Steamboat Springs Blog: Real Estate News and Lifestyle Information

Today’s New Housing Market, Part 1 of 3: Selling   CNN Money Housing Report CNN Money just did a 3 part series on “smart strategies for buyers, sellers and owners” in today’s new real estate market. After 6 years of a housing collapse, we are seeing a significant improvement. Maybe we are at the ...

Free Summer Concert Series 2013-Steamboat Springs Rocks!  Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series at Howelsen Hill Steamboat Rocks! The Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series (the Concert Series) will, as usual, be a lot of fun. The Concert Series was formed in 1990 and supports our co...

Housing and the Economy   Hill St. Old Town Steamboat Home for Sale There are many indicators that our recovery from the Great Recession is on the upswing and the housing market plays a major role in this. Standard & Poor’s  500 closed recently one point away from the all-time high from October 2...

STOP - Just STOP!  Save Our Bears 100 bears were killed in 2012 - up from 32 in 2011 in just three Colorado Counties. We need to STOP and think and save our bears.  Bear 504 with his new collar -  Photo compliments of Sharon Buroch-Murdo One interaction between a bear and a dumpster can mean a de...

Change is Good - Especially Now   Change is. Change is good, and usually, we fight it. But some change is good. Take for example winter, it will change, spring is definitely coming to Steamboat Springs. As the snow melts, we are seeing glimpses of green grass and hyacinth sprouting around the 3-f...

Is Now the Time to Buy a Home? Real Estate Affordability   Yes. Yes. Yes. Buy a home NOW. Today just might the best time to invest in real estate in a long time. Prices of Steamboat Springs real estate is down. Interest rates are at a new lows. And consumer confidence is rising. If you think abou...

Steamboat Springs Planning for the Future I am continually impressed with how the Steamboat Springs community plans for the future and  thinks long-term. I was reading the Steamboat Today this morning and saw that the City of Steamboat was evaluating what to do with the 1% lodging tax they collec...

Steamboat Springs has Camp Robbers! No, not those kind of robbers, we just don’t have a lot of them here in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I’m talking about Camp Robbers. The kind of Camp Robbers that you meet on the chairlift on Steamboat Springs Ski Area. Camp Robbers - they are birds we know and...

April 2013 Steamboat Springs Market Report     146 pending sales today!  There's never a dull moment in Steamboat Springs real estate. I just viewed a home that was on the market for 2 days had 12 showings and multiple offers. If you're a seller, things are looking up! If you are a buyer, we'll h...

Facebook Influences World Wide Commerce  Here's am amazing video. I've said over and over again how the business of real estate has changed dramatically over the last 6 years. The amount of information available on your computer is endless. But it's not just Routt county real estate stats and for...