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October Real Estate Sales Post Blowout Month

October produced the strongest performance in Summit County  of any month in the last 4-5 years.  Transaction volume vaulted to 230 units up 43% from a year ago and 45% from September.  That was the highest unit sales number of … 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 Real Estate seeing a pick-up.

After a lackluster performance in April , the Summit County real estate market showed impressive gains in May and momentum appears to be continuing into June.  For April, sales volume rose by 6%  year over year but with activity concentrated … Continue reading

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How to find a bargain.

Next to “How’s the market?”, the most common question I get is, “Do you have any bargains?”   I’ve developed a method for finding them. Of course what constitutes a “bargain” is very subjective but one metric is the valuation placed … 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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