Category Archives: Market Trends/Forecasts

Steamboat Springs’ Residential Real Estate Values Return to 2006

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Susana

What’s going on with the Steamboat Springs real estate market as far as values are concerned? How bad is it, for the sellers? And how good is it if you’re in the position to buy real estate in Steamboat Springs … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Sales Volume for the Steamboat Springs Area, thru August, is Ahead of 2009

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Susana

At the end of each month Bruce Carta, at Land Title Guarantee Company, shares with us the numbers that they’ve run on the past month’s real estate sales in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This is the main data that we look … Continue reading →

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Is Steamboat a Late Bloomer? Economic Recovery Part 2

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Susana

On June 8, 2010 I attended Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club’s “Insight For the Future” , a presentation to the community held at the Strings’ Pavilion. In Part 1, I shared my notes on why Vail’s former CEO Andrew Daly … Continue reading →

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Forecasting Steamboat’s Recovery, Part 1

Posted on June 10, 2010 by SBGal

Wednesday I attended a presentation hosted at the Strings Pavilion by the developers of the Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club here in Steamboat. They shared information pulled together by statistical experts from over thirty years of actual property sales history … Continue reading →

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Vacation Home: For Fun or Profit?

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Susana

A client of mine receives my automatic listing alerts. She’s hoping to buy a two-bedroom condominium in the $200,000 – $300,000 price range close to the Steamboat Springs ski area, and one came up that she expressed interest in. She wanted to know what … Continue reading →

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Mortgage Rates & Prices Falling Like Snowflakes

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Susana

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage  dropped to a new record low of 4.71% this last week, according to Freddie Mac. The week before it was 4.78%, while last year the average for a fixed-rate, 30-year mortgage was 5.53%.   The … Continue reading →

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Betting on More than a Come-back

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Susana

The real estate market may be slower than usual right now in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, as in most of the nation (world?) but in my opinion it won’t be like that in Steamboat for long. And I’m even willing to … Continue reading →

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