Low snow year impact on Colorado ski real estate

Low snow year impact on Colorado ski real estate

Colorado is having a tough year.  Snowfall was down nearly 60% over the holidays, resulting in only about 11% of skiable terrain being opened in December and skier visits are down 20%.  Vail resorts, the largest ski operator, is getting hit hard as seen in the stock...
Weinberg Featured in Denver Post

Weinberg Featured in Denver Post

In case you missed it, yours truly, was featured in a recent Denver Post Article: Coloradans carry heavy debt loads, and it isn’t financially healthy.  What do increased debt burdens mean for real estate prices in Colorado?  Does the debt burden preclude a 2008...
Colorado eliminates private property insurance

Colorado eliminates private property insurance

  After the Marshall fire, the state of Colorado embarked on a process to eliminate private property insurance.  The first step the legislature took was to implement a study of why clean up from wildfires was inadequate and why insurance companies should be on...
Steamboat vs Vail, let the tax wars begin.  Which city has a better solution?

Steamboat vs Vail, let the tax wars begin.  Which city has a better solution?

Two high end Colorado ski towns are taking radically different stances on tourism.  Vail  had proposed a 17% short term rental sales tax, while Steamboat is taking the opposite approach by proposing to tax vacant homes.  Which solution is correct?  What does each one...