Home prices nationally in January marked their slowest annual gains since 2015, and Denver home prices are rising at levels last seen in 2012, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, a leading measure of U.S. home prices.

“January kicked the new year off with yet another month of slowing price growth. This is a strong signal that the homebuying season this spring will look quite different than in recent years,” said Ralph McLaughlin, deputy chief economist at CoreLogic, in a blog post.

Nationally, home prices rose 4.3 percent in January, marking the 10th month that prices have de-accelerated on the paired-price index.

The metro Denver index recorded a 5-percent annual gain in home prices, the slowest pace since June 2012. Like the rest of the country, Denver home prices have been on a downward trajectory for the past 10 months, and the median price of a home sold turned negative in February.

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The Happy Canyon Shopping Center in Denver’s Southmoor Park neighborhood is expected to be sold out of bankruptcy in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the legal case against the real estate magnate who owns the center has grown, and the future of a proposed food hall in a vacant former Safeway that shares a parking lot with the center remains murky.

Golden-based BPI Inc. on Feb. 22 put forth a winning $24.2 million bid to buy the Happy Canyon center from the bankruptcy estate of Cherry Hills businessman Gary Dragul, court records show. The sale is expected to close next week, according to Harvey Sender, the attorney overseeing the Dragul bankruptcy.

In addition to the center, which is at the corner of East Hampden Avenue and Happy Canyon Road and is anchored by a Starbucks and a Corepower Yoga studio, BPI is purchasing some of the mortgage debt attached to the vacant Safeway building.

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High housing costs may be stretching them financially, but millennials haven’t lost their affection for Denver, according to a new index from Meyers Research.

Denver ranked sixth on the Meyers Millennial Desirability Index, behind Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix and Orlando.

What those metros share in common are home prices substantially below Denver’s. The median home value in Denver is $427,300, while in Dallas it is only $214,900, according to Zillow.

But the Mile High City is strong enough in other areas to keep young adults swiping right and not left.

It continues to provide a good selection of high-paying jobs and millennials still rank it highly for the availability of activities, lower crime and reasonable commutes, said Ali Wolf, director of economic research at Meyers.

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