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Denver Economic and Real Estate News

• Contractors: Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in one year
  Colorado lost 31,600 construction jobs in the 12 months ending January 2010, 23 percent of the state's construction employment, the Associated General Contractors of America said Thursday. […]
• Consumer prices inch up in Colorado, West
  Consumer prices in Colorado and other western states rose 0.1 percent in February from the previous month, and were up 1.4 percent from February 2009, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. […]
• Colorado foreclosures up in February
  Both real estate foreclosure filings and sales in Colorado rose in February year over year, largely because a moratorium on foreclosures no longer is in place this year, according to a report Wednesday by the Colorado Division of Housing. […]
• Mountain states slower to snap back in this recession, report finds
  The current recovery is challenging the Mountain West's reputation for accelerating out of recessions faster than the rest of the country, according to the most recent "Mountain Monitor" from the Brookings Institute. […]