Breckenridge real estate: Vail Resorts, nightly rental rules, mountain tax revenue and Breckenridge’s place among expensive ski towns.
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...
Regardless of all the talk of a recession, soft landing, or something in between. Many Colorado mountain towns continue to see record tax sales revenue. How is this happening while domestic tourism is pulling back? What does this mean for the upcoming ski season? ...
I thought it was ironic that Vail resorts announces a giant price drop to increase sales volumes of their passes while at the same time Breckenridge announces a proposed moratorium on nightly rental licenses. The opposing announcements were not coincidental and...
Happy summer to everyone, it sure doesn't feel that way in the mountains with a dusting of fresh snow on the peaks this week. Do you know what pass this is? There are some big changes coming down the pipe not just for the weather but in Colorado ski real estate. From...
Summit County (Breckenridge, Silverthorne, Frisco) is set to adopt a sustainable building code that would require new residential construction in the county to be among the most energy efficient in the nation (Zero Energy Ready). This new building code will increase...
According to the Colorado Association of Realtors, Denver real estate inventory fell 29% in December, number of sales increased 17% and sold price increased 5%. Breckenridge and Steamboat also saw listings decline by almost 30% with prices increasing modestly....
The National Association of Realtors released their 2019 US Vacation Homes Report; Colorado made quite the splash with 6 of the top 10 most expensive towns and 5 of the top 10 vacation towns in percent of vacation homes. There were several surprises. Which counties...
According to the Summit County association of realtors sales in July are down 18.3% in July and 15% for the year to date while Vail was up 47% in July and down about 4% for the year. The decline is being attributed to a “lack of inventory”. Is there more going on...
Vail announced the acquisition of 17 east coast resorts for 264 million located near major metropolitan areas, including New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, Kansas City and Louisville. What is Vail’s strategy...
Breckenridge, Steamboat, Vail, Winter Park, and Telluride have all achieved record sales tax revenue this season. You aren't imagining it, the mountains are getting busy! What is driving these all-time records? How does this impact real estate? Will real...
Vail resorts, the owner of Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone, and Crested Butte, announced that Breckenridge would stay open until Memorial Day (one month longer than their original closing date). They will close one month later in future years. At the same time, they...
Bloomberg recently did a study to determine the best places in the United States to own a vacation home. I took the pic above outside of Breckenridge. Colorado scored the highest of any state with 5 of the top 15 spots. What cities were on the list? Why are these...
