Blog Posts From June 2026

Jun 16, 2026 • 12 min read

Real Estate and Identity Theft in Colorado: What Buyers, Selle

A real estate scam rarely starts with something obvious.It may start with an email that looks like it came from the title company. A text with new wire instructions. A seller who claims to be out of state. A deed notice that looks official. A request for your ID, signature, bank details, or Social Security number.The danger is the timing.Buyers are trying to close. Sellers are trying to move. Pro

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Jun 17, 2026 6 min read

Rattan Wall Lights in Denver Homes: Cost and Care

A rattan wall light runs $40 to $220 installed in a Denver metro home, depending on whether it is a plug-in fixture a homeowner mounts in an afternoon or a hardwired sconce an electrician wires into an existing switch. Front Range buyers respond well to the look in listing photos, but Colorado's climate changes two things about how a rattan fixture performs here that it would not face in a milder

Jun 16, 2026 12 min read

Real Estate and Identity Theft in Colorado: What Buyers, Selle

A real estate scam rarely starts with something obvious.It may start with an email that looks like it came from the title company. A text with new wire instructions. A seller who claims to be out of state. A deed notice that looks official. A request for your ID, signature, bank details, or Social Security number.The danger is the timing.Buyers are trying to close. Sellers are trying to move. Pro

Jun 16, 2026 7 min read

Why More Colorado Buyers Are Choosing Multigenerational Homes

For decades, downsizing was a rite of passage for longtime owners: sell the big house, buy something smaller, pocket the difference, and simplify. Along the Colorado Front Range in 2026, that math has quietly stopped working—and a surprising number of longtime owners are doing the opposite. They're buying bigger homes, often alongside their adult children, and treating it as an early inheritance.

Jun 16, 2026 11 min read

How to Stop Foreclosure in Colorado | Pre-Foreclosure Help

If you've fallen behind on your mortgage, missed a few payments, or already received a scary letter from your lender, take a breath. You are not out of options, and you are not out of time. In Colorado, the foreclosure process moves on a fixed, legally defined clock — and at almost every stage of that clock, there is something you can do to change the outcome.At The Kenna Group at Keller Williams

Jun 16, 2026 7 min read

Free HUD-Approved Housing Counselors in Colorado: Foreclosure & Short Sale Help

If you have fallen behind on your mortgage, the worst thing you can do is wait and hope it fixes itself. The best thing you can do is get free, unbiased advice from someone who has nothing to sell you. In Colorado, that advice is available right now from HUD-approved housing counselors — and in many cases it costs you little or nothing.Below you will find the closest HUD-approved counseling agenc

Jun 16, 2026 9 min read

HVAC Problems That Stall Colorado Home Closings: 7 Fixes

Seven HVAC findings stall Colorado closings: a cracked heat exchanger, missing carbon monoxide alarms, a furnace or air conditioner past 20 years, an untested or dead AC, a winterized evaporative cooler nobody can run, a radon result over 4.0 pCi/L with no mitigation system, and installation defects that fail Denver or county mechanical code. Each one lands in the buyer's Inspection Objection, an

Jun 15, 2026 14 min read

Mountain Modern vs. Traditional Luxury: What’s Trending in Lone Tree?

If you've been watching the Lone Tree real estate market closely — and Brian Lee Burke of The Kenna Group has been doing exactly that for more than 20 years — you've probably noticed something interesting happening. The neighborhood's architecture is quietly having an identity conversation with itself. On one side, you have the clean-lined, nature-forward aesthetic of Mountain Modern. On the othe

Jun 15, 2026 5 min read

Bathroom Tile and Finishes That Sell Denver Homes Faster

Three bathroom finishes shorten a Denver metro listing's days on market: neutral large-format porcelain tile, clean or fresh grout, and a vanity with a solid-surface top. Three finishes quietly lower the appraisal: 4-by-4-inch ceramic squares from before 2005, polished marble on a daily-use shower floor, and bold color or pattern that the next owner plans to rip out.This guide covers what buyers

Jun 15, 2026 7 min read

The Lone Tree Library: A Modern Hub for Lifelong Learning

When people think about what makes a community genuinely livable, they often think about schools, parks, and restaurants. But for the growing wave of active adults and lifelong learners relocating to Lone Tree, Colorado, there's another institution that keeps coming up in conversation: the Lone Tree Library.Located within Douglas County's award-winning library system, the Lone Tree branch has evo

Jun 15, 2026 8 min read

Colorado Title Search: Commitment, Exceptions and Deadlines

A title search in Colorado is the title company's review of the county recorded documents on a property: every deed, deed of trust, release, lien, easement, plat, covenant, judgment and tax record in the chain of ownership. The result is a title commitment, delivered to the buyer within days of going under contract, and the commitment is what the buyer, the buyer's agent and the lender read befor