| Wow. It's amazing when looking online how worried | | | | growth market, just things go at a bit more of a |
| people are about the state of affairs in the real | | | | leisurely pace here. Colorado has always been a place |
| estate business. It would seem that the market slow | | | | where things are a bit more laid back. There are |
| down is affecting more people than expected. | | | | definitely some specialty markets in Colorado that |
| However, this is not true of real estate in Colorado. | | | | have benefited from the steady growth that this |
| This state was not really subject to the massive | | | | state has enjoyed. Markets such as Breckenridge |
| booms that were happening in other areas around | | | | have seen some great development but not so much |
| the country and as such this slow down has not | | | | as to strip the town of the charm and atmosphere |
| really affected Colorado either. In fact the market in | | | | that made it a popular destination in the first place. |
| Colorado is still on a slow but steady growth curve. | | | | Breckenridge has really evolved from a quiet winter |
| This is a pattern of growth that has been on the | | | | skiing town into a dynamic town that has a real |
| move for quite a few years and has endured the | | | | attraction on a year-round basis. As exciting as this |
| peaks and valleys of the national market with little in | | | | area is during the winter months, Breckenridge really |
| the way of scars to show for it. Of course, all | | | | comes alive during the spring and summer. The |
| markets are prone to some fluctuation but home | | | | mountain is covered with wildflowers and there is |
| values in Colorado have been fairly stable and have | | | | certainly no shortage of exciting things to do and |
| shown a more usual rate of appreciation than homes | | | | see. Anyone who has spent any time at all in |
| in other areas. | | | | Breckenridge can speak to the majestic beauty of |
| In reality all this talk of "the bottom falling out of the | | | | this area. This is definitely an area where homes and |
| market" is more of a correction of prices that had | | | | properties will continue to appreciate at a respectable |
| been radically inflated in the first place. Home owners | | | | rate for many years to come. |
| and buyers in Colorado know that Colorado has a | | | | |