Aspen Real Estate Blog

Aspen Board of Realtors statistics from 2013 show it was another good year in the recovery phase of the local real estate market.

Understanding how commercial rents are structured and comparing rents on different spaces can be confusing to many. Commercial rents basically have four components: 1) the base, 2) additional rent that includes the tenant’s share of the Common Area Maintenance fees, or CAM, the buildings insurance and real estate taxes, 3) an annual escalation factor, and 4) often some type of rent abatement at the beginning of the lease.

Property management is not generally considered the more glamorous part of the real estate industry, but as many investors know, it’s often the most critical. Many see property management as a simple function of collecting rents, paying bills and fixing toilets. This characteristic...

The first X Games was held in Rhode Island in the summer of 1995. The tiny, inaugural event focused on "extreme sports" like skateboarding and BMX biking - and offered medals and prize money to participants. The first Winter X Games was held in Big...

There's a lot that goes into the art of property management. If you have ever owned a home or rental property, you might understand the level of commitment and responsibility that it takes to maintain a property - let alone make improvements...

This week's blog continues a multi-part series on the towns and neighborhoods of the Roaring Fork Valley. This edition, our blog team focuses on Old Snowmass.

Our blog continues a multi-part series on towns and neighborhoods of the Roaring Fork Valley. This week, our team takes a closer look at the Cemetery Lane nieghborhood.

One of the unwelcome phenomena of the slow real estate market in the past few years is the amount of time it takes to sell a typical Aspen property. In the past twelve months, a single family home took an average of 426 days to...

Our multi-part blog series concludes this week with a closer look at down valley; Basalt, El Jebel and Carbondale.

The Aspen real estate market is set against the back drop of the national real estate market. There is little doubt now that the national real estate recession is over and the enthusiasm for real estate has returned. The Presidential election may be keeping some...