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Congress Park is a great urban neighborhood! Close enough to the city to have easy access to get downtown quickly by bicycle or public transportation, but just far enough out to have that nice neighborhood urban feel.

This neighborhood is surrounded by York Street on the West side all the way over to Colorado Boulevard on the East side. It goes from its Southern end of about 6th Avenue up to the Northern border of Colfax. You can see on the map that it’s really a terrific location. Congress Park is the name of the park right in the middle of the neighborhood, terrific for:

• recreation

• for the family

• a great place to just get out and relax

• walk the dogs

Another great feature at Congress Park is just on the Western edge of it is the Botanic Gardens which features:

• all the great botanic features of the area

• lots of great displays and exhibits

• a summer concert series that’s just outstanding

Congress Park is holding its value pretty nicely. For example, over the past 12 to 15 months, Congress Park’s average sales price has been $372,000. Not bad for a close in Denver Metro neighborhood. Importantly, prices are holding their values pretty well here and they’re only down about 5%, well above the market average.

This is a wonderful place if you’re looking for a condo or a single-family home. There are lots of various condo buildings in the area all the way from a high-rise to smaller ones. Then, the detached single-family homes here are just spectacular! All solid brick from ranch style to bungalow and tudor and even two-story homes. This is a great area with lots to choose from. Prices range anywhere from the high $200,000’s all the way up to the millions.

If this is an area you’re interested in, if it sounds like something you’d like to take a look at some of the homes in, then just visit www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com. You can search by neighborhood, just put in ‘Congress Park’ or use the map search feature to outline the area described.

As always, if you’d like to actually take a look at any of these fine homes, I’d be happy to show them to you. For more information about the neighborhood, or what’s happening in the area just give me a call at 303-526-2606 or drop me an email Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com

Until next time.

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Another of the best places to live in Denver is Capital Hill. Capitol Hill is a great little city neighborhood that’s very close to downtown and as the name implies, the Capitol. This is located just on the South-East corner of town. And it’s bordered by Colfax Avenue on the North and it goes down to about 8th Avenue. It runs from about Broadway and Lincoln on the West side, over to about Downing on the East side.

It’s a pretty small area but it’s very densely populated with single-family homes and condos and townhomes as well. Especially condos in this area are a great value because it got hit pretty hard with foreclosures in the past 12-15 months, about a 30% foreclosure rate and prices are down about 8%. The average sales price is a little on the high side which is $398,000, and that’s just because of its convenient access to downtown and all the great activities in the Denver Metro Area. In this area, if you’d like to see what homes and condos look like you can just go to www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com.  You can put in the neighborhood, ‘Capitol Hill’ or simply use the map search feature for the area I outlined.

There’s a lot of new development here on Colfax Boulevard,

• a lot of the good clubs

• bars

• restaurants

• a lot of good music shows

• easy access to public transportation,

• walk or cycle right into downtown.

If you’d like more information, more details, demographics, specifics about this area just give me a call at 303-526-2606 or drop me an email Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com.

Until next time.

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There is another wonderful neighborhood close in to Denver called Cheeseman Park. It features everything from high-rise condos along the park, all the way to detached-single family homes over a million dollars.

The price range here is on the higher end.  I think the lowest priced homes in here are in the upper $300,000’s to low $400,000’s and they do soar above a million when you get closer to the park itself for some of the classic, large, old-style brick, two-story homes. Or, if you’d like, you can live in a high-rise condo, in the mid to upper $400,000’s all the way into the millions, again.

It’s a very cool neighborhood! It’s surrounded by the downtown area on the East side at about Corona or Downing Street and it goes West to University Boulevard. Then on the South side it runs along 8th Avenue and goes North to about Colfax. You can see if you look on a map that it’s very easy access to downtown and all the great amenities of the downtown area.

Plus, right in the heart of this neighborhood, is a big park called Cheeseman Park. You’ll find it great to use for:

• running

• walking

• cycling

• walking the dogs

If this is a neighborhood that you think might be interesting to you and you’d like to see some of the properties available, just visit www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com and either put in, ‘Cheeseman Park’ in the search criteria under neighborhoods, or just use the map search and outline the area described. If you’d like more information about this neighborhood give me a call at 303-526-2606 or drop me an email Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com

This is a wonderful neighborhood that’s holding its values very nicely, too. It’s only down about 4% over the last 12 to 15 months and it averages a sales price of about $398,000. The foreclosure rate is very low here as well so that’s a good sign, because the area is holding its value. Having said that, there are some great condo deals here from redevelopment areas or redevelopment properties that just haven’t been able to sell and are going into or are already in foreclosure.

I’d love an opportunity to help you learn more about the area and help you find a home here.

Until next time.