{"id":619,"date":"2008-10-11T17:44:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckymountainhome.com\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:47:37","slug":"foreclosures-lead-to-cheaper-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckymountainhome.com\/blog\/foreclosures-lead-to-cheaper-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreclosures Lead To Cheaper Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Denver investors are buying homes for $100,000 or less on the Front Range, and then renting them for up to $450 more than their mortgage and taxes. Many are located in Aurora, Green Valley Ranch, Montbello, southwest Denver and Commerce City. Homes selling for less than $100,000 on the Front Range have increased substantially since 2005. That year, 355 properties sold for under $100,000, but in the first nine months of 2008, 2,015 <a href=\"\/Breckenridge-Homes-For-Sale-Summit-County-Colorado.asp\">homes <\/a>have sold in that price range nearly 90% were foreclosures. Foreclosures in 2007 in the Denver metro area jumped 41% since 2006. And so far this year, foreclosures are up 9% over the same time frame last year. However, investors may not be able to find as many good deals in the very near future. Colorado&#8217;s Division of Housing is spending about $88 million to purchase foreclosures, which will help about 15% of endangered homeowners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Denver investors are buying homes for $100,000 or less on the Front Range, and then renting them for up to $450 more than their mortgage and taxes. Many are located in Aurora, Green Valley Ranch, Montbello, southwest Denver and Commerce City. 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