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CNBC picks Vail area home as one of America's Most Impressive Ski Homes
Eagle County August real estate sales show modest signs of improvement
Oct 4, 2009 —
Eagle County had 99 real estate transactions in August -- a decline of 10 percent compared to August of 2008 -- but the volume of sales still represents the largest number since December 2008.
Total dollar volume in August showed the second best month for all of 2009 with more than $91 million in sales, according to an analysis by Land Title. This brings the...
Foreclosures continue to rise in Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties
Aug 26, 2009 —
It took a little longer, but the bursting of the real estate bubble across the country over the last two years is now ravaging once bullet-proof mountain markets.
Garfield County, according to the Aspen Times, has had 208 foreclosure filings so far this year (as of Aug. 13), already making it the second-highest year for foreclosure filings since...
Minturn mayor says town isn't waiting on 'big pot of money' from Ginn Company, Battle Mountain
Aug 21, 2009 —
Mayor Gordon “Hawkeye” Flaherty is not at all concerned that a proposed private ski and golf development south of his town of 1,200 may never get off the ground due to the languishing mountain real estate market, nor is he waiting on “a pot of money” from the developer to address the struggling former railroad town’s sagging...
Town to send Masinter a letter terminating deal to redevelop Vail's Lionshead Parking Structure
Aug 13, 2009 —
The Vail Town Council Tuesday will likely end a lengthy negotiation for redevelopment of the Lionshead Parking Structure when at its evening meeting it reviews a draft letter to be sent to the Texas-based Open Hospitality Partners (OHP) terminating efforts to establish a new development agreement
The letter terminating the negotiations was drafted by the...
$50 million in Vail Valley real estate to be auctioned in July
Jul 14, 2009 —
Recent real estate figures may show that the Vail Valley market is beginning to move again – monthly transaction numbers were up in May, and overall transactions on the year are beginning to show promise.
Yet with 87 single-family home sales and 98 multi-family unit sales to date in 2009, the industry – which once accounted for as much as 55...
May shows increase in sales and transactions, but numbers still well off from peak levels of 2007
Jul 2, 2009 —
May saw a 30-percent jump in real estate transactions compared to the previous best month so far this year and the dollar volume showed an increase of 16 percent, according to an analysis by Land Title Guarantee Company.
A total of 79 transactions were closed in May for a total sales volume of $70,751,600, which resulted in an average sales price of $895,590....
April real estate sales off significantly from last year, but still second best month in 2009
Jun 9, 2009 —
Eagle County real estate sales in April fell dramatically compared to last year, according to an analysis by Land Title Guarantee Company, but it was still the second best month of 2009.
April saw 54 transactions for a dollar volume total of $57.5 million. Those numbers are down from last year when Eagle County had a sales volume of $137.7 million and 117...
Vail Valley Real Estate market analysis: price ahead of the curve
Jun 1, 2009 —
News Analysis - According to Barron’s (11/24/08) the price of luxury homes (greater than $5 million) is down 20 percent since peaking in 2007 and expected to drop another 10-15 percent before bottoming out in 2010. Without further belaboring the dismal economic news and statistics from the last 3 months or so, we are possibly at...
Local companies rally to re-use building materials and benefit Habitat Home Outlet
May 28, 2009 —
As is expected on any job site, local contractor Adolfson & Peterson Construction wound up with excess building materials from the construction of the new Battle Mountain High School in Edwards.
Many of these materials are returned to the vendors for a refund; however, some materials are not returnable due to custom tints or high shipping costs. Such was the...
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