Top 10 commercial deals in 2006

Howie Mandel’s catchphrase from NBC’s popular game show could easily apply to the Boulder Valley real estate market in 2006.

There were plenty of deals throughout the year, particularly in the commercial sector.

Meanwhile in the local housing sector, some buyers were wondering whether their purchases with interest-only loans and adjustable-rate mortgages were really as much of a deal that they seemed to be several years ago.

Appreciation rates continued to be steady around 4 percent to 5 percent, but some figures showed signs of weakness, such as the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which reported an annual change in of the…