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A COVID Boom?

February 28, 2021 by Mike Rosso

By Mike Rosso Colorado has seen consistent population growth since its inception in 1876, whether is was fur trapping, gold and silver mining, or world-class skiing. The state has seen an estimated 14.5% increase in population in the past decade, affecting both cities and rural areas as well. Between 2017 and 2018 the population of …

Wildfire potential could be disclosed to home buyers

December 23, 2009November 1, 2006 by Staff

Brief by Allen Best

Real-Estate – November 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine

Real-estate agents in Summit County are tinkering with a potential disclaimer to be included in sale of property. That disclaimer would advise potential buyers of the risk of wildfires.

There, as in the adjoining Vail and Winter Park areas, forests are in the 10th year of a bark beetle epidemic that foresters say could ultimately destroy 90 percent of lodgepole pine trees. The fear is that the dead trees will potentially become part of a massive, catastrophic fire.

Real-estate sales slow, but prices rise

December 22, 2009October 1, 2006 by Staff

Brief by Allen Best

Real Estate – October 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine

After two phenomenal years in nearly every resort valley of the West, the real estate market this year has slowed in some places. But almost everywhere, prices continue to rise.

Places affected by slow-downs include Crested Butte. That town’s real estate transfer tax is projected to yield $1.3 million this year, compared to $2 million last year.

No escape from expensive real estate

December 18, 2009December 1, 2005 by Staff

Brief by Allen Best

Real Estate – December 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

Land prices have been skyrocketing at Crested Butte. Now, the town council wants to jack up prices for the hereafter.

It’s a grave matter, this business of slicing-and-dicing the wildflower-strewn cemetery. And at its current rate of sales, the cemetery will be out of space in 16 years.

The latest in high-end developments

December 18, 2009December 1, 2005 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – December 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

In our experience, magazine publishing has not been a route to fame and fortune, but it worked differently for Malcolm Forbes, who founded an eponymous business magazine and left a huge estate when he died at age 70 in 1990.

How I almost turned into a time-share sucker

December 18, 2009December 1, 2005 by Staff

Essay by Ken Wright

Real-estate – December 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

MY FAMILY AND I just got back from Sedona, Ariz., land of piñon-juniper forest, redrock spires, and vortexes said to be spiritual. The only vortex we found, though, was the one our credit card number went into.

We headed down to the self-proclaimed “New Age” capital of the West, thanks to a friend who gave us a free three-day stay at a resort. All we had to do was sit through a short sales pitch for the timeshare program.

Colorado house-price increases are lagging

December 17, 2009August 1, 2005 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – August 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

For the past decade or so, as long as this magazine has been in business, it has seemed to us that the price of Colorado real estate has been climbing at a good clip, well above the national average.

But it hasn’t, at least in recent years, according to figures compiled by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.

Brokers outnumber listings in Vail

December 16, 2009June 1, 2005 by Staff

Brief by Allen Best

Real Estate – June 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine

The real estate boom is of such magnitude in the Vail-dominated Eagle Valley that there are now more real estate brokers, 670, than there are residential listings, 569. That’s only a third of the normal inventory.

One way to make it a worthwhile investment

December 21, 2009November 1, 2003 by Staff

Column by Hal Walter

Real Estate – November 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine

IT’S BEEN SAID that the golden time from mid-September to mid-October almost makes it worth all the hassles of living here the rest of the year.

Has it happened yet?

December 5, 2009September 1, 2002 by Staff

Letter from Kate Donithorne

Real-estate – September 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine

Dear Editors,

Having recently theorized, was pleased to discover verification in a back issue of Colorado Central #10, December 1994. “Want To Elevate Real-Estate Prices? Geographer says it’s easy; just invite some artists to move into the neighborhood.”

What’s next? Buenavista?

December 1, 2009September 1, 2001 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real estate – September 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine

The real-estate industry has its own vocabulary. For instance, they always sell “homes,” rather than “houses,” and advertising phrases like “ski out your door” sometimes translate to “the county doesn’t plow the road in the winter.”

More than he bargained for

November 23, 2009December 1, 1999 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – December 1999 – Colorado Central Magazine

Old property descriptions aren’t always accurate, as one Rob Brownlee discovered.

He bought some land that was supposed to be next to the Como Cemetery in South Park. A survey revealed that he’d actually bought into 5.5 acres of the 112-year-old cemetery, including occupied graves.

Entire town of Hillside is for sale

November 20, 2009November 1, 1998 by Staff

Brief by Jan Evans

Real Estate – November 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine

Why settle for a trophy home when you can buy a whole town?

The entire town of Hillside is a recent addition to the real estate market. Nestled along State Highway 69 between Texas Creek and Westcliffe, it lies over nine acres of municipality ready for further development.

Historic Chaffee Trophy Home for only $4 million

November 20, 2009September 1, 1998 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – September 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine

Historic Chaffee trophy home can be yours for only $4 million

If you’ve got about $4 million to spend on a house, you can own a piece of Chaffee history, although it’s in Westchester County, New York, rather than Chaffee County, Colorado.

The July 23 edition of the Wall Street Journal reported that an 11-acre estate in North Salem, New York, with a 13,000-square-foot mansion, was for sale for $3,850,000.

Magic Here and Now

November 18, 2009December 1, 1997 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – December 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine

Magic here and now…

On the other hand, maybe we won’t need to wait a full thirty years for Vail to arrive, judging by the July 18 edition of The Vail Trail’s Real Estate Section, which contained a full-page advertisement, part of which is reproduced here.

A Glimpse into our ‘Magic’ future?

November 18, 2009December 1, 1997 by Staff

Brief by Central Staff

Real Estate – December 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine

A Glimpse into our `Magic’ Future?

In this advertisement from the September 29 Denver Post, the Game Trail development outside Buena Vista asks “Want to see what Vail and Aspen were like 30 years ago?”

Well, as we recall, Aspen in 1967 was one of the meanest and harshest places in Colorado — unless you were a millionaire, you weren’t welcome, since a long-haired kid loitering on Hyman Street might sour the high-roller Eurotrash on Aspen and make them think about wintering in Gstaad instead.