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Is the hustle and bustle of summer getting to you? Then it is time to escape to Breckenridge and Summit County! Come enjoy the warm summer days and cooler nights. The wildlife and wildflowers are abundant. The rivers are running high and hiking and biking is magnificent. Summer is what keeps us here in the high country!

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

303 Main Street
This 1900’s Victorian home is charming, welcoming and has enough space for the entire family. Steps from the gondola for skiing and centrally located in the heart of Breckenridge just minutes from dining, the arts district and shopping. This home is finished in the genre of the mining era complete with a cozy front porch, a private hot tub…

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Since the beginning of Ski Bum Time™, which roughly corresponds with the advent of the annual Warren Miller ski movies in 1950, there have been summer high country festivals designed to keep the winter stoke flowing. It’s just not possible to have that much fun in winter and not channel it into something great for those snowless months. Our event calendar list the current ones.

And there is so much to fest about. Music, art, wine, food, biking, even suffering. Suffering? Yes, Breckenridge even hosts a Spartan Race on August 18 and 19th for those who are serious about testing the limits of human endurance. This multi-sport strength and endurance race gathers thousands of racers and their supporters, spectators and the gang of people it takes to create,…

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Your Guide to Breckenridge's Best Summer Activities

Unlike winter, which is all about business (if you mean skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing, skinning, fat biking…) summer is all about play in the high country. And high country play is play that you want to take seriously. So now that we’ve got that settled- what are we playing at 9000+ feet?

Let’s start with golf, since the altitude’s effect here is almost 100% in the pure benefit department. Unless your first connected drive ever happened above 9000 feet, you should immediately notice the 20% or so of additional yardage that this altitude unlocks. Less resistance equals more distance equals hero golfers equals fun. Get out there and crush some drives, folks.

So if the “less resistance…

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Have the summer itch? We do too! The days are much warmer and the snow is melting quickly. We have pulled out the mountain bikes and hiking boots to start enjoying the season that keeps us in Breckenridge … summer! Take a look at our hot real estate deals and start enjoying a high country summer.  Reviewing our top 5, you'll see it is never the wrong season to buy a ski-in/ski out home, or your mountain get away. These days, properties aren’t on the market for long.

Here are Breckenridge Associates Real Estate Top 5 deals.

Park Avenue Loft, Unit 305
Your penthouse awaits! This stunning, top floor, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom condo has views from every window and panoramic Ski Area views from the living room, deck and private hot tub. Located in the…

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What is hot in Summit County Real Estate?  Everything, but some sectors are burning especially bright. In May, single family homes in both Breckenridge and greater Summit County gently outpaced 2017 numbers. The multi-year trend of fewer listings following a seasonal arc with a building towards high summer peak continues. 

We are seeing about a 20 percent decline in available properties in Breckenridge from this point in 2017 and a 15 percent reduction in available listings for the greater Summit County market. The decline in listings outpaces the decline in closed sales. Despite the smaller inventory, buyers are buying and sales are closing. We expect another record summer as community investments in arts and open space have created an even richer…

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“According to the Summit County Building Inspection Department's 2017 summary report, the number of permits for single family and multi-family issued by the department skyrocketed to 852 in 2017 after the county issued 710 in 2016 and 644 in 2015.” -Summit Daily News, February 1, 2018. A big jump in building permits is another signal of the strength of the current Summit County real estate market.

The signal is two fold. One is that available homes for sale are selling and so people who want to live in Summit County are deciding to build. The large number of permits also signal that people feel that the local labor, design and construction costs will amount to something that the market will bear when the homeowner/builder chooses to sell. It almost…

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There are reasons we in Summit County are used to being featured in the media  from early snowfalls being mentioned during NFL broadcasts to young Olympians making the late night talk show rounds, and heck, even being a very early mover in the push to decriminalize and then recreationally legalize marijuana.  Let’s just say Summit County is not a stranger to a little national attention.

But this recent round of notable news was strange enough to make Summit a cheeky punch line on Saturday Night Live.  A man was witnessed chasing a moose onto a median and then photographed by a passerby on Frisco Main Street. Chasing. A. Moose.

Moose in Frisco

Moose weigh between 800 and 1,200 pounds, can be six feet tall at the shoulder and can be aggressive. They can run at 35…

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During their March meeting, the Fed raised its economic growth forecast to 2.7%, up from 2.5% in December, and there remains the possibility that the rate hikes for 2018 may happen at a more aggressive pace than originally thought at the start of the year.

Whether it’s the healthy economy, the possibility of higher mortgage rates in the near future, or just the General Awesomeness (that is a technical term for ski country housing, FYI) of Summit County, Colorado, the real estate market continues to hum. Like a jet engine.

So far in 2018, 209 condos have sold in Summit County, at a 13.415 appreciation over 2017 numbers. Those condos are selling at an average price of $484,000 and at a ratio of 98% sales price to list price. In 2018, one needs to be…

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Breck Associates hosts a series of concerts on the porch of their Main Street office

Two great and successful Breckenridge mainstays - the front porch of our historic office building and the energetic NRO (National Repertory Orchestra) -  come together again this summer to provide free, hour-long classical music concerts in the late afternoon.  Free sunshine is usually provided, and the equally free, abundant and cool fresh air make the Breckenridge Associates Porch Concerts a great place to meet friends and hear world-class music.

Please join us at our Main Street office on the following days:

Porch Series Performance Dates
Tuesday, June 12 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Thursday, July 5 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Tuesday, July 10 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Tuesday, July 24 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Being a successful business has several perks. One that Breckenridge…

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Bike riding on the Breckenridge to Frisco bike path

Last summer we had a family challenge — to have the best high country summer ever. It was our personal mission statement that we tested every decision against. When in doubt about doing something, we just asked each other, “Does this fit the best summer ever challenge?” If the answer was yes, we did it. And we did, indeed, have an incredible summer.

This year we are going to be even more intentional about our high country summer — we've created a summer bucket list. Whether it's your first or your fiftieth summer at altitude, the sweetness of the season never dulls. When something this beautiful is bracketed by the contrast of a Rocky Mountain winter, one can't help but want to drink up every drop.

In no particular order, here are some…

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