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values haven’t fallen in Colorado BY TAMARA CHUANG, BRAMMHI BALARAJAN, AND MARVIS GUTIERREZ THE COLORADO SUN
As average 30-year fixed mortgage rates continue to hover around 6%, there’s an expectation that prices of homes for sale will fall. It’s only been a few weeks since the Fed increased interest rates so it’s too soon to see the impact.
Alison Breske, 4, of Wadley Farms has her eyes on a big bunch of bubbles July 4 at Brighton’s July 4 festival at Carmichael Park. A towering bubble maker on the south end of the park was just one of the attractions at the laid-back celebration, PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR which included live music and fireworks display.
Unaffiliated voters cast most-ever ballots in GOP primaries In some counties, unaffiliated voters cast more than half of the ballots
Engen said that could be an ballots in partisan primaries for indication that unaffiliated voters three election cycles. are leaning toward GOP candiBut they have never voted in a Republican primary as they did in dates heading into November. “We all know how Republicans fared 2022. among unaffiliated voters and in More than 231,000 unaffiliated the elections of 2018,” he said. voters cast Republican primary Ian Silverii, a Democratic ballots this year, about 100,000 political strategist whose wife, more than chose to vote in the state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, is GOP primary in 2020 and 130,000 BY JESSE PAUL AND MARVIS GUTIERREZ running in the 7th Congressional more than voted in the 2018 GOP THE COLORADO SUN District, disagrees withArnold Engen’s primary. By Ellis analysis. Ben Engen, a conservative liated voters in Colorado, A Unaffi long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Colorado Community Media political strategist, said the script who make up 45% of the state’s Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent flipped this year from 2018. electorate, have been able to cast SEE PRIMARIES, P7
weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and personal gatherings.
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As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in effect since September, is the set of different levels of restrictions that each
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Or is it? There’s still job news below, so scroll down if local housing costs aren’t a concern. See below for … robot jobs! On June 27, the average list price for a house for sale in Denver was $742,773. Three days later it dropped 2.9% to $721,517, according to multiple listing data provided by Opendoor. Meanwhile, during the same three days, the median closing price fell $26,000, or 4%, to $619,000. But pay close attention homeowners: The $619,000 price tag in June is still 13.6% higher than median closing prices a year ago in June. And, added a spokesperson for Opendoor, “It’s important to note that the median price hasn’t changed.” Things are moving so quickly, said Nicole Bachaud, a senior economist at housing site Zillow. “We had this huge acceleration, this huge boost in spring of 2020 that continued into 2021 wastothe strongest year county is that required follow based on the for housing we’ve really everspread. seen,” severity that of a county’s local virus
The dial grewSEEout of the state’s safer-atPRICES, P6 home order — the policy that came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. The state recently switched to color identifiers — levels blue, yellow and orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-
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