Is affordable housing  causing the surge in ski town home prices?

Is affordable housing  causing the surge in ski town home prices?

What is the main culprit for increasing prices in ski towns?  The list is endless but typically at the top is the huge increase in nightly rentals and the big bad mega passes bringing more people to the ski towns.  Unfortunately, this answer is incorrect, it is a...
These Colorado Cities will rewind to 2019: the list will Surprise

These Colorado Cities will rewind to 2019: the list will Surprise

The appreciation over the last seven years throughout Colorado has been astounding, but now it is time to pay the piper.  What cities in Colorado are most at risk of rewinding most if not all of the Covid appreciation gains?  Why are “suburban” markets more at risk...
Vail in big trouble, will they sell Breckenridge and Park City?

Vail in big trouble, will they sell Breckenridge and Park City?

  Take a look at the stock chart of Vail Resorts, which has lost almost 60% of its value in the last five years while the S&P has returned an approximately 90% gain.  The vultures are circling with a Utah billionaire proposing a sale of Park City to stop the...
Is affordable housing worth 2 million a unit?

Is affordable housing worth 2 million a unit?

Over the last 30 years I continue to hear about the “affordable housing crisis”.  Do we really have an affordable housing crisis or a leadership crisis within the ski towns.  A recent proposal in Steamboat pegs the build cost of one affordable housing unit over 1.7m....
Will Colorado ski prices drop this Spring/Summer

Will Colorado ski prices drop this Spring/Summer

Colorado ski resorts have continued holding strong in the face of higher interest rates.  Why are interest rates not the best metric for Colorado ski real estate? Which ski towns are performing better than others?  What two factors are driving the difference in ski...