To Our Loyal Lovers of “The Butte”,
With all the snow melted down in the valley and the landscape is turning green, now is a great time to visit the Crested Butte area. Come play in the parks, ride and hike the trails, and fish the rivers before the crowds show up for the summer. While you are out, check out some of our many properties in the valley. The best way to find your new property is by using our new user-friendly search function.
Also check out our featured properties below to see the new changes that we are making to our website.
In our articles below there are some encouraging signs about the national housing market. With pending home sales up 3.2 percent and new home sales that appear to be bottoming out. You can see a review of the April sold listings in our area, and the properties that are currently under contract as of May 4, 2009.
Best regards,
The Benson Sotheby's International Realty Team
Pending Home sales rose 3.2 percent in March...
"Compared to a year ago, the typical family can pay much less in mortgage costs for the same home, or buy a better home without necessarily increasing their monthly payment," said NAR President Charles McMillan, in a prepared statement. "For buyers who've been on the sidelines and have good jobs, the market has never looked more favorable.
-- “Pending Home Sales Jump 3.2%,”by Les Chrisite, CNNMoney.com staff writer, March 4, 2009.
New Home sales data show encouraging signs...
After a staggering 74 percent decline from the peak in July 2005, new U.S. home sales appear to be bottoming out.
“We believe that the bottom is at hand and that sales will begin turning in the second half of this year,” wrote IHS Global Insight economist Patrick Newport. “As previous recessions show, demand for new homes does not evaporate altogether, even in the hardest of times.”
--"New homes sales data show encouraging signs," AP, April 24, 2009
