Hope for a big snow year may offset some losses, but reservations down
  Our president calls this a “pivotal moment for America’s economy.” Alan Greenspan describes the events of the week of Sept. 15, as “once in an hundred years” referring to the domino of financial institutions failing, merging or being res­cued by federal intervention.
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SUMMIT COUNTY — All three major Summit County ski areas stayed in the top 20 of SKI Magazine’s annual reader survey, with Breckenridge lead­ing the local pack at No. 9.
  But that marked a drop of two posi­tions, as two other Colorado areas — Aspen and Steamboat — squeezed past into the No. 7 and […]

 FRISCO — A group of Frisco residents is proposing a new law that would require a citizen vote to approve development, but the measure could block the town’s plan for affordable housing on the Peak One Parcel.
  Some current and former town council members immediately slammed the effort as a selfish move that conflicts with […]

According to Tom Kelly with Inman News, “Some people will say reverse mortgages are absolutely too expensive, while others will tell you they are the greatest deal on earth. What all the years of talking to seniors about reverse mortgages has taught me is that you can show some­body what something costs, but you cannot […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Ski towns in Colorado’s High Country — including Summit County — may have some short-term immu­nity from predicted global-warm­ing impacts that could drive down resort real-estate values by more than 50 percent in some parts of the country.
  A recent study by the San Francis­co branch of the Federal Reserve concluded that […]

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — The county has mostly escaped the foreclosure crisis that has affected much of the rest of the country, real estate and financial experts said.
The number of foreclosures in the county are about on track with last year, said Eagle County Public Trustee Karla Herridge.
There have been 112 foreclosures filed in Eagle […]

KEYSTONE — Keystone Ski Resort is replacing its 36 Hours at Keystone with a ski-and-concert series called Fri­day Night Lights.
  Friday Night Lights will occur on three consecutive Fridays starting Nov. 21, featuring skiing until 8:30 p.m. and free concerts that start about 8 p.m.
  “Thirty-six was a great event that people especially loved, but […]

The strong Canadian dollar and the American housing downturn have led many Canadian investors to buy properties in the U.S., June Fletcher writes in today’s Wall Street Journal. Fletcher found that Canadians made up the largest portion of foreign buyers of U.S. homes between May 2007 and May 2008. At 24% of all foreign buyers, […]

                            
 Holidays (ARE) on Us” THIS WINTER FROM VAIL RESORTS AND ROCKRESORTS
Vail Resorts unveils the ultimate lodging deal for the 2008-2009 winter season with a free night of lodging on the busiest holidays at top-rated Colorado ski resorts
The “Holidays On Us” package is valid at all of its owned and managed properties, including nine of the […]

The latest national economic growth numbers should finally put to rest fears of a recession that could choke the real estate recovery now getting underway.
 Second quarter Gross Domestic Product (or GDP) came in at an upwardly-revised 3.3 percent — far above the 1.9 percent the federal government had previously estimated.
Key reasons for the robust economic […]