Anyone living in Summit County can take advantage of the annual Doggy days event at the Silverthorne recreation center.
Once a year, before the pool is shut down for its annual cleaning and maintenance, dog owners have the opportunity to allow their dogs to swim in the pool. It has turned into quite an event, with several sessions and even a Big Air contest! This year it will be Sunday, April 27th, 2008. Water loving dogs like labs and retrievers have a ball at a time of year when they are not able to access lakes and rivers because of ice. It is so popular that you need to make a reservation by calling Christian Liles at 970-262-7380 or email cliles@silverthorne.org. Sessions are from 9am to 10:30am and 11am to 12:30 pm.

You must provide copies of current vacination certificates for Rabies, Distemper and Bordetella before the 27th or the dog will not be able to participate. Cost is $12 for one dog, $15 for two, and $17 for 3, which is the maximum per family. The Big Air contest is at 12:45pm at a cost of $6 per dog.

Those live with their dogs in condos in Silverthorne, Dillon, or anywhere else in the county, appreciate the opportunity to….

Copper Mountain real estate is always interesting.
It doesn’t always reflect what is going on in the rest of the market in Summit County as a whole. It is almost exclusively a second home and vacation home market with few, if any, primary residences. Copper has a total of about 3,000 condos, townhomes and single family homes. Recently some multi million dollar homes have been built in the Lewis Ranch area and they will skew the average sales price when they sell.

When trying to analyze the market, it is best to break it down by price range. As in most other areas, the lower priced property sells more than in any other price range. In 2006 there were 33 sales of condos under $300,000 at Copper Mountain. Today there are only five listed for sale, with three more under contract. What that means, if you have a condo in that price range that you would like to sell, is that you could expect that it would sell in less than two months. However, it depends on the time of year, as most sales at Copper Mountain occur in the…..

Waterdance townhomes and Wooden Canoe at Waterdance
Those who own other Frisco real estate might argue with you, but let’s look at Waterdance and see what we find.

Those looking to buy homes in Frisco, Colorado, often consider the Waterdance subdivisions. Wooden Canoe at Waterdance is actually the name of the subdivison of the single family homes. The 40 Waterdance Townhomes were built first, in 1994, with the original selling prices in the mid $200s. They range in size from about 2500 square feet to almost 3000 square feet, with three or four bedrooms. Today they sell between $600,000 and $800,000+, depending on location. They have plenty of space on three levels, and are an easy place to live on a full time basis, although many of the owners use them as second homes. Living in a townhome does mean that you pay reasonable homeowner association dues of $275 a month, but it also means that you don’t have to deal with exterior maintenance. Many second home owners prefer townhomes for that reason.

Once the Waterdance townhomes……

More Summit County real estate is listed in April and May than any other time of the year.
It is a sure sign of spring. April is mud season and it is also listing season. Real estate signs pop up like tulips, and fall over just as fast. When the ground is still frozen, there is no place to put them except in snow banks. Snow melts pretty quickly this time of year, and we are constantly having to check our signs to make sure they are still standing. We encourage our clients who are planning on buying this summer to move the dates up if possible, so that they can take advantage of the good selection we almost always have by Memorial Day. It is a great time to choose your new condo, before the majority of tourists arrive mid June and everything gets picked over.
I drove around Summit County this week to find other signs of spring. Space for lease is a big one this time of year. Businesses held out through winter but they close in spring rather than pay rent through a couple more months without business. Many locals head for Moab and Mexico, and with the tourists gone too, there is not much money coming in to pay the rent. Retail businesses here are very seasonal, and you must either have a great local’s base to support you through the off months or make enough money during the season that you can still pay the bills. It is a tough way to make a living sometimes, but the place we live in makes it worth it.

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