Breckenridge Real Estate Blog - 2018

Getting Ready for Ski Season

Think about your ski gear as the body and tires of your car, and the season pass or ticket as your driver’s license- that leaves your body as the engine and your motivation as the gasoline. Do you need a tune up?

Ski conditioning workouts help keep us out on the snow longer and stronger. From building strength, endurance, stamina, and creating stability in the body, a well-rounded conditioning program can help create longer days, seasons and lifetimes on snow. Local experts recommend a head-to-toe approach, including total body strength building, core work, stretching and aerobic workouts... And squats. Always the squats.

All our Summit County area recreation centers, gyms, and studios have resources to help you prepare for your season.

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Breckenridge and Summit County Statistics for August 2018

The economy has come roaring back from the recession of 2008. We are seeing this strength in all sectors, and housing in Summit County is no exception. While we have yet to hit every peak of the pre-2008 summit County real estate records, we are pushing towards those numbers for the first time in a decade. This is remarkable as inventory remains at a record low and days on market are head-whippingly fast. While most economic forecasters expect the Fed to raise the rates two more time this year, in September and December, there is a rift on predictions for 2019.

A bump in the Fed rate can mean a bump in mortgage costs, making home purchases more expensive. Tracking the cost of borrowed money and staying in front of increases is a good way to help manage…

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Breckenridge Associates Real Estate Top 5 Deals | September 2018

The golden hues are starting to creep into the landscape. The nights are crisp and cool. The days are getting shorter. We are anticipating the first dusting of snow on the mountain peaks in the coming weeks. Seasons here are changing quickly. Get settled in your mountain getaway before the winter season is in full swing!

Here are Breckenridge Associates Real Estate Top 5 Deals for September 2018.

Gold Creek Condo
This is the unit you have been waiting for! This two bedroom, 2 bathroom condo has an amazing location where you can walk to the gondola and all that Main Street Breckenridge has to offer for under $500k! Top floor corner unit in great condition. Reasonable HOA dues include heat, cable, wi-fi and more-makes this unit easy to own. Not…

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Summit County is Blessed with Open Space

Summit County residents and visitors are the lucky beneficiaries of a real estate purchase that adds more than 1,000 acres to the county's already abundant open space and trails network. Knorr Lakeside Ranch went on the market in the spring after six generations of the family had ranched the land, but just couldn't keep plugging away at the tough business of ranching. Thanks to their neighbors, who initially bought the property, Summit County now has land on the banks of Green Mountain Reservoir, near Heeney, in the northern part of the county.

The latest gift of open space arrives through the hard work of many committed people, who tirelessly work to increase this bounty, to blaze public/private solutions to creating and protecting open space and…

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Falling for Summit County

Recently, the days have even started to smell different. First the nights get colder. The light softens from the brilliance of summer. The tundra changes into her fall colors first up there above tree line where the weather is more extreme. Then come the first hits of the golden magic that marks the aspens changing. The nights get colder, the light even softer, and the aspen leaves brighter. Soon enough we'll wake to the first dusting of snow on the peaks, with a blaze of golden aspen meadow below. The heat in your home kicks on for the first time. More seasonal people arrive to town, energy running high with expectations of a big winter. Passes are purchased, gear is prepared, roommates gathered, wood chopped, split and stacked. The first whiffs of your…

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Breckenridge Associates Real Estate Top 5 Deals | August 2018

Wildlife sightings and blooming wildflowers beautify the landscape. A cool start to your day and warm, sunny afternoons are what makes Breckenridge so amazing this time of year. August is a great time to get your family settled into a mountain getaway before winter arrives. Get in the real estate market while there is still some summer to enjoy.

Here are Breckenridge Associates Real Estate Top 5 Deals for August 2018.

107 Summit County Road 528
Birds-eye views of Breckenridge Ski Area and Ten Mile Range from this amazing lot. The land is abundant with old Growth Spruce and Fir Trees. Amazing build spot for your mountain dream home on 0.92 acres. Secluded lot, but still only minutes from Main Street, Breckenridge. City sewer is available. The…

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Breckenridge and Summit County Real Estate Statistics | July 2018

It has been often repeated that 2017 was a once-in-a-generation sellers market in Summit County. That said, summer of 2018 continues the trend toward a healthy real estate market here in the high country. While July 2018 showed stronger numbers than July 2017 regarding number of sales, there was a 6.12% softening in sales year-to-date. Considering the record low number of available listings and the slight uptick in mortgage rates, that decline is slight and, on the whole, results indicate a strong market.

Seventy-two percent of all buyers in July of 2018 came from within Colorado, and only 1% of Summit County buyers are internationals. Interestingly, in Breckenridge this July, single family, duplex and condo sales all outpaced the July 2017 numbers,…

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Defensible Space for Your Summit County Investment

Summit County is surrounded by open space and trails. From Forest Service, Wilderness areas, Bureau of Land Management lands and county and local facilities, there are close to 300 miles of natural surface trails and 55 miles of county bike paths. In fact, three-quarters of county land is federally managed as National Forest. 

All that land comes with amazing recreational opportunities and fuels an outdoor industry economic engine. But that’s not the only fuel that thousands of acres of trees provide. Yes, where there are trees there can be fire. (See our page on wildfire protection) In fact, lodge pole pines are prevalent in Summit County and count on fire as part of their regenerative cycle. So how can you best prepare when living nestled amongst…

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Wringing the last drops of summer!

Summer in the high country can be shockingly short, and astoundingly beautiful. The abbreviated period of summer helps to concentrate all our high country warm weather fun seeking and forces us to focus as not to waste a precious moment. Summer at over 9,600 feet means few insects, crisp mornings, cool evenings and bright, dry sunny days with the bluest skies you’ve ever seen. Here are some tips to help you wrestle every last drop out of summer at altitude.

If you’ve been thinking about climbing a peak, but haven’t done it yet- get out there now! Trails are dry and snow will start falling up high again soon. Be sure to get an early start to avoid the monsoon weather that typically shows up in the afternoon. Check with a local outdoor shop for…

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Source Magazine | Summer 2018

The Source Magazine is your go-to real estate information guide for Summit and Park Counties, provided by the expert team at Breckenridge Associates Real Estate. The Source will provide you with a snapshot of our current real estate listings and the real estate market in the area.

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