Steamboat Real Estate Home Search and Blog

(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 [...]

Selling a home in today’s Steamboat Springs real estate market requires more effort than it did a year ago. Inventory is up, which means there is more competition for a buyer. In fact, there are over 100 single family homes for sale in the Steamboat Springs area between $450,000 and $13,000,000. What should you do [...]

Home Staging your Steamboat home is crucial to get the most money in the least amount of time. This video gives great, inexpensive advice for selling your Steamboat Springs home. The little things, like removing clutter, bringing in light, making the bedrooms calm and airy, and not spending too much money on the kitchen are [...]

Greg Pohlman of Complete Home Inspections guest authored this post about Steamboat real estate Pre-Listing Home Inspections. Are you currently listing Steamboat Springs real estate For Sale? How would you like to pave the way to a smoother and quicker closing? One way you can do this is to suggest to the seller to have [...]

One thing that drives me crazy is to see a new Steamboat real estate listing without pictures. Now I know why. The first two weeks a listing goes on the market is traditionally when the most activity will take place. And if a buyer gets instant email notifications, they will get that listing without pictures. [...]

Nine Steamboat properties sold this week, and eight Steamboat properties went under contract. Sold Routt County properties : A townhome in Hayden, Colorado on Harvest Drive that sold for the asking price of $185,000 A single family home in Hayden, Colorado on Washington Street for $238,000 A condominium in Steamboat Springs on 6th Street for [...]

Selling your Steamboat property? Here are three key points to get your Steamboat ski condo or second home sold in this slowing market: Price it Right–If you’ve owned Steamboat real estate for over a year, your property has appreciated. Don’t try to squeeze the last penny out of the sale by pricing it high, because [...]

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 [...]

Steamboat Springs, Colorado had a huge run up in prices over the last year. Once Intrawest announced plans to buy our ski area, real estate prices literally went up 5% a month from January through July. Listings were priced higher than the last one just because they could. People were frantically buying anything on the [...]

Price it Right from Day 1 Many Steamboat Springs real estate sellers think the best way to list a home is to “try a number” then lower the price later when the home doesn’t sell. Not pricing your Steamboat home right in the beginning can cost you. John R. Knight, in his 2002 study, “Listing [...]