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Explore Eagle County and Western Colorado Real Estate from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Colorado Properties was founded in 1971 by John Slevin and is currently owned by his son, Michael Slevin. We started out as a one-office company located in Vail, Colorado and then opened our second office in Beaver Creek, Colorado when Beaver Creek was founded as a Colorado ski resort. At that time, we had about ten real estate brokers and two offices in the Vail Valley. Today we have grown into a wonderful company with over one hundred real estate brokers, 14 real estate offices throughout Western Colorado, and one vacation and property management office located in the Vail Valley. We have now expanded into Summit County, Mesa County, Montrose County, Telluride, Durango, and Winter Park. We are still family owned and operated and continue to maintain our position in leading real estate sales in the Vail Valley.

April Real Estate news

By Jill Bossow - April 11, 2023

REAL ESTATE NEWS | EAGLE COUNTY Signs of Market Normalization Buyer demand we have been referencing since the start of the year came to fruition with closed sales in March. After January and February had only 49 closed sales each month, lower interest rates and continued market activity brought closed sales to 70 - 43% higher than the first two months of the year and only down 21%

Is It Really Better To Rent Than To Own A Home Right Now?

By Jill Bossow - March 13, 2023

You may have seen reports in the news recently saying it's better to rent right now than it is to own your home. But before you let that impact your decisions, you should understand what these claims are based on. A lot of the time, these reports are assuming things that aren't realistic for the average household. For example, the methodology behind one of those reports says that renting is t

March Real Estate News

By Jill Bossow - March 09, 2023

REAL ESTATE NEWS | EAGLE COUNTY A Tale of Two Markets February sales in Eagle County mirrored January with 49 closed residential transactions - down from 89 in 2022, 92 in 2021, and 85 in 2020. The list price to sales price ratio declined to 95.81% (compared to 100.11% in 2022). While the market has slowed, average sold price and sold price per foot increased 16% - demonstrating continued str

February Real Estate News

By Jill Bossow - February 08, 2023

REAL ESTATE NEWS | EAGLE COUNTY Upside in Today's Market The local market is experiencing much of what the country is - activity from buyers, inventory levels rising, and pockets of strength and weakness in neighborhoods and price ranges. As an example, Beaver Creek saw a wave of activity in January with homes listed at $22.9m, $15.445m, and $8.995m (just to name a few) all go under contra

January Real Estate News

By Jill Bossow - January 11, 2023

Happy New Year! Unlike the steady (frantic) pace of 2021, the real estate market experienced some significant changes during 2022. The first quarter was a follow-through of the hyper-activity our markets saw in 2020/2021 but the inflation and interest rate increases changed the pace of sales beginning in June. As a result, Eagle County's residential real estate market declined by about 24% in

Are We In A Real Estate Bubble

By Jill Bossow - April 05, 2021

Are you ready to take your next step in real estate? Are you concerned about a possible bubble? To better understand the concerns of potential buyers and sellers are sharing at the start of the new year, we again partnered with The Wall Street Journal to deploy a custom study for our real estate clients. Those findings, paired with the expertise of our Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network prof

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