Entries from March 2010

March 31, 2010

Boulder Wants a Gigle from Google!

Posted by Michael Hughes                March 31,2010 Google will announce their target community or communities by the end of 2010 for their ultra high speed Gig broadband network. Google’s ultra high-speed broadband networks; where will they be built? Boulder? New York? Hundreds of communities and hundreds of thousands of individuals across the country have expressed their [...]

March 27, 2010

Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty Boulder, Colorado

Truly the only International Real Estate site.  Boulder’s only International Real Estate Company.  Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty. If you are going to buy a home in Boulder, buy a home in Paris, Brazil or Aspen, I can help you find the perfect home. Sotheby’s International Realty-Boulder, Colorado Quick Video about Sotheby’s International Realty If you [...]

March 23, 2010

Schizophrenic Spring

Posted by Michael Hughes    March 24, 2010 My first night in Boulder was in 1976. The wind howled at 145 mph and something called a Chinook wind was sweeping into town and melting all the snow.  There was a slight breeze coming through the house, even though all the windows were tightly secured.  It sounded [...]

March 21, 2010

Housing Bubble Over?

Posted by Michael Hughes-Sotheby’s International Realty-Boulder   March 22, 2010 Many analysts believe the housing market will continue to decline into the spring before bottoming out in April. After that prices will begin to stabilize, there will be a modest recovery for the balance of 2010. Also some analysts project national prices will increase 4.5% or [...]

March 20, 2010

Private Investors and Foreclosures

Posted by Michael Hughes-Sotheby’s International Realty-Boulder   March 22, 2010 Housing markets boasting luxury foreclosures are ripe for investors. The secret is to know a realtor who has relationships with area bankers and buy the properties before they are able to get out on the public market.  There are many legal details I won’t bore you [...]

March 18, 2010

Cooking on the fly

Posted by Michael Hughes March 20, 2010 Intuitive cooking. Looking in the refrigerator and knowing that you can create a fantastic over the top meal with the ingredients at hand.  There are NO rules. Knowing that adding a little fresh lemon juice or grilling pineapple with the salmon on the grill with a little garlic [...]

March 18, 2010

If You Could Wave Your Magic Wand…

Posted by Michael Hughes   March 19, 2010 A house is four walls and a roof.  A home, is where family, values and who you are is represented by the very building that surrounds you. A place of refuge, love, memories, family, children, friends, where sharing the extraordinary, mesh with the extraordinary individuals who occupy these [...]

March 12, 2010

Jobs Takeoff In The Boulder Valley

Posted by Michael Hughes   March 13, 2010 Okay so it’s not Boulder county but it is nearby and nonetheless a great sign for the entire Boulder Valley. Transfirst a payment processing company headquartered in New York will more than likely be moving to Broomfield. If the company does move to Broomfield it will bring 525 [...]

March 10, 2010

Boulder Bests All

Posted by Michael Hughes March 11, 2010 Boulder accolades. Best place to live (thrive), best place to cycle (indoors or out-road or mountain), best place to run, best restaurants, best place to people watch, best place to go to college, best place to raise your kids, best place to own a dog (33% own dogs), [...]

March 10, 2010

HAFA Not The Crowbar We Need

Posted by Michael Hughes   March 10, 2010 Washington perpetuates the Short Sale into a Foreclosure problem with their half baked programs to fix problems that took years to create. Here is the analysis by the NY Times: The problem is highlighted by a routine case in Phoenix. Chris Paul, a real estate agent, has a [...]