Housing Market

So many new apartments hit the metro Denver market last year. Too many? Plus: Not every place has seen rents drop. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Local leaders spent time with talking through the matter around a roundtable discussion with Sen. John Hickenlooper as they work to make the Colorado mountains affordable.

A glut of unused office space in downtown Denver could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s according to a recent study that looked at converting empty office space to increase the available housing in the city. We explore that proposal, on today’s In The NoCo.

Businesses and lawmakers are trying to address the U.S. affordable housing crisis by turning to alternative ways to build homes. These include 3D printing houses out of concrete, building homes in a factory and shipping them to their final destination, and even using the hemp plant in construction.

Now with a unit number determined for what will be the "Runway Neighborhood," Breckenridge leaders are delving into how to finance it.

Weld County led the state in population growth from 2023 to 2024, continuing a pattern of increases over the past several years.

The effort got a boost last week from an outgoing Federal Trade Commission official, who sent a letter to Gov. Jared Polis urging the state to target so-called “junk fees.”

In Jackson, a state agency has found a way to stretch limited dollars by bringing in modular homes. This sped up the construction time by months and was a game changer for one family.

Our Voter Voices survey identified the economy and cost of living as a top issue among nearly all groups, especially voters 18 to 29 and conservatives across Colorado. If you’re a voter who’s concerned about the cost of living, here’s where your vote has the most impact.

If high mortgage interest rates are making you feel trapped in your home, you’re not alone. Many Coloradans bought houses at historically low interest rates during the pandemic. Now they feel tethered to that mortgage even if they badly need an upgrade. Hear how we got here and where we might be headed on today’s In The NoCo.