Steamboat Springs, CO Real Estate and Community Blog

The Steamboat Wine Festival kicks off tonight with the “Wine on the Mountain Kick Off” event at the top of the gondola. It is one of the events that sell out every year, but don’t worry if you don’t have a ticket. You can drink wine at all the various tasting events from […]

If you are looking to relocate to Steamboat Springs, Colorado and have school aged children, you’ll be happy to know Steamboat Springs has been recognized for its high CSAP (standardized test) scores.
Here are the results for the latest school year.

Here’s an interesting article by the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. For the Steamboat market, he’s right on several points. There are very few foreclosures in Steamboat, there are still more people that want to move to Steamboat than people that want to move out of Steamboat, and baby boomers […]

(The following article, “Capital Gain Tax Rates: The Known, The Unknown, and Why Exchange Now” was written by Asset Preservation Incorporated, A National IRC §1031 “Qualified Intermediary”)
Throughout much of the 20th century and into the new millennium, capital gains have been taxed at a lower rate than other income or were only partially exposed to […]

After installing the new high-speed six pack last year and re-grading the lower mountain runs, the Steamboat Ski Area recently announced the $4 million on-mountain improvements for this year.
Here’s the list:

Snowmaking: Replace 20,000 feet of pipe on Right-O-Way, See Ya, Bashor, Lower Vagabond and Lil Rodeo.
Grooming Equipment: New winch grooming machines that are five feet […]

This single family home on Willowbrook Court is located on a cul-de-sac close to the ski mountain, bike path, and bus route. Three bedrooms plus a den mean plenty of room for your family and guests. Master bedroom has walk-in closet and large bath with jetted tub and separate shower.
The home is located […]

In case you missed it among all the bad real estate press, $100,000,000 in Steamboat Springs real estate sold last month (June 2008).
Yes, the Steamboat Springs real estate market is slower this year. Heck, over $1.5 billion in real estate sold in 2007–an all time record. It was bound to be slower this […]

Share your Steamboat adventures with Family and Friends in this very desirable large 5 bedroom Eagle Ridge Town Home. This is the closest unit to the mountain, a 5 minute walk (3 minutes on a powder day) from the base but just far enough away to stay out of the construction.

The Steamboat real estate market continues to defy the national housing market’s doom-and-gloom headlines. Prices from June 2007 to June 2008 are up over 6%. In fact,

The Average Transaction Price for Steamboat Springs real estate is reported to be $719,799 a 6.25% increase over the average transaction price for the same time YTD last […]

It’s possible that summers in Steamboat Springs are even busier than winters. There is so much to do you’ll never fit all the activities in. This weekend was the Balloon Rodeo, Art in the Park, Strings in the Mountain, tubing the Yampa, tennis, swimming, camping, fly fishing, hiking, golfing, going to the […]