Aspen Real Estate Prices
Today’s economic climate has made Aspen more affordable than two-years ago. Entry level houses now range between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Entry level condos can be found between $350,000 and $450,000. The top of the market for Aspen homes ranges from $25-million to $60-million. New construction is surprisingly active. The top of the market for Aspen [...]
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Aspen Snowmass Golf Courses Homes Properties
While well known for their winter sports, Aspen and Snowmass have a variety of golf courses in the area that provide great outdoor summertime activities. For many people, owning real estate on a golf course is a dream retirement home, second home or vacation retreat. Combine it with access to Aspen and Snowmass skiing and it is [...]
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Aspen Music Festival & School
First held in 1949, the Aspen Music Festival and School presents its 60th season beginning June 25 2009. More than 400 performances and events will be held daily during the nine-week season ending August 23, 2009.
Among the many performances, the Aspen Opera Theater Center will present La boheme, The Rape of Lucretia and Don Giovanni. Nicholas McGegan [...]
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Aspen - The Beauty Of It All
“I’m flying out of New York on a business trip to London, shopping in Paris, dining in Rome and returning to Aspen for a ski retreat.” Aspen doesn’t seem out-of-place in this travel itinerary. It is true that the “rich and famous” do attract other rich and famous people. Still, before there were any rich [...]
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Aspen Real Estate Market Update
August is down 42% from last year, but the average sales price for residences of all types in Aspen stands at $5.4million year-to-date. Last year 876 sold year-to-date compared with 585 residential properties this year through August. Money is more difficult to borrow given the mortgage turmoil and cash buyers are watching the stock market as well [...]
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Snowmass Wind Tower
A wind tower was erected at the top of the Snowmass Ski Area recently to evaluate whether electricity generating wind turbines are feasible. Data will be collected over the next year and evalutated. If feasible, it is estimated that wind turbines could provide two-thirds to 100-percent of the electric power requirements of the Aspen Ski [...]
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Aspen’s One Lift Development
The City of Aspen has asked the developers of the Lodge at Aspen Mountain in the Lift 1A area for many public components including an underground public parking structure, public lockers, a ski museum and a significant affordable housing component. The City is seeking over $28-million in public fees from the developer as well. At the [...]
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Aspen’s State Of The Union
Well-meaning elected officials and City of Aspen staff have voiced their intentions to meet the housing, child care and other needs of its middle-class workforce. A recently released report covering numerous statistics for the years 2000-2008 show that the gap is widening rather than narrowing. While the City of Aspen issued 10,000 real estate building [...]
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Aspen Ski Resort Carbon Neutral
Aspen Skiing Co. officials have a publicly-stated objective of offsetting their greenhouse gas emissions and becoming carbon-neutral by 2020. It is a plan that they have had for some time and annually measure their progress. With this year’s review completed, CEO Mike Kaplan said, “In our case, our carbon footprint is only creeping downward, and that’s [...]
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Aspen Real Estate Market Trends
As of May 2008, the sales volume of Aspen Colorado residential real estate is about one-half of what it was in 2007. The inventory of unsold Aspen homes is up about 45-percent over the same period last year. The median price of a detached single family home in Aspen is about $7.5 million. What does it all [...]
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