Steamboat Homes

Open House in Eagle Ridge Townhomes 12/28, 3-5pm

Waking up in Steamboat you are often privledged to see one of the hot air balloon tours that take off early in the morning that offer a fun ride & showcase the fantastic panoramic views Steamboat has to offer.  This picture above was taken as we were walking out of our Eagle Ridge townhome, getting ready to ski on this past Saturday.  The hot air balloon’s journey continued after we were able to take this picture and soared back into the sky.

This afternoon, as part of the Luxury Home Tour, 1505 Flattop circle, a townhome in the Eagle Ridge subdivision will be on tour.  Eagle Ridge is a luxury development less than 400m from the Gondola. See some of the pictures of this particular townhome on our Eagle Ridge Townhome Page.

For more information about this specific townhome, please feel free to stop by or send me an email at Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com

The success of the Edgemont condos has spurred the Atira Group developers to begin phase 2 of their project at Edgemont.  Thinking that these townhomes will appeal to those looking for more of a single-family appeal, the Edgemont townhomes are looking to combine the comforts of home with the convienience of ski-in/ski-out living and fantastic amenities.

For more information and a complete packet on the Edgemont Development, send an email to Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com

This Luxury home is located less than 15 easy minutes from Mt Werner Circle making it a perfect base to live the Steamboat Lifestyle. This home is a fit for full time residents and second homeowners that are “working on” becoming locals. Nearly completely rebuilt a couple of years ago, it is very hard to tell home is not new.

The home features beautiful views that span across the valley, current finishes, a well designed and thought-out floor plan. Some of the most notable features are listed out below in a few different categories.

The Layout of the Home Features -

• A perfect sized great room that includes the kitchen & dining room. The kitchen features a large island & double ovens.
• A wonderful main floor master suite with office and other office options
• A Recreation room with a bar & beverage fridges
• A hot tub that shares the same great views as the house and is located on it’s own private patio
• Attached baths on almost every bedroom
• And plenty of garage space and privacy

Some of the More Specific Details -

• High quality finishes that include beautiful wood ceilings, gorgeous counters throughout the house and many details that speak its quality and value.
• Wired with a high end automated lighting system in key areas.
• Heating and cooling systems are first class with modern high efficiency boilers powering energy efficient in floor heat, combined dual unit AC for cooling and forced air heat.  This helps to warm up things quickly when you have been away and makes this a comfortable home year round.
• Includes a high end automated lighting system in the main living area and is fully setup with a high end system for sharing AV throughout the rooms.

This is a top quality home built by master craftsman Tim Tilton whose location on the ridge top keep it naturally cool most of the time.  For More Information on the details of this home, feel free to send me an email at Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com or give me a call at 970.367.3719.  We are currently working on putting together an HD Video, Check Back Later!

The base area of Mt. Werner is currently in the middle of a grand overhaul.  This year marks the beginning of the 5^th year of reconstruction in effort to improve the design and functionality of the base area

‘Members of the Urban Redevelopment Area Advisory Committee said Thursday that this summer’s construction schedule includes the highly touted public promenade from One Steamboat Place to Torian Plum Plaza; the daylighting of Burgess Creek, with amenities including seating areas and fire pits; and a vastly improved staircase connecting the immediate ski base to the Torian Plum area, along with a ramp, both replacing the current metal stairs.’

‘Promenade work will begin when weather and conditions allow and will start at the public walkway’s southern end, near One Steamboat Place.’ The promenade is to be designed to match One Steamboat Place’s plaza as well as the fire pit and seating area installed last year next to Slopeside Grill.

What does this mean for your summer trips to Steamboat?  There will be some construction at the base area this summer. However,  the trails will still be open for hiking, Mountain Biking and running – allowing you to escape all of civilization in just a few minutes!  This summer is still a great time to visit and enjoy Steamboat and the construction should improve the quality of life at the base area in all seasons.  Hope to see you soon!

Stop by this afternoon for an Apres Ski for wine, beer, soda and hor d orderves and tour a few townhomes in Eagle Ridge.  1446 Flattop circle is a custom townhome with a unique floor plan that gives the home a large open main living area.  1505 Flattop Circle is also on tour.  This townhome features well-designed, upgraded finishes and beautiful views of Mt. Wenrer. It looks to be a beautiful blue-bird day!  If you are looking for another option for Apres Ski close to the slopes, stop on by!

For another development near Mt Werner, check out One Steamboat Place Real Estate.

The Steamboat area has seen a definite increase in real estate activity during 2010. The main contributing factors to this increase are the increasing confidence in the broader economy and significantly lower prices for many properties. This has driven increased buyer activity on the Internet, more people looking in person, more people buying and even a good number of multiple offer situations.

The sales volume for 2010 totaled at $513,051,000 which was 117% of 2009.  It feels like we have turned the corner in dollar volume and price will follow at some point but it really depends on what type of property we are talking about and where it is located.

Click Here to continue reading this blog post on the Real Estate Market in Steamboat Springs for 2010 and his outlook for 2011.  If you would like more specific examples of areas and types of properties around Steamboat Springs, please feel free to contact us at Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com or give us a call at 970.879.0879.

Last night’s snow fall gave Steamboat the most snow the mountain has ever seen in November. A great start to the year!! We have been able to get out for a few early morning powder runs the past few morning and have enjoyed the 20″ of new snow on the mountain. We put together a few short clips of our adventures below, Enjoy!

The Real Estate Roundup took place yesterday and saw another successful year at helping inform attendees of the economic situation in Steamboat and lend advice for best pursuing real estate ventures in the future. Jon (Wade) was the one of the 2 keynote speakers at the event and focused his discussion on the overall health and improvements seen in the Steamboat Springs Real Estate in 2010. Jon’s presentation gave a realistic view into the current status of the local market and spoke of encouraging signs for the future. We’ve highlighted a few points below –

• The 2010 total dollar volumes sold in all areas of the market are down significantly from the highs of 2007 — over 60 percent. But things are improving year over year. Citing Bruce Carta’s data the end of Septem­ber and the third quarter of 2010 saw $389 million in sales compared with $227 million at the same time in 2009 – representing a 71 percent increase.
• ‘The average sales price has increased from 2009 as higher-end buyers have returned to the market. However, any particular property is probably lower than last year. The overall number is influenced by the return of the luxury market.’
• ‘Looking into 2011…depending on the type of property, market conditions are becoming more favorable for sellers who bought before 2006. This could be the year [for many people to] get off the fence’
• Steamboat and Routt County still are buyers’ markets. There is actually good financing available for these as primary residences, and we’re seeing sales get done.

In addition to Jon’s presentation, Karen Mayfield, the Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager for the Mortgage Banking Division at Bank of the West, spoke about how the improvement in bank’s overall health has one of the main contributing factors improving the interest rates and accessibility Jumbo loans. The Steamboat Pilot quotes her stating, ‘The jumbo (loan) market — it’s absolutely coming back…At Bank of the West, we’ll do jumbos up to $4 million, and we’ll loan up to $2 million with 50 percent debt-to-income ratio. A significant number of prospective luxury-home owners assume that they’ll be slapped with much higher interest rates. But the rate spread between conforming loans and jumbos now is three-quarters of a point. “Why is jumbo back?” she asked rhetorically. “Banks are in better shape now.”’

If you have any questions about the current real estate situation in Steamboat Springs or are just curious about the town in general, feel free to send me an email or give me a call at Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com or 970.819.6930

We have moved our reporting of the weekly solds in Steamboat Springs to Steamboat Springs Real Estate. Check out this site in the future for more information on Homes Sold in Steamboat or to search the Steamboat Springs Real Estate MLS.

Here is a list of the of Weekly Solds for the Third and Fourth Weeks in October 2010 here in Steamboat Springs with some of my thoughts, if you would like to know more on these or any other property just give me a call.  It pays to know what is going on and have a good basis for your valuation, it is sad to see some people miss the mark by a wide margin.

Week 10/18 – 10/31

10/19     1725 Highland Way (Townhome 3br/3.5ba 3,121sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Highlands Subdivision. Sold for $1,150,000 – this buyer should have checked the comps.

10/21     2700 Eagleridge Drive Unit N13 (Condo 2br/2ba 875sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Terraces Condo. Sold for $290,000

10/21     790 Mauna Kea Lane (Single Family Home 4+br/3.5ba 3,715sq ft 0.48 acres) – Located in the Fish Creek Area, Spring Valley Estates. Sold for $778,000 – Great home that I had listed with big views of Strawberry Park and a nice layout.

10/22     140 Hillside Drive (Single Family Home 4br/3.5ba 3,049sq ft) – Located in the Fish Creek Area, Hillside Subdivision. Sold for $640,000

10/22     3436 Flagstone Ct. (Townhome 3br/2ba 1386sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Stone Lane Meadows. Sold for $370,000

10/22     Lots 16, 56, 57 Barn Village (Residential/Acreage 0.29 acres) – Located in the Mountain Area, Steamboat Barn Village. Sold for $1,100,000 – Lots sold for about 40% of list in this troubled development.  This gives us some price data to comp out the Range lots in Wild Horse Meadows.  Call me if you want a great deal on land in the mountain area.

10/22     665 Creel Lane (Single Family Home 3br/3.5ba 3,183sq ft 0.34 acres) – Located in the Fish Creek Area, Anglers Retreat. Sold for $1,525,000 – Beautiful home just off Fish Creek.

10/25     1404 Morgan Court (Condo 2br/1ba 961sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Villas @ Walton. Sold for $270,000 – right at market price for this condo with a garage.  Great complex for people from the front range and locals alike

10/26     2315 Storm Meadows Drive Kitzbuehl 2 (Condo 4+br/4ba 2,408sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Trails @ Storm Meadows. Sold for $1,199,000 – Close to ski in ski out condo that feels like a townhome.

10/26     1999 Indian Summer Drive (Townhome 5+br/5.2+ba 4,302sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Porches Development. Sold for $1,499,000 – Unit with a custom floor plan and contemporary finishes built for a unique situation.  I think they did surprisingly well here.

10/28     700 Yampa Street A301 (Condo 1br/1ba 624sq ft) – Located in the Downtown Area, Howelsen Place. Sold for $249,500 – Great deal on a high quality one bedroom condo downtown.

10/28     32040 Highlands Rd (Single Family Home 3br/2ba 1,474sq ft 4.34 acres) – Located in the Strawberry Park Area, Soda Creek Highlands. Sold for $700,00

10/29     1805 River Queen Ridgecrest Condo #202 (Condo 2br/2ba 834sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Ridgecrest Condo. Sold for $215,000

10/29     1471 Creekside Ct. Unit 401 Bldg 400 (Condo 2br/2ba 1,129sq ft) – Located in the Mountain Area, Creekside Condo. Sold for $227,000

We take a low-key approach and would love the opportunity to discuss your goals, give you the insights you need and share some of the things we love about Steamboat so you can make the most of your time here.  Call or Email us at – 970.879.0879  – Jon@TheSteamboatGroup.com

Steamboat Springs is a ranching mountain town awakened by the prosperity of an annual average of 335 inches of fluffy Champagne snow and year-round recreation. In Steamboat, wildlife grazes pristine alpine meadows as you quietly pass. The sun shines brightly under the bluest of skies and every season exudes a wealth of natural beauty, which can be enjoyed recreationally or from one of the many fine outdoors restaurants and shops.

The Bear Lodge at Trappeur’s Crossing Resort is part of a world-class lifestyle within steps of a five-star ski resort. This one of a kind resort in Steamboat Springs offers year-round pools and hot tubs, spa services, tennis courts, a private shuttle, personal ski valet, professional concierge, and apres ski parties. Trappeur’s Crossing Resort is centrally located for you to enjoy sophisticated shopping, elegant dining and year-round events to further enhance the allure of this magnificent four-season resort. Bear lodge is the sixth and final phase at Trappeur’s Crossing Resort so come be part of Steamboat’s finest established resort community.

Trappeur’s Crossing is a beautiful complex featuring six different lodges. With six different lodges, Trappeur’s provides a comfortable place to stay for people looking for a wide array of features in a ski lodge. To search Trappeur’s Crossing Listings in Steamboat Springs, this is a great place to start. We offer a quick & easy Steamboat MLS Search that will help you as well. If you would like more information on Steamboat’s Trappeur’s Crossing search, Steamboat’s MLS or Living in Steamboat please feel free to contact us at your pace.

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Steamboat is located approximately 22 miles away from the Yampa Valley Regional Airport (HDN) and has daily non-stop flights from many major cities, which makes us a convenient accessed ski resort in Colorado.