If you read any article about the top cities to live in or top growing cities in the United States, you are bound to find a Colorado city on the list. Denver is one of the fastest growing large metro areas in the country, with tens of thousands of new residents flocking to the city annually in search of sunshine and ski slopes, but that doesn’t come without growing pains.

Thanks to an old law often referred to as the “construction defect law,” if two condo owners in a building or development join forces, they could turn a lawsuit into an expensive class action complaint. The intent of the law is good, but the problems it causes have created ripples into the cost of housing in the growing metro area. Continue reading →