Author Archives: Eric Buck

October Real Estate Sales Post Blowout Month

October produced the strongest performance in Summit County  of any month in the last 4-5 years.  Transaction volume vaulted to 230 units up 43% from a year ago and 45% from September.  That was the highest unit sales number of … Continue reading

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Higher end of the Summit market gets active

Transactions volumes ticked down slightly in September but a pick up at the higher end of the market generated the strongest monthly dollar sales since December of 2009.  There were a total of 158 transactions in the month down from … Continue reading

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Summit County volumes remain up but dollars lag

Sales activity in June rose for the third straight month, albeit at a more modest pace than was seen in April and May.  Total transactions were up 5% year over year to 109 but that pace was below the 134 … Continue reading

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Beware of listing aggregators

Listing aggregators such as Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com have become popular sites for buyers to search for properties.  However, these aggregators have become notorious for having inaccurate out-dated and misleading information.  A recent search of one aggregator showed twice as … Continue reading

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Summit County Real Estate seeing a pick-up.

After a lackluster performance in April , the Summit County real estate market showed impressive gains in May and momentum appears to be continuing into June.  For April, sales volume rose by 6%  year over year but with activity concentrated … Continue reading

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March Summit County real estate sales come up short

Real estate sales in March were nearly as scarce as the snow with total sales falling 17% versus the prior year’s period to $37.4 million.  Transactions were also down, falling 21% to 81 total deals.  To highlight how far the … Continue reading

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Summit Association of Realtors – Breckenridge Town Council Questionaire

SUMMIT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® BRECKENRIDGE TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE   In order to ensure REALTORS® are educated and prepared for the upcoming Town Council  elections in Breckenridge, SAR has asked the candidates to answer questions important to the real estate … Continue reading

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Numbers don’t show it yet but real estate is feeling better.

Volumes took their normal seasonal dip in January but were up against a very weak January of a year ago.  Unit sales in the County dropped 68% to 96 transactions in January versus 140 in December but were up 10% … Continue reading

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How to find a bargain.

Next to “How’s the market?”, the most common question I get is, “Do you have any bargains?”   I’ve developed a method for finding them. Of course what constitutes a “bargain” is very subjective but one metric is the valuation placed … Continue reading

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Summit County real estate sales end year on down note

December real estate sales in Summit County softened somewhat versus a year ago with unit volume falling 9% to $140 transactions.  As has been typical this year, dollar volume comparisons were even worse, dropping 13% to $61.6 million.  For the … Continue reading

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