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Local snow artists are hard at work this week creating their own snow art masterpieces on the streets of Breckenridge for all to enjoy. This 2nd year event, created by Breckenridge Associates Real Estate and produced jointly with the Breckenridge Resort Chamber, is a friendly competition among locals to put out their best snow sculptures for a chance to win up to $2,000 and other generous cash prizes. This year we have approximately 16 teams competing and we can wait to see what they produce this week.

Come one, come all, but be sure to come and cheer for our competitors this week and watch as their creations come to life. Sculpting started on December 5 and will be judged at 3pm, December 12.

Stop by Breckenridge Associates Real Estate at 229 South Main…

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A favorite family or group activity of ours is heading up the gondola at Keystone Ski Resort sometime each winter to experience the thrill of snow tubing at Adventure Point. It’s just like snow tubing we've all done as kids, but with a much larger hill, its own tubing lift and a much greater adventure.

Choose your own adventure with three different tubing lanes. You can link tubes together or ask for a spin by one of the tubing guides. Try it during the day or under the lights at night. One things for sure, you will love the thrill of it and want to come back for more!

Hours and Dates: 
Weather dependent, Nov. 25, 2009 - April 11, 2010. Wednesday-Saturday: 12pm-3pm & 5pm-7:00pm*; Sunday: 12pm-3pm & 5pm. Sessions start on the hour and half hour. 
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Copper Mountain will bring snowboarding's biggest stars to the area this weekend for the U.S. Grand Prix of Snowboarding, a half pipe Olympic qualifying event.

The event kicks off tomorrow, Dec. 10 with Women's qualifying heats, and carries through the weekend. It is the first qualifying event for the Vancouver Winter Olympics - a total of 4 men and 4 women are expected to make the U.S. Snowboarding Olympic team.

Top riders from around the country and world wide will be competing. Olympic hopeful and Breckenridge local, Steve Fisher, is one of the competitors (also a two-time winning XGames Superpipe Champ) along with other top male athletes - Shaun White, Mason Aguirre, J.J. Thomas and Louie Vito. Top women competitors include Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler…

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U.S. consumer spending was up more than expected in October - another good sign of a continuing economic recovery. Spending for the month of October jumped .7% over September, according to the Commerce Department. This was unexpected given September had shown a decline of .6%.

The data from the Commerce Department indicated that consumers increased their spending in October on both durable manufactured goods, such as cars and household appliances, and nondurables, such as food and clothes.

This report comes from BBC News View the full article here. http://www.BreckenridgeAssociates.com

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Home prices came up slightly in the third quarter nationwide, something national real estate hadn't experienced since the second quarter of 2007 - according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index (HPI). The HPI is calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-acquired mortgages. It was 0.2% higher on a seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter than in the second quarter of 2009. Over the past year, seasonally adjusted prices fell 3.8% from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009. This type of data shows a short-term stabilization in home prices on a national level, which is likely a result of the ongoing economic efforts to stabilize markets…

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The Breck Snowflake Challenge takes place in Breckenridge, Colorado beginning December 5 with final judging on December 12. We're excited for the 2nd Annual Challenge presented by Breckenridge Associates Real Estate jointly with the Breckenridge Resort Chamber.

Visit brecksnowflakechallenge.com for details and all the forms you need to sign up. Or, call the Breckenridge Associates Real Estate office at 970.453.2200. http://www.BreckenridgeAssociates.com

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Grab your friends, some warm clothes and a shovel. Head out to the best snowy spot, load up some snow and get to work creating your best snow sculpture in town! Before the International Snow Sculpting Championships was what it is today, this is how it started - artists joining together and finding their own snow for a snow sculpting competition on Main Street Breckenridge.

This year the International Snow Sculpting Championships, which is set for January, is celebrating 20 years as a world-class event in Breckenridge. As a tribute to all those snow artists out there and in an effort to continue to draw attention to the artform, we wanted to return the event to its roots on Main Street, Breckenridge. We wanted to create a smaller scale snow sculpting event…

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Please bring your canned food donations to Breckenridge Associates Real Estate by December 11, 2009. We are located at 229 South Main Street between Bubba Gumps and Starbucks in Breckernidge, Colorado. Land Title is doing a statewide drive and we will be contributing all of our donations to them on December 11. We hope to have an overwhelming amount of food to donate to those in need this holiday season. http://www.BreckenridgeAssociates.com

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Concertmaster, Oscar Soler, Returns to Summit County on January 23rd

Seating is limited, please reserve your seats now! The 2009 NRO Alum Concertmaster, Oscar Soler, returns on January 23, 2010. He will be joined by Rosalie Gilbert at the Keystone Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado.

Join us at the Keystone Conference Center and enjoy the sounds of the violin and harp as they're played for us. At 6:30pm you'll nosh on hearty appetizers and wine while you chat with friends - both new and old. The music begins at 7:15pm and will include solos and duets by these two talented musicians. All this for just $25 per person.

For more information on how to purchase tickets, please call the NRO Office at 970-453-5825 or email Julie Chandler at…

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The Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), an indexing series created by the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo and used first used 18 years ago, indicates that the third quarter of 2009 is near its highest level for the third consecutive quarter since it's first series was created in 1991.

Nationwide housing affordability, affordable interest rates and low pricing are all factors. The report concludes that 70.1% of all new and existing homes sold July-September, 2009, were affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,000. This is down slightly from a near record in the second quarter and up from 56.1% in the third quarter of last year.

With the tax credit extended and expanded to appeal to a wider group of eligible home…

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