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Home Upgrade

The benefits of increasing the value of your house

By Dwight Barnett

Scripps Howard News Service

Q: I have a question about what the proper humidity should be in our home. I have several thermo-hygrometers in our house. Our home doesn’t feel too dry in the winter. We have a portable humidifier in our bedroom just to add a little moisture during the winter, and we enjoy the soothing hum of it. Our house stays anywhere from 30 to 40 percent in the coldest part of winter. Is that OK? Also what is your take on a steam humidifier?

By Kendra Walker

Longmont Times-Call

If you’re considering putting your house on the market in the near future, it’s important to understand key elements that potential buyers look for in a home. Before putting up that “for sale” sign, make the needed improvements that will cater to any buyer’s checklist. By upgrading, you’ll be able to put up the “sold” sign with a bigger return on your investment.

“One question to ask is, ‘will the upgrade cause your house to price out of the neighborhood or become the highest priced on the block?’” says Dave Wagner, president of the Longmont Association of Realtors. You want to keep up with the neighborhood without being the leader with the highest priced house.

Wagner also says it is difficult to get a return on your investment in this market, as most projects average 50 to 70 cents on the dollar invested. “So if you plow another $50,000 into finishing the basement, you may only be increasing the value of the property by $25,000 to $35,000,” he says.

Wagner suggests remodeling with your own enjoyment in mind.

Figure out what improvements you can afford to make on your home in alignment with what will ultimately increase your resale value.

Kitchen remodels have one of the highest returns on investment, says Dene Yarwood of Wright Kingdom Real Estate. People look for spacious kitchens with a lot of light, solid counter space and matching appliances. “Slab granite and stainless appliances are a big hit with buyers,” Yarwood says. “The cost to install both of these has gone down significantly since they first debuted.”

Similar to the kitchen, updating the bathroom yields a reasonable return on investment. Yarwood suggests switching to slab granite for the counters and painting the cabinets. She also recommends getting rid of brass faucets and updating to brushed nickel or oil-rubbed bronze.

Buyers also appreciate well-maintained floors. Try updating your vinyl floors to hardwood or tile. Replacing old carpet and padding will have a high return per dollar spent, Wagner says.

Garage door replacement is another worthwhile project. The cost recouped is as high as 83.9 percent, according to the 2010-11 Remodeling Cost Vs. Value Report. Consider replacing your front and back doors. “Replacing door hardware will also give a good return as that is often a first 10-second impression,” Wagner says.

Some small, inexpensive fixes before showing your home are painting the walls and changing lights. Remove old wallpaper and repaint with light beige or white to neutralize your paint colors, Yarwood says. Replace fluorescent lights with inset spot or flood lamps. “Try to keep rooms bright,” Wagner says.

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Make sure your upgrades fit your taste, as well as the general taste of others. “Buyers like to know that they’re getting something that fits today’s standards and that they’re getting something that’s well loved and cared for,” Yarwood says.

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A: It would be difficult to raise indoor humidity levels above 40 percent when the room temperature is around 68 degrees of mechanically heated air. The warmer the air, the more moisture the air can hold, and 68 degrees may feel warm, but it’s not like summertime temperatures.

If you can remember the 90-degree summer days, you know that there is also a corresponding high humidity level. What I have been told throughout the years is that the preferred wintertime level inside the home should be anywhere from 40 to 70 percent relative humidity at 68 degrees when the outside temperature is 30 degrees or less.

Indoor humidity levels beyond 70 percent create an environment in which mold spores can gain a foothold in your home. Fortunately, the air conditioner dehumidifies and cools the air at the same time.

I encourage my clients to add humidity by using in-room steamproducing humidifiers or vaporizers. Remember to shut off the humidifier in the summer so the air conditioner is not overworked as it removes moisture from the air.

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Prune your fruit trees now

Garage sale plates, tea sets hold little value

By Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson Scripps Howard News Service

Dear Helaine and Joe: I am sending photographs of items I found at a garage sale. I hope you can send me some information on what they are and if I should insure them. One of them has no markings except for something that looks like crossed swords, another is marked “Dresden” and the third is marked “RS Prussia.” Thank you, W.H. Dear W.H.: Before we go any further, we want to say that the photos we are working from were sent to us from an iPhone, and this just does not work well. If you want an opinion from us, we have to have good, detailed, in-focus photographs. The ones we have for today’s question are inadequate at best.

The reticulated plate here (this term refers to the piercing around the edge) is marked with a lion above a shield and the name “Dresden” below.

“Dresden” is the name of a German city where Chinese-style hard-paste porcelain was first made in Europe, in the early 18th century. Shortly after this discovery no more porcelain was made in that city, but a lot was decorated there. This particular plate was made by the Carl Schumann Porcelain Factory of Arzberg, Bavaria, and decorated in the “Dresden style.”

These plates are most valuable in sets, and if this is a single, its insurance replacement value is probably $50 or even a bit less. The other reticulated plate belonging to W.H. is another matter altogether. It was made by the famous Meissen factory, which has a long and distinguished history.

The hand-painted plate belonging to W.H. is probably from the late 19th century and if it is a single, it has an insurance value of around $200 to $300.

Though balmy days and blue skies are calling us to the garden, wet soils mean we should hold off on tilling and sowing.

Lopping off a few branches is the perfect way to indulge our gardening itch, and keep our fruit trees healthy. Early March is the perfect time to get out into the warm sunshine and prune a Carol O’Meara few trees.

Colorado State Fruit trees are University Extension those that work for a living, and to keep yours healthy and bearing, spend some quality time with them this spring.

With a nip here, a tuck there and a few tidying trims, they’ll be ready to flower and fruit. Pruning allows air and sunlight to reach the center of the tree, improving sugars in the fruit while reducing disease.

For all types of fruit trees, follow a few basic steps.

• Tidy it up: Prune out any dead or diseased wood. Look for twigs that are dried out, with a grayish or black appearance.

Though it’s tempting to snap off dead wood, cut it off instead to avoid tearing the bark. Broken twigs are a harbor for disease, so cut them back to a bud or to the junction of twig to branch.

• Direct growth: Prune out any crossing or rubbing limbs. Branches that rub one another sloughs off bark, setting them up for disease problems. As they grow, crossing limbs often begin rubbing each other.

• Get rid of sprouts: Cut out water sprouts and basal suckers (the vigorous upright growth shooting up from branches or from the base of the tree). This type of growth is usually weak and fruits poorly. Prune it completely off.

• Upward and outward: Downward growing branches don’t fruit well. Clip these off to let trees put energy into horizontal or upward limbs.

Left: Peaches growing on first year wood. Above: A peach sprouts triple buds.

(Courtesy Carol O’Meara)

If you have peaches or nectarine trees here on the Front Range, you’re a gardener who loves a challenge. Though these plants survive, they aren’t the most productive fruit we can grow; frost freezes their buds off nine years out of 10. To give them the best chance for forming fruit, prune them every year.

Peaches and nectarines fruit on oneyear old shoots, so the goal of pruning is to force part of the tree into new shoots yearly. Do this by cutting back branches that fruited last year to a woody bud – it’s pointed like an arrowhead, instead of plump. But don’t go hog wild, cutting off every branch; cut back one out of every four branches that fruited last year. Done every year, your tree will give plenty of fruit without overbearing.

Often these trees will have triple buds, where a woody bud is flanked by two flower buds. Prune off above this point, gently rub off the flower buds on either side and let the woody bud grow into a shoot. Double buds are not uncommon; look for the pointed woody bud and rub off the other.

Apples and pears fruit on older wood, on spurs forming along branches. These

spurs are compressed shoots, appearing as a knobby, slightly wrinkled bud. Each year they grow minutely, not elongating like woody shoots. To keep the trees in fruit, branches three years and older are desired. When pruning apples and pears, the goal is to focus yearly attention on the upper part of the canopy, where growth is vigorous and can rapidly shade the center of the tree.

When pruning to a bud, prune onequarter-inch above the bud, at a 45-degree angle. Pick buds that are pointing outward; they’ll go that direction. Avoid inward-facing buds, since you don’t want your branches to run back into the center of the tree. If you’re cutting the branch off entirely, prune to just outside of the raised area at the junction of the branch to the trunk. This is the branch collar. Leaving this intact will help the tree seal the cut off from disease.

Carol O’Meara is a horticulture entomologist with the Colorado State University Extension office at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont.

Contact her by calling 303-678-6238 or e-mailing comeara@co.boulder.co.us. For more gardening tips, check out her blog at gardeningafterfive.word press.com.

Take care of a smoking fireplace to eliminate any potential problems A number of questions lately have centered on wood-burning fireplaces and just about any problem that arises with their use. A recent one concerned using a fireplace with a heat pump.

It’s possible that forced-air heating systems can induce unbalanced, and often negative, pressure, which can cause a fireplace to smoke every time. Pronounced negative pressure in the basement when an air-handler fan starts is often associated with leaks in the cold-air return duct. The expert’s solution: Wrap the return-air duct joints with

the best duct tape you can buy, and open a window briefly while lighting a fire.

If the fireplace smokes with a window open, the problem may be in the venting system. With factory-built metal or masonry fireplaces, the chimney may be too short to provide adequate draft.

With factory-built chimneys, raising the height might simply involve adding a section of chimney pipe, or adding a bracing kit if the chimney already extends to a certain height (this is determined by the manufacturer’s installation instructions). In either

case, it’s usually not terribly expensive.

If the factory-built fireplace is installed in a chase (a boxlike structure that conceals the metal chimney), extending the chase and the chimney would be more expensive.

Raising the height of a masonry chimney could be considerably more expensive and problematic, maybe involving scaffolding and determining whether there is adequate foundation support. Also, matching up bricks can be difficult.

– Al Heavens

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February 26, 2011

Mixing old and new for a fresh design

Candice Olson

area by the room’s glass doors, which I furnished with new shades in a distinctive arabesque pattern.

I put the repurposed antique sofa against one wall and flanked it with two white bookcases. I also put in a new round wooden table, two white and Lucite chairs and hung a cool, globe pendant light above it all.

Next to this, I created a lounge area with the brown sofa and loveseat. I added a square glass coffee table, the two antique cane chairs and a floor lamp with an ostrich-feather shade. Above the main sofa, I created a gallery of the couple’s artwork that combines both traditional and modern pieces. The whole seating area faces a wall that houses the repurposed turquoise hutch, which now holds a flatscreen television.

I moved Anne and Jeff’s piano into a corner beside the seating area and chose a large, ornate wall mirror to anchor that area. I then repurposed an ex-

By mixing colors, patterns and styles, Anne and Jeff’s space went from eccentric to eclectic. (SHNS/Courtesy HGTV)

isting chandelier by painting it white and hung it above the piano. Beside the piano, I created a small seating area with a white leather egg chair and an arc lamp.

I also put in accessories, like carvings, bowls, vases and pillows, to mix things up even further.

Life is about appreciating the past while embracing the present, and the same can be said for good design. By mixing colors, patterns and styles, Anne and Jeff’s space went from eccentric to eclectic. It is now the perfect marriage of old and new – and I’ll toast that union any day of the week.

Interior decorator Candice Olson is host of HGTV’s ’’Candice Tells All.’’ For more ideas, information and show times, visit www.hgtv.com/candice-tells-all/show/index.html.

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Creating either a traditional design or a modern one is straightforward, but creating a space that marries the two styles can lead to a design divorce.

If done incorrectly, the outcome can be awkward – but if done with care, the results can be truly amazing.

I put this principle to work during a recent project for clients Anne and Jeff, who had a large ground-floor living room with a large problem. The room was packed with mismatched furniture and jarring styles: chic sofas rubbed elbows with ornate chairs, modern artwork hung alongside antique paintings.

Unsure how to make it all gel, Anne and Jeff asked if I could help them unify their old and new pieces and turn the discordant room into a harmonious space.

The couple had a contemporary chocolatebrown sofa and loveseat they wanted to keep. I decided to start the process with those two pieces, bring in some of their antiques and make everything speak the same language with color and pattern. To this end, I selected a palette of bright colors (creams, greens, blues and yellows) and chose a variety of bold fabrics (linens, paisleys and weaves).

My next task was to give some of the older pieces a new lease on life. I sent out an antique sofa and two cane chairs to be painted white and reupholstered – a blue/green woven fabric for the sofa and a funky paisley for the chairs. I also cut an old dining-room hutch in half and painted the bottom turquoise-blue – a color you wouldn’t normally see on such a traditional piece.

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Remember your father’s Oldsmobile – the passe model that drivers of this millennium dismissed? Our recent housing-market frenzy propelled the fixed-rate, long-term mortgage into a similar generational derision.

The basic model was born in 1934 under the Federal Housing Administration, Franklin Roosevelt’s initiative to spur homeownership. But starting in the first decade of the 21st century, this product lost favor to a hodgepodge of other products, including interest-only and negative amortization.

In 2000, only 2 percent of all residential-mortgage originations were of this sort. By 2005, the number had soared to 29 percent.

The mortgage of choice of your parents, indeed of your grandparents, was becoming passe.

Today, when this hodgepodge has all but vanished, the old standard model is looking better.

During our financial crisis, borrowers have expressed a strong preference for fixedrate, 30-year mortgages, albeit with extensive government backing.

The benefits remain. For a variety of reasons (not always rational), many Americans want to own their home. But until the FHA intervened in 1934, they could not meet the prevailing terms – 50 percent down payment, five-years, interest-only, with a balloon payment at the end.

A new type of amortizing mortgage gave them that chance. With a down payment (much smaller than 50 percent), buyers had a vested interest in their home.

(With the interest-only models, buyers never actually owned any part of their home; the lender/investor owned the whole thing.)

Fixed rates gave buyers a hedge against inflation. Those rates also shielded buyers from the vagaries of the rental market. If rents soared, the buyer still paid the same monthly payment. Crucially, the amortization was de facto enforced savings. Each month the buyer paid off not just the interest, but a sliver of the principal.

In the not-so-distant past, families held “mortgage-burning” parties to celebrate

the last payment. In contrast, recent homeowners expected to sell, make money and refinance. They were not thinking longterm roots, but short-term investment. In that scenario, interest-only, non-amortizing mortgages made financial sense.

Ironically, for baby boomers’ parents and grandparents, the home financed by the fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage turned out to be not just a domicile, but a nest egg. As late as 1989, more than 80 percent of all homeowners over 65 had paid off their mortgages, and they could tap into that money for retirement. And since some of the retirees had definedbenefit pensions that provided them with a set amount every month (so long as the company remained solvent), they found retirement the proverbial golden age.

Today, unfortunately, only a third of people over age 65 have paid off their homes. This is even more troubling since today’s retirees are unlikely to have a guaranteed pension plan.

Instead, they have 401(k)s and IRAs, where money contributed by employees and employers is invested in securities. Because monthly retirement checks depend on the performance of the stock market, returns plummet during a recession.

Pundits correctly point out that in past decades buyers would have done better investing in the stock market. Trouble is, working-class Americans have never been likely to seek out the stock market. At the same time, U.S. savings rates have historically been low. Thanks to the enforced savings provided by “your father’s standard mortgage,” however, those people who bought rather than rented years ago now have a financial cushion that they wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Based on all we’ve been through during the Great Recession, the old mortgage model, unlike the Oldsmobile, looks ready to make a comeback.

Today, when this hodgepodge has all but vanished, the old standard model is looking better. During our financial crisis, borrowers have expressed a strong preference for fixed-rate, 30-year mortgages, albeit with extensive government backing.

Nicolas P. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at the Harvard Business School. He previously served as assistant secretary for housing, and the federal housing commissioner, at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as director of the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision.

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Melichar earns top honors in International Sterling Society Cheryl Melichar of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Longmont office has been awarded membership in the company’s International Sterling Society, an honor bestowed upon the top Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associates worldwide.

Melichar continues to be one of the top listing and selling agents in the Longmont

office, and has been an award winner eight out of nine years she has been associated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

Contact Melichar at the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office at 1707 N. Main St. Suite 500 in Longmont, call her at 720-652-5909 or e-mail cheryl.melichar@coloradohomes.com.

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1401 Elmhurst Dr. • 303-772-9292 Victoria Inn

2400 17th Ave. • 303-772-4667 Ute Creek Apartments

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2450 Airport Rd. • 303-774-8000 Cloverbasin Village

630 Peck Dr. • 888-837-4912 Elliott Apartments

418 Emery St. Longmont, CO 80501 • 303-772-6452 Fox Ridge Apartments

3800 Pike Rd., Longmont, CO 80503 • 303-774-9944 Tanglewood Condominiums Senior Community

100 21st Ave., Longmont, CO 80501 • 303-774-0300

• Borrower: Jessica Charlesworth, Lender: PHH Mort-

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Washer/Dryer Hook-ups

• Borrower: Robert & Shelly Knight, Lender: US Bank National Association, Amount: $212,677, Property: 701 Snowberry St, Longmont, Filed: 02/16/11

Washer/Dryer Facilities

• Borrower: Monique Poche, Lender: US Bank National Association, Amount: $232,402, Property: 4211 San Marco Dr, Longmont, Filed: 02/15/11

$193,492, Property: 716 Rodgers Cir, Platteville, Filed: 02/10/11 • Borrower: Kevin Slavin, Lender: Chase Home Finance LLC, Amount: $141,442, Property: 17901 County Road 38, Platteville, Filed: 02/16/11

1

Yes

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Yes

Yes

$749-$899

$250

1, 2

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Yes

In each apartment

A/C, D/W, cable ready, balcony or deck, carport, outdoor pool, close to shopping & bus stop.

Starting at $825

$125

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1, 2

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Yes

Yes

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$729-$1200

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$690-$1100

$149

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In historic Longmont, large trees, quiet neighborhood on-site parking & storage. Close to RTD. Heat included.

Yes

Yes

Island kitchens, garden tubs, gas fireplaces, double balconies, two tone paint, gated community. Close to schools & newest community in Longmont.

Full size in each condo

W/D provided in each Condo

All utilities & cable paid, sec. bldg., elevator, W/D in every unit, transportation, social events. HUGE amenities package, quiet 55+ community. Call for incentives!

Yes

$50+ mo.

Other Amenities

1

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Pets

$835-$840

Allow Smoking?

$885-$890

# of Baths Lease Required

Address Phone

Complex Name

• Borrower: Steven Flowers, Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Amount: $146,044, Property: 1837 Strat-

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4080 Roommates Rooms Wanted 4120 For Rent MEAD- new home, 3 bdrm/ 2 bath, 3 car garage, avail 3/11/11. $1395. (303)875-1345

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal and state Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. ● 1701 ADKINSON 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 2 story, 2 car gar, Lgmt. $1375.

RMG Realty, 303-772-4466

Mobile Homes/ Spaces 4090

2- 4 Bedroom Homes • 230 Terry St • 14567 N. 107th St • 2981 Bellmeade Way Call PMP, 303-776-RENT 2 BDRM, 1 BA, beautiful, Old Town. Gar, fncd yd, w/d, n/s/p $950 303-682-5985 2 BDRM, 1 ba, gar, wood flrs, 1034 Aspen, No smk/ pets/ $925/mo + $925/dep.

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RENTED IN 5 DAYS!

Furnished, private 1 bedroom suite in historic home. $550 includes all utilities/wi-fi. Deposit.

No dogs. (303)684-6789

Wkly/mnthly from $100/wk Utils/micro/fridge inc (303)931-7108

Retail Space 4135

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Office Space 4100 Office Space 4100 $250/month, 110-5000 sq. ft., 2432 Main, Four Seasons Realty. 303-875-1345.

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Office Space 4100

255 WEAVER PARK CLASS “A” second floor office space for lease or sale. Common area, conference room, elevator, mountain views.

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303-772-2222

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Longmont

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5120

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303-772-2222

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126 E. SAINT CLAIR AVE

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Longmont • Mraia Cervantes from Advanced Vision Devl LLC, 1400 Dry Creek Dr, Longmont, $555,000, home • John & Ann Boettcher from William Boettcher, 2269 Mariner Dr, Longmont, $280,000, home • Frederick Prote from Twining Resources LLC, 8475 W I25 Frontage Rd, Longmont, $739,000, home • Chaos LLC from BAC Home Loans Servicing, 7 6th Ave, Longmont, $58,000, home • Michael & Debra Crump from Kay Baker, 2125 24th Ave, Longmont, $195,000, home • Mark Harben from Charlotte Carlson, 1204 S Bross Ln, Longmont, $186,000, home • Bryan Hollis from Fannie Mae, 1301 Spruce Ave, Longmont, $97,500, home • Brian Moore from Fannie Mae, 50 19th Ave Unit 31, Longmont, $48,500, condo • Paul & Alison Zemanek from Paul Noble, 1129 Princeton Dr, Longmont, $365,000, home • Martha & Martha Burian from Bruce Rice, 919 Alta St, Longmont, $154,000, home • Carol England from Terri Tantum, 1314 S Emery St Unit 54, Longmont, $169,000, condo • Pauline Olivas from Wayne Baumann, 3105 Spinnaker Dr, Longmont, $215,000, home • Louise Johnson from Betty S Bingham Living Trust, 943 Hover Ridge Cir, Longmont, $228,000, home • Barbara & Terry Hutson from Gary Erickson, 8871 Prairie Knoll Dr, Longmont, $550,000, home • Arturo Barrios from Graciela Garcia, 320 Southridge Pl, Longmont, $92,000, home • Miguel Zavala from James Golden, 2359 Homestead Pl, Longmont, $485,500, home • Lauren Sweet from Ann

Grant, 827 Snowberry St, Longmont, $220,000, home • Philip & Jennifer Haratsaris from Marc Hildebrant, 2408 Mallard Cir, Longmont, $375,000, home • Michael & Margaret Dzermajko from Louise Johnson, 1452 Warren Ave, Longmont, $148,900, home • Marilyn Dickson from Herman Miller, 1333 Charles Dr Unit 22, Longmont, $325,000, condo • Kevin & Lyndi Cooley from Greg Payne, 32 E Mountain View Ave, Longmont, $136,500, home • Daniel & Shelly Ialenti from William Swafford, 11687 Montgomery Cir, Longmont, $403,000, home • Melodye Jensen from Todd Wallerstedt, 433 Newman Cir, Longmont, $169,300, home • Sabrina Arnold from Rowan Wing, 1608 Meeker Dr, Longmont, $171,600, home • Planned Inc from Bertrand Building LLC, 1011 Main St, Longmont, $166,000, home • Barbara Rhoades from Josefa Cano, 2419 Bowen St, Longmont, $153,500, home • Jason & Baylee Odenthal from Fannie Mae, 570 Hilltop St, Longmont, $172,000, home • Bentley LLC from Federal National Mortgage Association, 228 Emery St, Longmont, $42,000, home • Meagan & Adrian Dangelo from Charles Gagliardi, 5014 Bella Vista Dr, Longmont, $380,000, home • Christopher & Michelle Vergez from Susan George, 1548 Calkins Ave, Longmont, $165,900, home • Robert & Nancy Schader from Thomas Halloran, 1129 Chestnut Dr, Longmont, $280,000, home • Fidel Martinez from HUD, 405 Crystal Pl, Longmont, $141,000, home • Michael & Deborah Coccoli from Bruce Johnson, 420 N Park-

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side Dr Unit B, Longmont, $179,400, condo • Eric Holmberg from Kevin Kassab, 5620 Boulder Hills Dr, Longmont, $609,000, home • Deborah & Ronald Schwartz from Joel Klenck, 4156 Pebble Beach Dr, Longmont, $700,000, home • Sang & Jung Seo from Premier Members Federal Cr Un, 1406 Whitehall Dr Unit F, Longmont, $160,000, condo • Jordan Squires from Philip Robertson, 9938 Plateau Rd Unit A, Longmont, $264,000, condo Allenspark • Carolyn Amende from Mountainview Properties LLC, 155 Rockledge Cir, Allenspark, $450,000, home Berthoud • Cynthia & Timothy Swearingen from Fannie Mae, 940 Welch Ave, Berthoud, $135,000, home Erie • Robert McCormack from Jacob Hill, 929 Lasnik St, Erie, $400,000, home • Thomas & Anamara Olson from New Childrens Trust Exempt Tru, 1827 Parkdale Cir N, Erie, $356,000, home • Leonard & Betty Bennett from Arthur Robinson, 1413 Serene Dr, Erie, $360,000, home • Adam Deaver from Brian Untiedt, 795 Lehigh Cir, Erie, $211,000, home • Jeffrey Neitenbach from Fannie Mae, 381 Tynan Dr, Erie, $184,500, home Firestone • Humberto Riveralugo from Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co, 10818 Cimmarron St Unit 1205, Firestone, $130,000, condo • Randi Wyborny from Fannie Mae, 205 Granville Ave, Firestone, $51,900, home • William & Karen Rowell from JJ Constr Northern Colo, 5223 Remington Ave, Firestone, $217,300, home

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• Heather Bowie from Humberto Riveralugo, 6321 Utica Ave, Firestone, $185,000, home Fort Lupton • Larry & Marjorie Klein from William Boudreau, 870 S Fulton Ave, Fort Lupton, $180,000, home • Reynaldo Rodriguez from Constance Langton, 728 Copper Ave, Fort Lupton, $135,000, home Frederick • Resident from Julia Tseng, 3772 Puritan Way Unit 2, Frederick, $95,000, condo • Bryan Johnston from Credit Suisse First Boston Arm, 7238 Prairie Cir, Frederick, $189,000, home Lyons • Michael Porter from William Francis, 19374 N Saint Vrain Dr, Lyons, $368,500, home • Robert & Laurel Shaw from Laurence Shaw, 947 Kiowa Rd, Lyons, $400,000, home • Erica Besen from WHDC Builders LLC, 193 2nd Ave Unit A, Lyons, $220,000, condo Niwot • Marvin Casper from Mary Wagoner, 8060 Niwot Rd Unit 60e, Niwot, $116,500, condo Platteville • J D Willows from HSBC Bk USA, 513 Melody Ln, Platteville, $100,000, home Foreclosures – notice of election and demand • Borrower: Mary Schwindt, Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA F/K/A, Amount: $59,855, Property: 961 3rd St, Berthoud, Filed: 02/14/11 • Borrower: Kim Mattioli, Lender: Flagstar Bank FSB, Amount: $209,117, Property: 1202 Glen Creighton Dr, Dacono, Filed: 02/11/11 • Borrower: Jason & Gloria Medina, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Amount: $262,147, Property: 11470 Ebony St, Fire-

stone, Filed: 02/10/11 • Borrower: Steve Rife, Lender: Citicorp Trust Bank FSB, Amount: $205,031, Property: 123 Forest St, Firestone, Filed: 02/16/11 • Borrower: Johnna Matsuno & Spencer Smith, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Amount: $140,369, Property: 145 4th St, Fort Lupton, Filed: 02/10/11 • Borrower: Beverly Mendel, Lender: GMAC Mortgage LLC, Amount: $173,140, Property: 5103 Dvorak Cir, Frederick, Filed: 02/16/11 • Borrower: Denice Chenault, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA As Trustee, Amount: $314,087, Property: 310 Pratt St, Longmont, Filed: 02/11/11 • Borrower: Guadalupe & Eulalio Sauceda, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Amount: $254,326, Property: 836 Emery St, Longmont, Filed: 02/10/11 • Borrower: Warren Williams, Lender: 2010-2 SFR Venture LLC, Amount: $119,452, Property: Rodeo Ct (Multiple Parcels• , Longmont, Filed: 02/11/11 • Borrower: Thomas Smidt, Lender: The Bank Of New York Mellon, Amount: $142,061, Property: 51 21st Ave 8, Longmont, Filed: 02/14/11 • Borrower: Sherry & Michael Greenfield, Lender: US Bank National Association, Amount: $185,873, Property: 2612 Mountain View Ave, Longmont, Filed: 02/14/11 • Borrower: Garrett Davis, Lender: Chase Home Finance LLC, Amount: $191,073, Property: 12 E 5th Ave, Longmont, Filed: 02/15/11 • Borrower: Jeffrey & Patricia Fixmer, Lender: Everbank, Amount: $279,991, Property: 2725 Falcon Dr, Longmont, Filed: 02/15/11 • Borrower: R W Goodacre, Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Amount: $135,734, Property: 2426 Cedar Ct, Longmont, Filed: 02/15/11

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$202,929

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517 2nd Ave.

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SW Longmont

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Remax Traditions/Kahler

303-589-5752

12-3

Prudential/Grant

303-324-3320

$165,000 Firestone 10818 Cimarron St

12-4

Remax Traditions/Kahler

303-589-5752

$165,000 Firestone 10818 Cimarron St

$202,929 Longmont 1667 Venice Ln

11-5

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303-502-5338

$184,900 Mead

$209,900 Longmont 1438 Sherri Mar St

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303-775-7135

$202,929 Longmont 1667 Venice Ln

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303-502-5338

$234,900 Firestone 6115 Ulysses Ave

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720-308-1770

$250,000 Lyons

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303-902-6250

$269,900 Longmont 216 Grant

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303-746-7316

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303-746-7316

$279,900 Longmont 1403 Bluemoon Dr

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720-308-1770

$314,900 Longmont 2314 Watersong Cir

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720-564-6040

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517 2nd Ave

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