Community Blog

Welcome to your Summit County opinion and discussion board. This page is for everyone to use as an open forum to voice opinions on anything in Summit County. Talk about the ski resorts, general concerns, ask a question, town agendas, or your favorite mountain bike trails in Keystone. If you don't see topics that concern you here, feel free to start your own discussion.

  • Vail Valley real-estate sales failed to reach $1 billion in 2009

    Saturday, February 6th, 2010

    Real-estate sales in Eagle County failed to top $1 billion for 2009 for the first time since 1996…
    …With 12 months of data now available, real-estate sales in 2009 were 42 percent down from 2008. The sales volume was even farther off the 2008 numbers, down 60 percent. Total sales volume for 2009 was just less [...]

  • Recent Sale - Highest Price Ever For A Lot In Breckenridge

    Thursday, February 4th, 2010

    This January is breaking the standards of slow markets and bad economies in Breckenridge. Shortly after a Breckenridge home sold at a new record high price of $8.3 million, the Breckenridge real estate market sold off its highest priced residential lot ever. Listed at $3,500,000 for well over a year, the lot next [...]

  • Highlights from the 2009 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

    Sunday, December 20th, 2009

    Highlights from the 2009 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers

    NAR has recently released the 2009 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. The report compiles the results of 9,138 surveys returned by buyers and sellers who sold or purchased a home between July 2008 and June 2009. The surveys were sent to buyers [...]

  • Possible Rail Construction from DIA to Summit and Eagle Counties!

    Monday, August 31st, 2009

    Possible Rail construction from DIA to Summit and Eagle Counties! The railroad would have two stops in summit county giving access to people who live or stay in Breckenrdige, silverthorne, Frisco, Keystone, Copper Mountain and Dillon. The trian would stop in Keystone and Frisco. Right now the bigest question is where the 15 million that [...]

  • The Breckenridge real estate market is among the strongest!

    Thursday, August 13th, 2009

    “The Breckenridge real estate market is among the strongest in the entire United States, and even in the remarkably stable state of Colorado. Breckenridge is a resort community, meaning that there are almost no commercial or industrial properties to be considered in the overall Breckenridge real estate market. The residential portion of Breckenridge has proven [...]

  • Breck 150

    Thursday, August 13th, 2009

    Breckenridge is celebrating it’s 150 th birthday!! for detail about this event go to Breck150.com.

  • Understanding Real Estate Foreclosures, the Lien Process

    Thursday, June 18th, 2009

    When you are looking at buying a real estate that is in foreclosure in the Breckenridge area, it is very important to fully understand the lien process. How it works and what options lien holders have if another lien holder, be it a junior or senior lien holder, has. In a recent article in the [...]

  • Summit County Home Assesments

    Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

    I read this Opinion written on Summitdaily.com and thought it was important for our community to know about. As I mentioned it is just one persons point of view and there is a link at the end of the article to it, where over 80 people have commented giving there opinions as well.
    “Dear Madame [...]

  • Summit County & Breckenridge Real Estate Market Update - 1st Quarter Report

    Thursday, April 16th, 2009

    It’s a good time to be a buyer in Breckenridge Real Estate!
    It’s still hard to get used to, but the Summit County & Breckenridge real estate market is officially soft.  Local attractions for investors (like a great town, great skiing, & diminishing vacant land) are still in place, but listings are stacking up. Along with [...]

  • The Mortgage News Summit County Has Been Waiting For!

    Friday, March 20th, 2009

    A message from the desk of Terrence J. Power:
    Power Mortgage Corporation - www.powermort.com - 970-453-3997
    March 18, 2009
    Today the Federal Reserve Board announced that it is increasing the amount of mortgage backed securities that it will buy from $500 Billion to $1.25 Trillion dollars in an effort to further reduce mortgage rates and improve the housing [...]

  • The Beetle Battle

    Monday, September 29th, 2008

    If you’ve been to Summit County or northern Colorado in the last 3 years, you probably couldn’t help but notice a few dead trees.  Thousands of trees devastated by the Mountain Pine Beetle bring up many questions and concerns.  One thing that would be nice to know is if they will ever stop their advance.  [...]

  • High Price For Paradise

    Saturday, September 27th, 2008

    Whether you are a long time local or a once a year skier from St. Louis, almost everyone gets a little sticker shock from the real estate prices in Breckenridge and Summit County. Demand for the area is generally high, so the products and service providers can charge a little more. A dichotomy of living [...]

  • Natural Gas Being Delivered To Blue River

    Thursday, September 25th, 2008

    The drive South of Breckenridge over Hoosier Pass is under construction this fall.  Crews are repaving Colorado Highway 9 as well as installing a pipeline along that will deliver natural to hundreds of interested Blue River residents.  Despite the brief delays during the drive, this is undoubtedly a big improvement to the Town of Blue [...]