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Has Spring Hit The Real Estate Market in the Vail Valley?
Statistics on home sells since the Vail Ski Mountain closed.

Has springtime hit the real estate market in the Vail Valley? That's a great question many sellers and even all of those timid buyers are asking themselves. A quick look at the activity in the Vail Real Estate Market will provide a little insight in answering this springtime question.

Vail Resorts closed the Vail Ski Mountain on April 13th even though many local skiers wished differently. Using April 13th as the start of spring for the Vail Valley, let's look at some interesting statistics on home sales in all of Eagle County since then.

$500,000 - $1,000,000 Range: In this price range, seventeen homes have sold in the Vail Valley. Eagle led the way with six homes selling, followed by Vail with five, Minturn with two, and Eagle-Vail, Singletree, Beaver Creek, and Gypsum all with just one home sold.

$1,000,000 - $1,500, 000 Range: Sells drop off significantly within this price range as only two homes were sold - one in Cordillera and one in Gypsum.

$1,500,000 - $2,000,000 Range: Not much better then the previous price range, this price range saw three homes being sold since April 13th and the closing of Vail and Beaver Creek. One home was sold in each of the following areas; Bachelor Gulch, Singletree and Lionshead.

For more information on the Real Estate Market in the Vail Valley call this author, Keith Thompson, at 970-331-5805 or email him at keith@gatewayland.com 

 

Vail Valley March 2008 Sales Statistics
Eagle County Real Estate Sales Staying Soft

The first quarter of 2008 has come and gone, and the sales numbers are down across the board, except for the high-end market.  The high end market is seeing one of its best years ever.  There have been 25 residential transactions over $4 million through March 2008.  It would seem the segment of the population not affected by unstable financial markets are acquiring resort property in earnest.

The total sales volume of $228 million for March was 86% of last years March total.  The total number of transactions for the month, 145, is down 31% from last year and down over 50% from 2005.  The current trend is a decreasing numbers of transactions, with somewhat stable prices, leading to increasing average sales prices.  (this is somewhat misleasding, as individual homes are not seeing this price appreciation in the current market.)

Please contact me to recieve the March 2008 and the Year-To-Date sales statistics for Eagle County in PDF form, or to discuss the Vail Valley real estate market.

February 2008 Sales Statistics
Vail Valley Real Estate Market Slows
Real estate sales have continued to slow considerably here in the Vail Valley.  There were only 131 transactions in the month of February, less than half of last year, and significantly less than both '05 and '06.  The total sales volume was down from last year's massive February, but higher than the totals from both '05 and '06, due in a large part to the continued strength on the high end market.  (13 properties sold over $4 million.) 
 
It remains to be seen to what extent national market conditions will affect our local market, but expect 2008 to be a challenging year.  There are buyers out there for well priced properties, but gone are the days of 20-30% per year appreciation.  I doubt we will see prices decrease as they have in other regions, but I do expect our market to be flat. 
Please feel free to call or email me to discuss specific buying opportunities within our slowing market, or to receive January and February '08 sales statistics in PDF form.

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