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25 Jun 2009

Aspen Snowmass Golf Courses Homes Properties

posted by Rex Manz on 25 June 2009

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 [...]

03 Nov 2008

Aspen - The Beauty Of It All

posted by Rex Manz on 03 November 2008

“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 [...]

28 Oct 2008

So Many Colorado Ski Resorts So Little Time

posted by Rex Manz on 28 October 2008

If you are visiting this blog, chances are that you have visited at least one of the eleven major Colorado ski resorts.  Very few people get around to visit all of them.  I have as part of my business.  Not only have I visited them all in the winter, but in the summer and fall as [...]

26 Oct 2008

Aspen Real Estate Market Update

posted by Rex Manz on 26 October 2008

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 [...]

11 Oct 2008

Aspen’s One Lift Development

posted by Rex Manz on 11 October 2008

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 [...]

02 Oct 2008

Aspen’s State Of The Union

posted by Rex Manz on 02 October 2008

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 [...]

21 Sep 2008

Aspen Real Estate Market Trends

posted by Rex Manz on 21 September 2008

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 [...]