It’s no secret Louisville Colorado is one of the best places to live in the U.S.

Even if the rest of Colorado’s housing market is suffering from the demise of subprime lending and loan default, real estate in Louisville Colorado continues to thrive and hold its value.

It doesn’t hurt to be named as one of Money Magazine’s best places to live in the United States in 2007, but why is the city of Louisville, Colorado so attractive to home buyers to be ranked no. 3 in such a credible publication.

Three attestations explain why the Louisville community has blossomed into a prospering hot bed for home buyers.

For one, Louisville is a municipality in Boulder County which happens to operate the highest performing school district in the state, the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD).

BVSD has actually out-performed every other in the state for the past two years.

Secondly, location doesn’t hurt.

Just 6 miles east of Boulder and another 20 miles northwest from downtown Denver, Louisville sits at a convenient location for commuters traveling to and from work in either direction.

Improvements along the highway 36 corridor leading all traffic to Interstate 25 have dramatically decreased commute times to the Denver metro area.

Furthermore, based in a middle-to-upper class community, the housing markets and sub-divisions which surround Louisville have seen dramatic increases in value.

In the year 2000 the median house/condo value in Louisville was $237,000 and in 2005 the median values for homes sold in Louisville gained over $100,000 in value to $337,000 (www.city-data.com).

This dramatic increase of value holds true for the surrounding housing markets of Boulder County too, such as the cities of Lafayette, Longmont, and Superior.

The city of Boulder has historically been a stable market that has rarely seen any decreases in value and when there has been, it was minimal and for a short period of time.

Lastly, the diversity of the job market in Louisville and Boulder County has been a major catalyst in the city’s recent success.

Retail and commercial development have helped benefit the stability of employment in the area, and being only a few miles away from the campus of the University of Colorado doesn’t hurt either.

Moreover, there are many technological companies that have located into the area such as Sun Microsystems, which is a company that provides network computing infrastructure solutions, and the Interlocken Advanced Technological Environment, which is a major technological business park, both of which have drastically changed the landscape of the Boulder valley foothills over the last decade.

Most importantly both of these companies have employed thousands since they broke ground in the area in the late 1990’s.

The combination of top-notch education, favorable location, and a thriving job market has helped Louisville, Colorado prosper into an environment healthy for all looking to relocate there.

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