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Out in the western suburbs of Denver is a town called Wheat Ridge. Wheat Ridge is located west of Denver and is bordered by Kipling on the West to about Sheridan on the East side. It goes from about 32nd Avenue on the south to I-70 on the north side. This is a great little community with a lot to offer:

• a nice little old town, downtown area right at 32nd and Wadsworth it goes over to Sheridan

• lots of little shops

• restaurants

• a point of interest is the best bike shop in Denver, which is ‘Wheatridge Cyclery’

If you’re interested in looking in Wheat Ridge, in any of these surrounding areas, you can visit www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com Search by map, using the streets I mentioned or just put in the city of ‘Wheat Ridge’ in your search criteria. Either way, there’s plenty of homes to choose from.

Wheat Ridge has an average sales price of about $249,000 and it’s only down about 10% over the past 15 months. The foreclosure rate is high in some parts, as high as 47-48% but in the heart of Wheat Ridge, it’s actually very low. There’s good deals to be had, regardless of the part of town, and it’s certainly an area worth checking out.

If you have any further questions, you can contact me directly 303-526-2606 or drop me an email Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com

Thanks! Until Next time

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Applewood is in the western suburbs of the Denver Metro area and actually spans across 3 different cities.

It hits:

• Lakewood
• Golden
• Wheat Ridge

Nevertheless, this area is bordered by I-70 to the West all the way over to Kipling on the East. It goes from the North at about 32nd to the South at about Colfax. So, you can see it’s quite a large area on the map. That’s why it’s broken into 3 different parts of Applewood. There would be too much to get into all the different parts of Applewood right now, so I’d like to just go over it in general.

The average sales price is about $328,000 and the prices are only down about 9% in the past 15 months. This is well ahead of the decline in the rest of the market. This neighborhood does hold its value very well and it’s a great community with:

• good schools
• parks
• lots of recreation
• easy access to the freeways to get downtown to work
• up to the mountains to play

The area also features a nice little retail community in the center of Applewood with local shops and restaurants, all the way to the big national chains like Walmart and Walgreens.

This is really a terrific area and you can find homes in here anywhere from the $200,000’s all the way up to the $500,000 and $600,000’s, even more in certain areas. But in this particular neighborhood, it’s important to know that there’s a lot of properties that are coming of age. What I mean by that is there’s a lot of older sellers who have taken very nice care of their properties but just may need your touch and your love to update and upgrade them to the perfect home for you and your family.

So there’s lots of good deals over there in that regard. There’s also lots of homes that have already been fixed up and updated that are ready for you to buy and move right in. It’s a great area! It’s still up and coming. It’s holding its value and it’s  a super location for the West side of Denver.

If this is a neighborhood that might interest you, go ahead and search for a home using www.EasyDenverHomeSearch.com. You can use the map search feature or just put in ’Applewood’ under the neighborhood feature. You can also contact me directly, anytime, at 303-526-2606 or Sam [at] SamWilsonGroup.com to go out and look at any of these homes in the neighborhood.

Until Next time