Economy and Residential Real Estate Reporter — The Denver Post
Aldo Svaldi
Aldo Svaldi covers the Colorado economy, economic development and residential real estate for The Denver Post. Prior to joining the newspaper in December 2000, he worked at Financial Times Energy, the Denver Business Journal and Arab News. His coverage has won awards from the Colorado Press Association, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Awards and a receipient of the Morton Margolin Prize for Distinguished Business Reporting.
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The Big Payout: Colorado received close to $66 billion in pandemic aid. We tracked where that money went.
Colorado received around $11,426 per person in federal assistance during the pandemic. But distribution was uneven. Pitkin County collected more than $19,000 per resident, while Crowley County only brought in...

Zachary Davidson, Denver Landmark developer, and his fall from grace
Zachary Davidson, Denver Landmark developer, and his fall from grace

Heartbreak along Mockingbird Lane
Heartbreak along Mockingbird Lane
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Rising Front Range rents are widespread and will keep climbing
Median rents were $1,429 for a one-bedroom apartment in metro Denver and $1,743 for a two-bedroom unit last month.

Denver home prices drift lower for a second month from peak hit in June
The median price of a home or condo sold in metro Denver fell for a second month in August, and prices are now back to levels seen in April, according...

Renting now costs less than buying a starter home in metro Denver
Buying an entry-level home in metro Denver used to be cheaper than renting a similar property or apartment. But steep home price gains during the pandemic have flipped the advantage...

Rent collection rates in Colorado remain above average and stable in July
Only three out of every 100 apartment tenants in Colorado failed to make the July rent and eviction filings are holding steady at about half their historical levels, according to...

Colorado economic recovery picking up steam but employers still struggling to staff up
In December, the Colorado Business Economic Outlook predicted employers in the state would add 40,500 jobs this year, a 1.5% growth rate so sluggish it would delay a recovery in...

Colorado’s richer enclaves make it a leader in wealth disparity
The Rocky Mountain region has the largest wealth gaps among its counties when measured in terms of the income earned from capital sources like stocks, bonds and property.

Employers’ vaccine mandates strengthened by full FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday provides employers with the legal cover they need to make vaccines mandatory in the workplace, although some...

Public sector hiring drives up Colorado job counts in July
The pace of hiring in Colorado accelerated in July after slowing down in June, but the surge didn't make much of a dent in the state's unemployment rate, according to...

Odds favor metro Denver landing U.S. tech hub for large European online sportsbook
Executives at Tipico, one of Europe's largest sports betting platforms, called metro Denver the leading contender for a new technology hub as the company looks to expand its U.S. operations.

Denver region seeing a rise in “super commuters”
Rising housing costs likely contributed to an increase in the share of workers along the northern Front Range with grueling commutes of 90 minutes or more each way, and they...