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It’s time once again to be looking for some great gift ideas for the home handyperson or tool nut on your gift list. Here are some fun and practical suggestions for brightening up the holiday season:

Home sales across Colorado were down 7.2 percent in October compared to the same month last year, while the statewide median home price lost 2.1 percent, according to statistics released by the Colorado Association of Realtors.

Realtors recorded 6,460 home sales in October, down from 6,953 a year earlier, while the median home price fell during the period from $243,627 to $238,511.

The most dramatic decline in sales activity occurred in Montrose, a western Colorado town, where sales plummeted 86 percent between October ‘05 and October ‘06 — from 488 to 70 — while the median sales price of a home sank 1.6 percent to $193,333.