Colorado RealEstateRama

DENVER, CO - December 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- After deliberating for less than four hours, a federal court jury found Vicki Dillard Crowe, aka Vicki R. Dillard, age 32, of Denver, guilty of mail and wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Yacone and U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Oscar Villanueva announced. Crowe pocketed close to $1,000,000 during the course of her fraudulent scheme. The jury trial, heard before U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger, lasted approximately two weeks. During the course of the trial the government called over 50 witnesses. Crowe is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Krieger on March 19, 2012.

DENVER, CO - December 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Peter Blank and Liz Richards of Kentwood City Properties have hit the $1 million price point in Denver’s hip LoHi neighborhood with the recent sale of the distinctive 5280 House. Located at 1730 W. 35th, the 5280 House’s living room floor is exactly at 5,280 feet above sea level.

DENVER, CO - December 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three men were recently sentenced for implementing a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney John Walsh, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Yacone and IRS Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Sean Sowards announced. U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer sentenced Cedric Lipsey, age 36, of Denver, a licensed real estate agent, to serve 63 months in federal prison. Losses to the mortgage lenders caused by the fraud totaled over $4.2 million. Lipsey was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his crime. Judge Brimmer sentenced Philip A. Martinez, age 36, of Denver, a mortgage broker, to serve 50 months in federal prison. Martinez was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his crime. And in a separate but related case, Judge Brimmer sentenced licensed appraiser David Vukovinsky, age 49, of Castle Rock, to serve 12 months and one day in prison and pay restitution.

DENVER, CO - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Andrea Bell, a leading real estate professional with the Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek, is co-hosting a fundraising event with a personal friend to benefit the Clothes to Kids Denver (CTKD) charitable organization on Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 3-5 p.m. CTKD is a registered non-profit 501(c) charity which provides new and quality used clothing to low-income school-age children in Denver County free of charge.

DENVER, CO - November 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce the construction of Bluff Lake Apartment Homes, a new high-quality, eco-friendly residential community for 92 families earning between 30 percent and 50 percent of the area median income. This $11.5 million affordable housing community is the result of extensive collaboration with leading national affordable housing developer Mercy Housing, the City of Denver, and architecture and planning firm KTGY Group in Denver. Bluff Lake Apartment Homes is slated to be completed by spring 2012.

DENVER, CO - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kentwood Real Estate, Colorado’s Premier Real Estate Company, has surpassed $1 billion in total sales volume for 2011. The landmark milestone, recorded in mid-November, was the leading real estate firm’s 11th such accomplishment and firmly establishes Kentwood Real Estate as a national leader in marketing expertise and customer service.

DENVER, CO - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gayle Glucksman and Tiffany Glucksman, a top-producing real estate team with the Kentwood Company at Cherry Creek, have been named Five Star Real Estate Agents by Denver’s 5280 Magazine. The Glucksmans and the 2011 list of the area’s outstanding real estate agents were published in the September issue of the popular magazine.

DENVER, CO - October 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carol Ihli, Marketing Director for Kentwood Real Estate, and Lance Smith, Chief Information Officer for the leading real estate company, recently attended the Active Enterprise Network Annual Conference held October 5-7, 2011 in downtown Denver.

Clark, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Udall announced that preliminary findings are available from a scientific study on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon fire in Boulder County. The U.S. Forest Service report, which was conducted at Udall's request, lays out the factors that influenced the most expensive fire in Colorado history so that our government agencies and homeowners can better prepare for future fire emergencies.

DENVER, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sandy Weigand, a leading Broker Associate with The Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center and one of the country’s most accomplished real estate professionals, has been recognized by the Denver Board of Realtors (DBR) as the organization’s top-producing individual agent for 2010. The DBR’s Million Dollar Realtor Roundtable Awards Luncheon was held earlier this year at the Ritz Carlton in Denver. Weigand received her DBR recognition award and plaque at the Kentwood retreat held October 8-9 in Vail.

DENVER, CO - October 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to KTGY Group Inc., Architecture and Planning, Valley Brook Neighborhood, a new infill residential development in Breckenridge, Colo., has received 8 awards in the 2011 Summit County Parade of Homes. Designed by KTGY Group and funded by the Town of Breckenridge and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Valley Brook received first place in the category of multi-family homes valued at less than $1 million for Best Location, Best View, Best Overall Floor Plan, Best Curb Appeal, Best Community Amenities, and the prestigious Best Overall; and second place for Best Value. Valley Brook also won the coveted Energy Star Award presented by the High Country Conservation Center and the Governor’s Energy Office.

September 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Mark Udall called on Colorado homebuilders to use beetle-killed trees from our forests to build homes, thus clearing local forests of hazardous trees and creating homegrown jobs in the process. At an event showcasing a home built by New Town Builders, a Denver builder of energy-efficient homes that has pledged to use pine-beetle wood in its homes, Udall touted the economic and forest-health benefits to utilizing our state's 4 million acres of dead or dying trees felled by bark beetle that otherwise risk potential wildfire or falling on hikers and powerlines.

DENVER, CO - September 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dee Chirafisi, a leading broker associate and co-owner of Kentwood City Properties, and Sandy Weigand, a top-producing real estate professional with the Kentwood Company in the Denver Tech Center, have been ranked among the top 250 brokers in the United States in total sales volume for 2010.

DENVER, CO - September 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jamie and Brian Harris, leading broker associates and a husband/wife real estate team with Kentwood City Properties, are helping support the Third Annual “Ante-Up” Charity Poker Tournament to fight hunger through the SAME Café. Jamie and Brian made a monetary contribution to the tournament that allows the team’s logo to appear on one of the poker tables.

DENVER, Co - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Symantha Rodriguez, a leading real estate professional with Kentwood City Properties, is the newest member of Barbara Corcoran’s inner circle, the international real estate network that’s changing the face of the real estate business in the U.S. and abroad. Corcoran is the founder and former owner of New York City’s Corcoran Group and is a regular real estate contributor on The Today Show on NBC