Blog Archives: July 2017

The Estin Report: June 2017 Aspen Real Estate Monthly Snapshot was posted in Current Reports on Mon. July 10th. The Snapshots are usually posted on or near the 1st Monday of the month. 
Excerpt:
"June 2017 has been the best June for Aspen real estate in the past 10 years. Dollar sales for properties selling over $10M are up over 125% year-to-date (YTD) and for all properties, sales are up 118% YTD. At the same time, inventory of available properties for sale is declining, down 30% in June ’17 year over year, which should create upward pressure on prices..."
The Estin Report: Mid-Year 2017: State of Aspen Real Estate was released in June 2017 in Current Reports. The 32-Page report is available on-line as PDF and available in print in kiosks at the airport, the info booth across from Paradise Bakery town and at Sothebys offices at 415 E Hyman in the Mall and 300 S Spring opposite the Art Museum.
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Market Activity Week 31, July 23 - 30, 2017
Aspen Snowmass real estate weekly sales and under contract activity appears below for the upper Roaring Fork Valley which includes all Aspen, Snowmass Village, Brush Cr Village, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass properties over $250,000 excluding fractionals. As the MLS links below expire after 30 days, photos and written descriptions of select closed properties (those with excellent photography) are posted here to preserve an archive of sold market activity. Scroll down the page for the past 4 weeks. For earlier dates, use the down arrow to access blog posts archived by year and date to 2006. Or use SearchEstinAspen or the Keyword Search bar on the right of this page to search by topic, address, subdivision, complex, date, etc.  If it's about Aspen real estate, the information should be here.
Closed (6):  MLS#s 146159, 147194, 148329, 148370, 149497, 149512. This link is valid until 8/29/2017.
Under Contract/Pending (14): MLS#s 142156, 144508, 143663, 146576, 146913, 147338, 147742, 147860, 147983, 149524, 149708, 149816, 150009, 150108. This link is valid until 8/29/2017.

Aspen Snowmass Solds Last Week:  
MLS #147194 - W/J Ranch, McLain Flats, 51 White Star Drive, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $11,500,000/$1,650 sq ft; furnished. More details below photos.
   
 
MLS #147194 - W/J Ranch, McLain Flats, 51 White Star Drive, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $11,500,000/$1,650 sq ft; furnished. Aspen single family home for sale. Ask Price: $13,500,000. (Original Price: $11,500,000 and 197 days on the market since 01/09/2017.) This is a 2017 built, 4 bedroom/4 bath/2 half-bath, 6,966 sq ft single family home with 2 car garage on a 7.8 acres lot. Broker comments are "Drawing on their 55 years of home building expertise, Richard Wax & Associates offers their latest Star View property at White Star Ranch Estates. The brand new and distinctive contemporary estate is strategically set on over 7 acres with a private gated entry, abundant trees, Salvation Ditch water, magnificent pond, and amazing views of Snowmass, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk ski areas. With no roundabout or airport traffic, direct access via McLain Flats Road to downtown Aspen, and exclusive use of the White Star HOA open space for horseback riding, cross country skiing and more, the mountain lifestyle is just outside your door!" HOA Dues: $8,912 per Yr. Under Contract Date: 07/21/2017; Sold Date: 07/25/2017. (Photos and broker comments courtesy of Aspen Snowmass Sotheby's International Realty-Hyman Mall) Read More

The Estin Report: June 2017 Aspen Real Estate Monthly Snapshot was posted in Current Reports on Mon. July 10th. The Snapshots are usually posted on or near the 1st Monday of the month. 
Excerpt:
"June 2017 has been the best June for Aspen real estate in the past 10 years. Dollar sales for properties selling over $10M are up over 125% year-to-date (YTD) and for all properties, sales are up 118% YTD. At the same time, inventory of available properties for sale is declining, down 30% in June ’17 year over year, which should create upward pressure on prices..."
The Estin Report: Mid-Year 2017: State of Aspen Real Estate was released in June 2017 in Current Reports. The 32-Page report is available on-line as PDF and available in print in kiosks at the airport, the info booth across from Paradise Bakery town and at Sothebys offices at 415 E Hyman in the Mall and 300 S Spring opposite the Art Museum.
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Market Activity Week 30, July 16 - 23, 2017
Aspen Snowmass real estate weekly sales and under contract activity appears below for all Aspen, Snowmass Village, Brush Cr Village, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass properties over $250,000 excluding fractionals in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. As the MLS links below expire after 30 days, photos and written descriptions of select closed properties (those with excellent photography) are posted here to preserve an archive of sold market activity.  Scroll down the page for home photos and details of weekly sales and under contract / pending Aspen properties in the past 4 weeks. For earlier dates, use the down arrow to quickly find blog archives by year and date to 2008. Or use SearchEstinAspen in the menu bar to search by topic, address, subdivision, complex, date, etc.  If it's about Aspen real estate, the information should be here.
Closed (11): MLS#s 135201, 144611, 144842, 146800, 147721, 147876, 148618, 148827, 149240, 149366, 149411. This link is valid until 8/22/2017.
Under Contract/Pending (11): MLS#s 142326, 137922, 138447, 145352, 148995, 149607, 149672, 149744, 149783, 149799, 149897. This link is valid until 8/22/2017.

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MLS #149366 - West End, 805 Roaring Fork Road, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $8,900,000/$2,134 sq ft. More details below photos.

        
MLS #149366 - West End, 805 Roaring Fork Road, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $8,900,000/$2,134 sq ft. Aspen single family home for sale. Ask Price: $9,100,000. (Original Price: $9,100,000 and 42 days on the market since 06/02/2017. The buyers are: Charles B. Moss Jr. and Ann H. Cook. He was the seller of 610 W Hallam which closed at $11.7M/$2,451 sq ft last week which has not been on the market.) This is a 1983 built and 1997 remodeled, 4 bedroom/3 bath/1 half-bath, 4,170 sq ft single family home with 2 car garage on a 19,729 sq ft lot (almost 1/2 acre). Broker comments are "Beautiful West End estate with a fabulous location adjacent to Harris Concert Hall and Benedict Music Tent. 4 Bedroom, 3.5 Bath. Oversized great room with high ceiling. Perfectly manicured grounds with a water feature." 2016 taxes: $19,191. City of Aspen RETT Transfer Tax of approx. 1.5% payable by buyer. Under Contract Date: 06/16/2017; Sold Date: 07/14/2017. (Photos and broker comments courtesy of Coldwell Banker Mason Morse-Aspen) Read More

The Estin Report: June 2017 Aspen Real Estate Monthly Snapshot was posted in Current Reports on Mon. July 10th. The Snapshots are usually posted on or near the 1st Monday of the month.
Excerpt:
"June 2017 has been the best June for Aspen real estate in the past 10 years. Dollar sales for properties selling over $10M are up over 125% year-to-date (YTD) and for all properties, sales are up 118% YTD. At the same time, inventory of available properties for sale is declining, down 30% in June ’17 year over year, which should create upward pressure on prices..."
Estin Report: Q1 2017 & 2016 Year: State of Aspen Real Estate was released in June 2017 in Current Reports. The 32-Page report is available on-line as PDF and is available in  print in kiosks at the airport, the info booth across from Paradise Bakery town and at Sothebys offices at 415 E Hyman in the Mall and 300 S Spring opposite the Art Museum.
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Market Activity Week 29, July 9 - 16, 2017
Aspen Snowmass real estate weekly sales and under contract activity appears below for all Aspen, Snowmass Village, Brush Cr Village, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass properties over $250,000 excluding fractionals in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. As the MLS links below expire after 30 days, photos and written descriptions of select closed properties (those with excellent photography) are posted here to preserve an archive of sold market activity.  Scroll down the page for home photos and details of weekly sales and under contract / pending Aspen properties in the past 4 weeks. For earlier dates, use the down arrow to quickly find blog archives by year and date to 2008. Or use SearchEstinAspen in the menu bar to search by topic, address, subdivision, complex, date, etc.  If it's about Aspen real estate, the information should be here.
Closed (5):  MLS#s 149973, 144834, 146108, 141344. This link is valid until 8/15/2017.

Under Contract/Pending (17): MLS#s 148348, 147202, 147620, 149626, 144258, 145521, 146159, 148077, 149497, 149573, 147009, 149702, 149552, 149527, 148929, 125883, 125884. This link is valid until 8/15/2017.

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MLS #149973 - 230 E Hopkins commercial building in downtown Aspen, Central Core. Sold Price: $11,275,000/$1,442 sq ft. More details below photo.

MLS #149973 - Townsite of Aspen, Central Core, 230 E Hopkins Avenue, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $11,275,000/$1,442 sq ft. Aspen commercial industria for sale. Ask Price: $11,275,000. (Original Price: $11,275,000 and 63 days on the market since 05/10/2017. According to public records, the for sale by owner (FSBO) was Mountain Forge LLC, an investor group associated with William E. Boehringer of WEB Capital, who paid $8.5M in 07/11/16; the buyer is Hexagon 360 LLC with Paul B. Edgerley as principal, a senior advisor and former managing director at Bain Capital,) This is a 1963 built, 7,820 sq ft commercial industria on a 6,000 sq ft lot. See P & Z article on the property's redevelopment. A prior listing broker comments were, "Excellent corner investment building in downtown Aspen with 4 commercial tenants and one apartment, plus parking spaces. Opportunity for upside in this Mixed-Use Zone adjacent to ''restaurant row'' and the Commercial Core Zone, right across from Francis Whitaker Park. Good views of Aspen Mountain. Total SF per Assessor is 7,820." 2015 taxes: $62,046. City of Aspen RETT Transfer Tax of approx. 1.5% payable by buyer. Under Contract Date: 05/10/2017; Sold Date: 07/12/2017. (Broker comments courtesy of Listing #140060 Setterfield & Bright Real Estate and photo courtesy of Tim Estin, Broker, Aspen Snowmass Sothebys RE). Read More

The Estin Report: June 2017 Aspen Real Estate Monthly Snapshot was posted in Current Reports on Mon. July 10th. The Snapshots are usually posted on or near the 1st Monday of the month.
Excerpt:
"June 2017 has been the best June for Aspen real estate in the past 10 years. Dollar sales for properties selling over $10M are up over 125% year-to-date (YTD) and for all properties, sales are up 118% YTD. At the same time, inventory of available properties for sale is declining, down 30% in June ’17 year over year, which should create upward pressure on prices..."
Estin Report: Q1 2017 & 2016 Year: State of Aspen Real Estate was released in June 2017 in Current Reports. The 32-Page report is available on-line as PDF and is available in  print in kiosks at the airport, the info booth across from Paradise Bakery town and at Sothebys offices at 415 E Hyman in the Mall and 300 S Spring opposite the Art Museum.
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Market Activity Week 28, July 2 - 9, 2017
Aspen Snowmass real estate weekly sales and under contract activity appears below for all Aspen, Snowmass Village, Brush Cr Village, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass properties over $250,000 excluding fractionals in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. As the MLS links below expire after 30 days, photos and written descriptions of select closed properties (those with excellent photography) are posted here to preserve an archive of sold market activity.  Scroll down the page for home photos and details of weekly sales and under contract / pending Aspen properties in the past 4 weeks. For earlier dates, use the down arrow to quickly find blog archives by year and date to 2008. Or use SearchEstinAspen in the menu bar to search by topic, address, subdivision, complex, date, etc.  If it's about Aspen real estate, the information should be here.
Closed (6):  MLS#s 142357, 139662, 144584, 144945, 146585, 147917, 149896. This link is valid until 8/8/2017.

Under Contract/Pending (19): MLS#s 141968, 142683, 144966, 145224, 146717, 146937, 147465, 147599, 147702, 148047, 149090, 149206, 149234, 149240, 149419, 149676, 149735, 149764, 149869. This link is valid until 8/8/2017.

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MLS #149896 - 610 W Hallam, an Aspen West End single family home. Sold Price: $11,700,000/$2,451 sq ft. More details below photos.

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MLS #149896 - West End, 610 W Hallam, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $11,700,000/$2,451 sq ft. Historic Aspen single family home for sale. Ask Price: $11,700,000. (Original Price: $11,700,000 and sold off-market. Public records indicate the property was purchased previously on 10/26/2010 for $5.25M/$1,102 sq ft under adverse seller conditions at the time by Charles B. Moss Jr. The current buyer is Bray Trust, Dallas,TX.) This is a 1888 built/2000 remodel, 5 bedroom/5 bath/1 half-bath, 4,773 sq ft single family home with 2 car garage on a 5,250 sq ft lot. Described in its prior 2010 sale as "Beautiful West End home. South facing. Garden level spaces have full 9 ft ceilings with walkout courtyards off each room. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths with exercise room that could become 6th bedroom. Caretakers unit has outside access." 2017 taxes: $16,482. City of Aspen RETT Transfer Tax of approx.1.5% payable by buyer. Under Contract Date: 07/01/2017; Sold Date: 07/06/2017. (Photos and comments courtesy of Aspen Snowmass Sothebys International Real Estate from prior MLS listing  #117340). Read More

June 25 - July 2, 2017 Estin Report: Last Week's Aspen Snowmass Real Estate Sales & Stats: Closed (12) + Under Contract / Pending (8)

The redesign of this website has been delayed for a few weeks.

The Estin Report: May 2017 Aspen Real Estate Monthly Snapshot was posted in Current Reports on Mon. June 5th. The Snapshots are usually posted on or near the 1st Monday of the month. The June 2017 Snapshot is forthcoming.
Excerpt:
"There is a night and day difference between May 2017 and the same time last year. The market appears to be firing on all cylinders heading into the summer selling season. A statistic that says it all: there were (15) Aspen single family home sales in May 2017 versus (2) in May 2016, +650% (Pg 6)...One very significant investor group that currently has about 15-18 projects under redevelopment and for sale has bumped up select property prices 5% in the past two weeks in anticipation of a formidable summer."
Estin Report: Q1 2017 & 2016 Year: State of Aspen Real Estate was released on 5/27/17 in Current Reports. The 32-Page report is available on-line as PDF and will be available in a print edition distributed in kiosks around town and at the airport on June 15th.

"Flip Job" Examples: See recent Before/After Redevelopmentin the Flip Jobs Section near the bottom of the Menu Bar on the left. These are properties that have been recently or are currently in the process of redevelopment for re-sale. This post is updated (06/14/17) as additional re-sale properties come on the market at significantly higher prices.

 A "Read more" link has been recently added under the 1st of last week's sold properties displayed below. This will improve site performance.
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Market Activity Week 27, June 25 - July 2, 2017

Aspen Snowmass real estate weekly sales and under contract activity appears below for all Aspen, Snowmass Village, Brush Cr Village, Woody Creek and Old Snowmass properties over $250,000 excluding fractionals in the upper Roaring Fork Valley. As the MLS links below expire after 30 days, photos and written descriptions of select closed properties (those with excellent photography) are posted here to preserve an archive of sold market activity.  Scroll down the page for home photos and details of weekly sales and under contract / pending Aspen properties in the past 4 weeks. For earlier dates, use the down arrow to quickly find blog archives by year and date to 2008. Or use SearchEstinAspen in the menu bar to search by topic, address, subdivision, complex, date, etc.  If it's about Aspen real estate, the information should be here.

Closed (12):  MLS#s 141933, 138827, 139689, 143854, 144706, 145603, 146806, 146917, 146958, 148859, 149601, 149718. This link is valid until 8/1/2017.

Under Contract/Pending (8): MLS#s 145074, 146159, 146214, 148246, 148827, 149392, 149460, 149512. This link is valid until 8/1/2017.

Aspen Snowmass Solds Last Week:  
MLS #149718 - "RUBEY LOT 5", Red Mountain, 101 American Lane, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $22,000,000. Aspen single family vacant lot for sale. More details below photo.

MLS #149718 - "RUBEY LOT 5" Red Mountain, 101 American Lane, Aspen, CO. Sold Price: $22,000,000. Aspen single family vacant lot for sale. Ask Price: $22,000,000. (This was an off market deal and was the Main House for Texan Marion Rubey) This is a 11.72 acres single family vacant lot. (The property does have a 6,600 sq ft 1985 built/1985 remodeled 4 bdrm/5 ba home on it but this is considered a teardown.)  "The property was the home of Houston socialite and Aspen Hall of Fame inductee Marian Rubey Lyeth Davis for more than 50 years. Her family started Maxwell House Coffee, and her four children. Catherine Rubey, Karen Rubey, Robert Rubey and the late Tina Rubey Baar’s son were listed with Marian Rubey as the property’s former owners in public records." according to the Aspen Daily News last week. Four (4) of the total five (5) Rubey lots have been sold - one (1) remains for sale at $20M. Broker comments are "Lot 5 of the exclusive 40 acre Rubey Family Subdivision sits adjacent to Willoughby Way on lower Red Mountain and features a large pond with water rights, woodlands, and flat grounds for the buyer to build up to 19,750 square feet with vested rights that no longer exist today –and with no TDR’s required. This expansive 11.721 acre property borders Hunter Creek and public land. A very rare A+++ location walking distance to downtown Aspen while still providing privacy and great 360 views of the surrounding mountains. A vested property rights and development agreement, dated Nov. 15, 2007, allows for the development of a home with as many as 15,000 square feet of floor area on Lot 5, the 11.7-acre lot that was sold and is part of the 40-plus acre Rubey subdivision. The square footage could expand through the use of (2) TDR's, transferrable development rights of 2,500 sq ft per TDR at a market cost of $225,000-250,000 each, for a total of approximately 19,750 sq ft. These property rights expire Sept. 26, 2021." 2016 taxes: $23,775. Under Contract Date: 06/27/2017; Sold Date: 06/27/2017. (Photos and broker comments courtesy of Engel & Völkers) Read More