The Breckenridge Lobster
For those of you who have visited Breckenridge, especially in summer and heard locals talking about the Breckenridge lobster, well here it is. Normally ar...

National Repertory Orchestra Porch Series
The National Repertory Orchestra held it's first Porch Series on Friday 19th June on the porch of Breckenridge Associate's historic building...

Breck 150
In 1859 a group of mining prospectors created a little town called Breckenridge.  This year the Town is celebrating the 150th anniversary through events under the auspices of the Breck150...

Summit County Building Permits Decline
Summit County applications for building permits have almost ground to a halt.  According to the Summit County Builder's Association the number of permits pulled year to date is just 8. Home starts ...

Breckenridge Defensible Fire break space regulation
Breckenridge Town Council is finalizing a regulation enforcing homeowners to create a defensible space around their homes for life and property protection in the event of a forest fire. Upon the recommendations of the Red, White and Blue Fire Departmen...

Breckenridge gives a break on parking fees
Breckenridge Town Council voted to give concessions on parking fees and restrictions this summer and also next ski season, 2009/2010. During the month of May there will b...

Tax Assessment Dilemma
Many, many homeowners' are confused and puzzled about why their taxes have gone up this recent tax assessment period. The Colorado Statute for this period is between Jan 1st, 2007 to June 30, 2008 for right or wrong.  During this period, Breckenri...

Highway 9 Improvements This Summer
More road improvements are scheduled on Highway 9 between Breckenridge and Frisco this summer. Federal stimulus money will help towards improving and widening to four lanes the portion of Highway 9 between Va...

Is Summit County's real estate bottoming out?
Is Summit County's real estate bottoming out? ...

Second Home and Investment Property Sales in 2008
This article is from the National Association of Realtors and describes the national statistical data on second home sales and investment property sales in 2008.  It is reflective of our sales here in Breckenridge and Summit County too. ...

Summit County Property Taxes To Go Up Not Down In 2009
Summit County Assessors office is predicting that single family home taxes will go up this spring not down. The formula for calculating such based ...

Breckenridge Private Driveway Ordinance
Government Affairs Alert: Proposed Shared Driveways Ordinance Revised   The Breckenridge Town Council has been considerin...

Breckenridge Tree Fire Mitigation Proposal
The goal of the proposal is to help protect homes in Breckenridge from wildfires. The Fire Chief indicated the first goal of the fire department is to save lives, and they are working on evacuation plans with the county. The second goal is to save home...

Breckenridge Associates Wins Award
Breckenridge Associates Real Estate (BARE) recognized by Breckenridge Resort Chamber as "Business of the Month”   ...

Breckenridge Town Council to restrict residential building sizes
The Breckenridge Town Council is looking to restrict the size of a home or a remodel/addition that a homeowner can build within certain subdivisions in the Town limits.  According to the Town Planning Departments summary, the Town is reviewing subdivisions that do not have bui...

Breckenridge voted America's most popular ski area
Voted "America's Most Popular Ski Resort" Breckenridge ski resort received the prestigious People's Choice award as America's favorite ...

Vail Parking Spaces sell for Quarter $Million!
The Vail Daily reported that for the last 15 years the prices of parking spaces near the bottom os the ski area have increased from $40,000 to now as high as $370,000.  Resort developer, East West Parnters is trying to sell parking spaces near the new developmen...

Breckenridge Real Estate outperforms financial markets!
Breckenridge real estate has outperformed the financial markets for over a decade.  Within the last 2 years this has accelerated especially...

Breckenridge Snow Sculptures
The teams start the process of creating their incredible scultpures from a huge snow cube that is about 10 feet high.  They are not allowed to use powered tools. ...

Snow!
This winter has been a record winter with regards to snowfall to date.  It just keeps on coming.  The last time it snowed this much for this time period was 10 years ago!  The...

DEW Tour comes to Breckenridge
Well the Dew Tour hit Breckenridge this last weekend.  The event is quite spectacular and the logistics of setting this up were quite amazing.  Just being a local h...

Construction at Peak 8
Peak 8 is a huge construction area this winter as Vail Resorts continues to build our new ski village.  The cranes currently running are...

Question of the Day!
QUESTION   I have some concerns about the US real estate market right now and am not sure if this is the right time to buy when the overall market is published at being 8% down.   ANSWER   First of all you have to remember that Brec...

RECENT FEDERAL TAX LAW CHANGES TO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
[This information does not constitute tax advice. Please consult your tax professional for specific tax advice related to a specific transaction]   1. Property involved in a...

Breckenridge real estate YTD stats
Breckenridge and Summit County Real Estate Statistics YTD 2008 These figures come from the Summit Association of Realtors MLS as of May 1st, 2008, which encompasses over 95% of real estate transactions in the County. Breckenridge ...