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Summit County Sales Close Year on High Note

Summit County saw a bang up December allowing the  full year to end with solid gains.  For the month, dollar sales rose 42 percent to $87.2 million while sales volume increased to 185 transactions.  Those numbers represent the third highest … Continue reading

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Higher end of the Summit market gets active

Transactions volumes ticked down slightly in September but a pick up at the higher end of the market generated the strongest monthly dollar sales since December of 2009.  There were a total of 158 transactions in the month down from … Continue reading

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Summit County volumes remain up but dollars lag

Sales activity in June rose for the third straight month, albeit at a more modest pace than was seen in April and May.  Total transactions were up 5% year over year to 109 but that pace was below the 134 … Continue reading

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Beware of listing aggregators

Listing aggregators such as Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com have become popular sites for buyers to search for properties.  However, these aggregators have become notorious for having inaccurate out-dated and misleading information.  A recent search of one aggregator showed twice as … Continue reading

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Is owning ski property no longer a good investment?

Is the notion of buying mountain property as an investment dead? So proclaims an article in the November 2011 issue of SKI magazine. No doubt ski properties across the country have taken a hit over the last several years. This … Continue reading

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Up to date

As a licensed Colorado real estate agent I am required to take continuing education courses to maintain my license. The licensing board requires 24 hours of education every three years including a four-hour annual update course each year. Yesterday, I … Continue reading

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