras.” Tilapia take approximately 28 weeks to get big enough to harvest, he said, though how you get them from the tank is up to you. Sawyer recommends netting them out, but fishing poles might add an element of excitement to the backyard. Lids are necessary to keep predators like raccoons or squirrels out of the fish, but in general the system doesn’t draw attention to itself with odors. Check out the workshop to explore new ways of expanding your crop production.
If you go What: Food Production Workshop: Greenhouses, Hydroponics and Aquaponics When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on July 10 Where: Boulder County Parks and Open Space Office, 5201 Saint Vrain Road, Longmont. Cost: $40, lunch is on your own. Registration and Information: www.coloradosmallscaleagriculture.blogspot.com/.
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ON LAKE LVLD, 2 bdrm, 2 ba, flexible office, private beach/boating/view $2375/ mo lease 970-669-0602 OWN your own home for what you pay in Rent! Lowest rates, $0 - $1000 Down Free Prequalification. Western Plains Realty Ken or Tammy 970-663-5008 SUPER NICE, 3 bdrm home, full fin bsmt, central air, frpl, cov patio, 2 car gar, 2nd build: lg studio work area, 1 car gar, 1402 W 11th St. $1500 Estate Builder 970-667-3400
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Fully furnished large rooms. Laundry, A/C, cable, all util. incl. $325/mo. (970)227-1585
Million Dollar Views! Ranch style home on 10+ acres w/ waterrights, award winning grass hay, over 3000 sq ft.home w/ multiple outbuildings great for raising animals or 4H located on the NW side of Lngmt, Reduced to $725,000 Call Steve Distel PPB&R (303)775-8723
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2 ACRE LOT, Berthoud area, $40K price reduction, $125,000. Call Steve Conder for details, 303-514-3706.
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BANK OWNED- 3 bdrm, 2 bath ranch, new carpet, paint, appliances, bsmnt. $179,900. Re/Max Alliance, Wanda Quaid, 970-481-3033
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✭ MOBILE HOMES ✭ BUYING/SELLING Local park needs used mob homes. We´re buying! Big Sale! Many single & dbl Farm Residence for Sale wides. Fin avl, auto ap3 Just 7 ⁄4 miles from Akron. proval on owner fin homes. 5 bedroom home with full Bad credit OK! Moves avl. basement, large living 970-222-1473 room, large dining room, 2 ✭ 690-2725 or 690-3283 ✭ bathrooms, library room, recreation room & storage room. A new heat pump, 3 BDRM, ´03 Mobile home, heating & cooling unit was exc cond, loc in Berthoud. $30,000. (303)772-4324 installed in September of 2009. Approx 11 acres with 3 outbuildings : 40x50 steel frame with metal siding & metal roof, a 39x64 wood frame with metal siding & a metal roof & a concrete 50x28 with 3 garage doors & a storage room on the end. Sell Your House 7 Grain bins are included Fast! on the place which could be Quick Sale - Fair Price rented out if not needed 720-962-4688 personally. Call 970-345-6750 or 970-554-0603.
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$108,000, home • Michael Hollomon from Kavka Karen D, 690 Moraine Ave Unit 4, Estes Park, $150,000, condo • Mark & Jean Rissmiller from Naujokas Peter R & Rolaine K, 416 Pawnee Ln, Estes Park, $727,500, home • Christopher Thomas from Legacy Lodge LLC, 196 Olympus Ln W, Estes Park, $131,000, home • Kingswood Inc from Promontory LLC, 518 Promontory Dr, Estes Park, $125,000, home • Robert & Stephanie Catherine from Sanborn Kathleen, 1441 Bluebell Dr, Estes Park, $355,900, home • Rt Inc from Wallace Michael T, 1750 Fall River Rd, Estes Park, $850,000, home • Ronald & Carol Andersonlehman from Drahota Jeanine Kae, 1140 Fall River Ct, Estes Park, $825,000, home • Randy Trust from Beckord Mary Lou, 343 S Saint Vrain Ave Unit 1-12, Estes Park, $300,000, condo • John & Anita Leitz from Benotto Holdings LLC, 680 Park River Pl, Estes Park, $500,000, home • Rufus & Letitia Alexander from Livingston Betty, 2060 S Morris Ct, Estes Park, $350,000, home • Rod & Donna Clough from Wagner Cheryl A, 1986 Dallman Dr Unit 5, Estes Park, $535,000, condo • Timothy & Janice Talsma from Weaver Edward M Jr & Lois K, 961 Old Ranger Dr, Estes Park, $400,000, home • Patrick Dunn from Hardin Jerald D & Bea Lou, 731 S Saint Vrain Ave Unit 2, Estes Park, $187,000, condo
Johnstown • Benjamin Prather from Lighthall Mary, 3925 Arrowwood Ln, Johnstown, $172,000, home • Susan & Scott Sullivan from Zts Const Inc, 4756 Sorrel Ln, Johnstown, $380,000, home • Kristopher & Jodie Judisch from Tak Augie A & Anthony, 1103 N 3rd St, Johnstown, $249,000, home
Milliken • Christopher Nelson from Jones Catherine S, 2087 Pioneer Dr, Milliken, $168,000, home • Robert Leqve from Soundview Home Loan Trust 2007, 1494 S Growers Dr, Milliken, $137,000, home • Timothy Dalton from Us Bk, 206 S Grace Ave, Milliken, $113,000, home • Joseph & Emily Pantoja from Teeples Brandon, 281 E Lilac St, Milliken, $164,900, home • Erick Yager from Krenning Alissa R, 1498 S Dusk Dr, Milliken, $129,000, home • Susie & Isaias Vargas from Rocky Mount Invest Group LLC, 251 S Rachel Ave, Milliken, $171,900, home • Jill Baeza from Jpmorgan Chase Bk, 301 E Holly St, Milliken, $150,000, home
Windsor • Alex & Olga Kantor from Sahl William K & Janet, 917 Conifer Ct Unit 1, Windsor, $124,900, condo • Mark & Tarah Luft from Arrowhead Properties LLC, 147 Crabapple Dr, Windsor, $138,500, home • Bruce & Kristi Benningsdorf from Becker Communities LLC, 1466 Folsum Dr, Windsor, $408,000, home • Dennis & Julie Conmay from Duran Adolph L & Sharon A, 903 Vista Ct, Windsor, $311,800, home