Design trends are always evolving, particularly in luxury-home markets like Aspen Snowmass. Affluent buyers hire the top architects and designers to achieve the most forward-looking designs. As we start a new decade, we’re likely to see new distinct design trends that will separate the 2020s…

High: $6.75M, low: $692,000

A decade ago, we were experiencing the Great Recession, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The national economy, along with the luxury real estate market, was bottoming. Few buyers at the time were interested in purchasing mega-luxury homes in resort markets. In 24 month…

The future of globalization has been a hot topic in political and economic circles in recent years. Over the past few decades, the world has become more interconnected as the result of trading alliances and treaties such as the European Union and NAFTA. Advances in technology, communications…

It appears 2019 will be another solid year for the Aspen-Snowmass real estate market. The overall volume of sales year-to-date for 2019 are similar to, if not slightly ahead, of the total sales volume numbers for 2018 and 2017. But if you’re making a decision to sell an existing property in …

Since the 1960s, the economy in the U.S. has been heavily influenced by the baby boom generation.

Architectural style and interior design trends of residential properties evolve over time. The traditional mountain Tuscan-style homes characterized by sloped roofs, paneled doors, heavy stone exteriors, textured plastered walls, rough-cut woods and granite countertops, popular and built in …

The third quarter of 2019 is over and Aspen-Snowmass residential real estate continues its strong trend for the year.

As the Aspen-Snowmass real estate market moves into its final quarter of 2019, all signs are pointing to another solid year for real estate sales with no signs of slowing down. If the market keeps up its current pace, the total volume of sales in 2019 is projected to increase by about 5 perc…

An inverted yield, the trade war with China, Brexit and recession have been the top economic topics covered by the news media for most of the summer. For over two years now, leading economists have been predicting a recession starting within the next 18 months. If that had been the case, a r…

For the past several years, retail real estate has been the black sheep of the investment real estate industry. Reports of declining mall sales and failing properties have filled industry publications. Fears that online retailers will kill brick-and-mortar retailers have kept many investors …

The first half of 2019 is over and the Aspen-Snowmass-area residential real estate market seems headed for a strong year. 

The economy is growing; the real estate market is strong. Still, some properties languish on the market for months, and in many cases, years.

We’ve all heard the phrase “cash is king,” but in the real estate world, it takes on a whole new level of importance.

If you’re one of the 532 homeowners who are trying to sell a home or condo in Aspen or Snowmass, here are a few things to consider.

You often hear the phase “canary in a coal mine” used as a metaphor to describe an early warning of things to come. The phrase originates from a practice in the coal mining industry to warn miners of dangerous conditions before the advent of electronic sensing devices. The practice was to ca…

The first quarter 2019 results are in, and the statistics are sending clues on how the residential real estate market in Aspen and Snowmass is likely to perform for the remainder of 2019.