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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Believe it or not, metro Denver home price gains in line with U.S. as a whole, federal index shows
Buyers trying to navigate metro Denver's housing market this year can't be blamed for feeling like they are being asked to step in front of a speeding freight train to...

Metro Denver houses selling so fast market leaving a sonic boom in its wake
Nearly three out of four homes in metro Denver that hit the market in April went under contract within a week, putting the region neck-and-neck with Columbus, Ohio, as the...

Denver homebuyers facing off against more deep-pocketed investors this year
After taking a breather during the pandemic, real estate investors are aggressively buying homes again in metro Denver, accounting for about one out of seven purchases this year, according to...

Colorado employers weigh “encourage vs require” when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine
As government-sponsored voluntary mass vaccination sites deal with dwindling numbers, more employers are stepping forward to make getting a COVID-19 vaccine shot as easy as possible for their employees, balancing...

Colorado’s housing market redefines Rocky Mountain high in April
The median of a single-family home sold in Colorado crossed above $500,000 for the first time ever in April and is running at an elevation 1.5 times higher than the...

Empower Retirement subsidiary fined $1.5 million for not reporting cyberattacks on some retirement accounts
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday it has settled charges against GWFS Equities Inc., a Greenwood Village-based registered broker-dealer and affiliate of Empower Retirement, for not properly reporting attempts...

Denver residents lower their definition of “wealthy” after difficult year
Denver residents have lowered the bar on what they say it takes to be wealthy, financially happy and financially comfortable, and are more motivated to improve their situations, according to...

As online shopping grows, so does FedEx Ground with Denver hiring spree
FedEx Ground is looking to hire more than 800 additional workers in the Denver area as the continued rise in online shopping drives demand for seven-day-a-week home deliveries, the company...

Colorado homeowners hit with sticker shock over property valuations have until end of May to protest
Every two years, during the first week of May, assessors across the state mail out updated notices of valuation to property owners. Some owners are surprised but shrug in resignation,...

County assessors are sending out notices of valuation to homeowners this week. We’d like to know your experience
County assessors are sending out notices of valuation to homeowners this week. Did your home's value rise more than expected and trigger sticker shock or was it what you expected?...