This is a recent press release from the Park City Board of Realtors: Real Estate Market &  Economic News Buyers No Longer Waiting . . . Home Sales Continue at Increased Rates 2010 Q1 Statistical Report Monday, April 26, 2010 5:00 am Park City, Utah - April 26, 2010 - Overall real estate sales dollar volume for first quarter 2010 was $303 million, up 107% from first quarter 2009 figures of  more»

It is the middle of March and the days are getting longer, the sun is shining and spring skiing is on. Spring skiing means not having to bundle up like you are in the arctic, sitting outside on the deck for lunch and après ski outside looking at the mountains. One of the great joys of spring skiing is corn snow. When snow first falls it falls in a very crystal like state, everybody is familiar  more»

<!--StartFragment--> The Olympics have come to an end and it was amazing to hear all the mention of Park City, the Park City athletes, and the training center’s here. While Vancouver, B.C and Whistler were of course the focus of the attention but the number of times Park City was mentioned and the publicity that we received would be hard to quantify in dollar terms. Park City really has  more»

The first 7 weeks of this year have been quite active for real estate sales. Particularly in Empire Pass at Deer Valley. This is largely due to developer's slashing their prices and offering incentives to encourage buyers to buy now. In the development called Silver Strike, there were 19 units available January 1st. At the end of January the developer auctioned off 8 units with prices averaging  more»

<!--StartFragment--> Following the very successful auction of 8 high end condo’s in Empire Pass it seems auction fever has struck in Park City. Two new projects have just announced their intent to auction their remaining units. The Westgate at the Canyons Resort has been a mix of fractional and whole ownership units but has been moving more towards the whole ownership side instead of  more»

The big news this week is the first release of condominium units at the new Montage Resort Spa and Hotel in Deer Valley. While the Montage is still under construction with an expected opening in Christmas 2010, the developer is releasing 15 units for sale now. The Montage Hotel will have 171 hotel units on the first 7 floors which will not be available for sale. But, there will be 81 residential  more»

While today I want to talk about the 2009 real estate year lets first talk about what is really important, IT’S SNOWING! This season has been one of the driest on record but we received about 18 inches in the last couple days, it is currently snowing, and the forecast is for snow for the remainder of the week. This week also begins the annual Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival  more»

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting a new restaurant in Park City, Talisker on Main. This restaurant is operated by the Talisker Club which has the club facilities at Deer Valley Resort and the golf club facilities just outside of town. The restaurant is very small and offers an intimate dining experience for Talisker members and the general public. The restaurant is designed to showcase  more»

While the eastern half of the U.S. is locked in a deep freeze, we in the Rockies are basking in warm sunshine. Even at 8000 feet today’s temperature is approaching 30 degrees. While the warmth certainly feels good, and it’s nice not having to clear the driveway every day, we would all be much happier with more snow. I would call the skiing “adequate”, but then I am a fanatic skier also. While  more»

Going in to this Christmas week we were all very curious and a little nervous to see just what the real estate activity was going to be. While certainly not back to the good ‘ole’ days, everyone is reporting a dramatic increase in activity over last year. Open houses are busy with people seriously looking to buy this season. This is such a welcome change from last year and the mood in town is so  more»