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.

• First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended

  Friday, July 2nd, 2010

  Homebuyers that were under contract to purchase a home by April 30 now get three additional months to close in order to qualify for the homebuyer tax credit; thanks to the U.S. Congress’ amendment and approval of the tax credit bill.
  Extending the deadline to September 30 ensures homebuyers can take advantage of the tax credit [...]

• Summit County & Breckenridge Real Estate Market Conditions - May 18, 2010

  Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

  The busy real estate sales season is beginning in Breckenridge & Summit County and buyer’s market conditions still persist. Inventory has taken a significant upturn in the last two months. In mid-April there were 1615 listings in Summit County. Today there are 1641 real estate residential listings for sale in Summit County. [...]

• Breckenridge Real Estate News

  Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

  Keith Kirchner is experimenting with new blogging software. For more info on Summit County and Breckenridge real estate, scroll through older posts. Find real estate market news, listings, and archives.

• 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 [...]