Mountain homes sales sizzle in '04

80566 Resource 78647 78558 78558 1105495149859 1106268216640 Controlled 2004 Saw Property Sales Soar in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004 was a record setting year for property sales in Grand, Eagle and Summit Counties

More and more investors switched in 2004.  They pulled money from their stock market investments and put it into second homes in the Colorado Rockies.  Real estate continues to outperform stocks and more people are realizing it.  <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E33%7E2632983,00.html?search=filter" target="_blank">Second homes</a> in ski resorts like Summit County's Breckenridge, Keystone, and Copper Mountain, along with the surrounding communties of Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne are hot commodities.  Not only can you leverage a purchase with very little money, but future appreciation is measured against the total value rather than the investment.  This combination of benefits has resulted in sales of condos, townhomes and single family homes far above 2003.  Statistics will be posted in more detail in the next few days. 9 application/xml false Breckenridge Colorado Rockies Copper Mountain Keystone real estate second homes Silverthorne ski resorts Mountain homes sales sizzle in '04 Second homes continue to grow in popularity, even as primary homes in cities remain stagnant. http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33%257E2632983,00.html?search=filter Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) 66.198.200.154 66.198.200.154 kdeshaies false true false false true 205866 false false true false false false true 78647 blog blogsite/SnowHome/web