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So, where is our high-end market?  When we compare sales of homes that actually sold for $1 million or more in the first six months of 2006 to the same period in 2005, here is what we find:   In 2006, we have had a total of 63 sales over $1 million in the County, with 45 in Breckenridge, 2 in Cop...
07/17/2006
If you like bicycling, whether an avid enthusiast or a more passive recreationalist, AND you like to spend time in Summit County, you will likely be cheered by the news that the last leg of our bike path – across the southern side of Lake Dillon – will break ground later this month.  Known as the...
07/17/2006
We often do things a bit differently here.  Some of us are a bit more radical than the average Joe, just a tad more independent.  Not to say that we're off the wall.  We simply believe that what's right is right.  That is, apparently, what Tim Duffy felt when he took some action against a former ...
07/17/2006
If you haven't been to Mayflower Gulch, I highly recomend the trip.  It's but a few short miles south of Copper Mountain, where a trail rises slowly from a turn-off from the highway through high country willows to a huge ampitheatre.  In the winter, you actually cross country ski or snowshoe on t...
07/16/2006
Well, it has truly been a busy week.  Much of it (last Sunday through Wednesday) spent on a car trip with friends to southwestern Colorado, spending nights in Silverton, with some exploration as far south as Durango, and up to Ouray (where the hot springs were closed for routine cleaning).  The m...
07/16/2006
My good friend, Paul Winters has a great website - www.HighCountryAerie.net – where he posts photos every day and talks about living in Summit County.  He has great down-to-earth wisdom.  Here is one of his that I liked:On resort town economiesDuring good years, jobs are plentiful here.  Service ...
07/11/2006
Idaho Springs a Restaurant Haven Take a break from the traffic for a great meal It's perhaps a little known fact.  Idaho Springs is full of restaurants.  When traffic gets too crowded on I-70, particularly when headed up the hill to ski on a Friday, or down the hill on Sunday afternoon, thousands...
07/09/2006
Second homeowners bring lots of money, some worries, to Summit County Some second homes are huge mansions on vast acreage, castles that are perhaps smaller than their first homes, but with all the amenities.  These tend to get most of the attention, being inhabited, albeit sporadically, by shieks...
07/09/2006
Kirk and Pam Alter thought they had the cat's meow - a low-priced home in Breckenridge where they could vacation (live?).  New construction as well.  The problem was that the property was deed restricted to locals only.  You see, as prices rise in resorts, locals increasingly get priced out of re...
07/09/2006
Where will the working class live? So, we have 2 out of 3 homeowners in Summit County who do not live here. They are second homeowners, investors, vacationers. They can afford to have at least one second home (some have 2-3 more), and often, they have found that putting their money in real estate...
07/08/2006
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