Colorado Facts & Information
If you've ever thought about buying a home in Colorado, this is a good time to get serious. Compared to other "roller coaster"
economies, Colorado real estate has been very stable in recent years, and there are a lot of good reasons:
The breathtaking backdrop of the Rocky Mountains alone would make just about anybody choose to buy a house in Colorado. Colorado
has big blue skies, with 300 days of sunshine per year on average. That's even more than San Diego, California.
Colorado's Rocky Mountains include an abundance of "fourteeners" (peaks at least 14,000 feet (4270 m) high). If you buy a home in
Colorado there's a good chance you'll be near one of these, because there are 54 fourteeners in the state. In fact, the mountainous area of Colorado is six times the size of Switzerland.
Colorado is also home to the Colorado Trail, a 500-mile hiking path that takes you from Durango to Denver. Hike the Colorado trail
and you'll cross eight mountain ranges, seven national forests, six wilderness areas, and five river systems.
But in Colorado there's plenty of outdoor recreation even in the cities. Denver Colorado boasts the nation's the largest city park
system, with over 200 parks within the city limits and 20,000 acres of parks in the nearby mountains.
Boulder Colorado is known for the fact that just about every piece of Boulder real estate is no more than a 5 minute walk from hiking trails, biking trails, and the city itself is nestled right up against the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Blessed with natural beauty and phenomenal weather, one would expect Colorado house prices to be comparable to those in Southern
California, but Colorado real estate remains surprisingly affordable. Many Colorado areas are half to one-third the price of some
California real estate.
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