Scott Larson's Blog

The charitable arm of Summit Sotheby's International Realty in Park City raised over $30,000 from agent contributions in 2013 to be donated to deserving charitable organizations in the Greater Park City Area. Representatives of these organizations were on hand at today's sales meeting at the Hote...

I am sure almost everyone reading this has seen the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.  The first time I saw that movie I immediately developed a big crush on Donna Reed, but I digress.... The film centers around Jimmy Stewart's character, George Bailey, who feel...

We woke up to about 6 inches of fresh snow at our house today and I snapped this picture of the view from my backyard. With the new snow covering the trees and the fog in the valley below I thought it made a beautiful shot to end the week. The local ski areas received about 12 inches of snow so i...

Anyone who spent much time watching the just concluded Winter Olympics knows just how well Park City athletes did competing in the just completed Sochi Olympics. What many of you do not know is just how well Summit Sotheby's did in these games.  If Summit Sotheby's International Realty in Park Ci...

Yesterday was the first slalom race of the year on the YSL circuit, the previous two races were giant slalom races. My 10 year old daughter Kyra finished first in her age group (under 12) and though there were only 3 teams at this race compared to the usual 6 or 7, the Park City Ski Team was one ...

Judy Collins will play for four nights at the historic Egyptian Theater on Park City's Main Street starting next Thursday February 27th at 8 PM and concluding Sunday March 2 with a 6 PM show.  Start times for the Friday and Saturday evening shows will also be at 8 PM. Judy's career has spanned mo...

The Canyons Resort Spring Concert Series will run every Saturday and select Sundays from now until the end of the ski season at Canyons on April 13, 2014. The bands will provide a diverse selection of music from Reggae to Funk to Soul and everything in between. All concerts will be held in the Fo...

Single family homes in Park Meadows represented one of the hotter segments of our local market over the past 12 months with an appreciation of 22%, near the top of the heap in Park City and contrasting with the average price appreciation of just over 7%. The Park Meadows area has many unique feat...

The Park City real estate market closed the year on a very strong note with a total of 2,230 sales overall, a jump of over 22% from the previous year and double the market low in 2009. Total sales dollar volume was over $1.52 billion which represents a 22% increase over a year ago. Prices rose ov...

The Round Valley Trail System is a huge expanse of land encompassing an area largely between the eastern part of Park City to Highway 40. There are over 30 trails for riding and hiking and 20K of groomed trails for cross country skiing and biking during the winter months. Round Valley is largely ...