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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All-Star Game weekend: Excitement and trepidation for LoDo businesses
All-Star Game week is here in Denver and Coors Field is far from the only building in LoDo that's buzzing thanks to Major League Baseball's midsummer classic and associated festivities.

Colorado rents surge in June as demand for apartments ramps up
After staying flat or declining during much of the pandemic last year, apartment rents in Colorado are rapidly making up for lost ground, even in hard hit areas like Denver,...

ATMs are now ITMs. Big spaces are now small. Post-pandemic, your bank could be changing how it looks and how it functions.
Whether it was transferring money through Zelle or depositing checks remotely or setting up new accounts entirely online, the pandemic accelerated the comfort level consumers had with digital banking.

Lightly used vehicles selling for above the dealer’s new price in Denver, study finds
The old adage that a car immediately loses value once the buyer drives it off the lot has held true for decades -- until a pandemic-induced microchip shortage limited the...

Denver real estate: Median home price hits record, but could bidding wars be cooling?
The median price of a single-family home sold in metro Denver in June reached a record $600,000, but a surge in new listings contributed to a record monthly jump in...

Airbnb blocks 2,600 young adults from renting “party” homes in Denver
Airbnb for the past year has actively blocked short-term rentals it suspects might be used to host large parties, the kind that upset hosts, disturb neighborhoods, and give the industry...

Metro Denver home prices accelerate at a record pace in April
Annual home price appreciation in metro Denver, as well as nationally, accelerated at a record pace in April, according to a closely watched home price index that dates back to...

United Airlines’ purchase of 270 new planes will mean thousands of new jobs in Colorado
United Airlines, the largest carrier at Denver International Airport, has purchased 270 narrow-body jets, an upgrade to its domestic fleet that could bring another 3,000 aviation jobs to Colorado over...

Has a cold front moved into metro Denver’s scorching hot real estate market?
Metro Denver's housing market has undergone a shift in recent weeks, not unlike a cold front that ends a spell of record heat, and it may provide significant relief to...

Colorado’s affordable-housing shortfall needs a crisis response, study urges
Colorado is on the verge of an affordable housing crisis so severe that it could derail the state economy and contribute to a significant deterioration in the quality of life...