Steamboat Springs, CO Real Estate and Community Blog

Steamboat Springs real estate sales are different this February as compared to February a year ago. Here are the highlights:

Prices for Steamboat Springs real estate are going up.

Median Sold prices rose from $351,000 to $413,000

Number of properties sold has declined.

Total units Sold declined from 58 to 33.

Houses, condos, and land are taking longer […]

Highlights of the Edgemont Slopeside Residences:

Located above the Mountain Village between the Gondola and Christie Peak Express chairlifts. (Former Bear Claw III Site)
Unparalleled ski-in/ski-out access to the slopes of Steamboat
Sweeping views of the […]

Some people who purchase Steamboat Springs investment real estate want to manage the property themselves. They like the idea of using websites such as vrbo.com to schedule renters, and some folks even create websites they use to rent their investment property themselves.
The reason investors choose to self-manage is their desire to save the 40%-45% […]

Last July, Frontier made an announcement that they would be adding flight service to mountain towns. It took much longer for the Denver-based airline to name the towns that will benefit, and Steamboat Springs did not make the list.
Lynx Airlines, the new subsidiary, will fly into Aspen, Jackson Hole, Durango, and two towns in […]

Back when Steamboat Springs, Colorado was a ranching community with more cows than people, this little schoolhouse was where all the readin’, ‘ritin and ‘rithmetic went on. Steamboat Springs is still a small community with a great reputation for educating its students, but times have changed and the school population is growing.
To keep up […]

 
People looking to invest in Steamboat Springs real estate come from all over, and one of the first questions I hear is, “How’s the market?” All the negative press about the national real estate market have people wondering how bad it is in Steamboat.
The Steamboat Springs real estate market is quite active.
February had 34 […]

The media can spin a story any way it wants, and consumers believe the headlines. It is the same with real estate news.
Here are two versions of the exact same information. One is from the National Association of Realtors, the other is from the February 15, 2008 edition of USA Today. As […]

Since over 80% of buyers start their Steamboat Springs real estate search on the Internet, it makes sense to get the best photos of your home up on the web so they will appeal to the most buyers.
Here are some photos of homes for sale around Steamboat Springs, Colorado, that will leave you wondering what […]

Because buying Steamboat Springs property is not something most people do every day, there is a lot of wrong information out there regarding realtor commissions and who pays what. Here is one example I hope clears up a few misconceptions about buying Steamboat real estate.
This week, I had a situation where someone called and […]

If “getting away from it all” appeals to you, then these two parcels in northern Routt County might be exactly what you’ve been looking for to build your private retreat, hunting cabin, or family get away. This property is located in the middle Routt National Forest– a million acres of undeveloped public land […]