Local Area And Real Estate News

             Working as a REALTOR® in the Park City and Deer Valley Utah area puts me in a place to get a lot of questions from visitors. This is especially true while I am out enjoying the things that make Park City such a great place to live or vacation; skiing, biking, playing golf, etc. People are always curious about the prices of homes and condominiums in the area; whether or not they have any interest in purchasing Park City or Deer Valley property.             When I tell people the asking price or recent sales price of one of the homes or condominiums in the area, they commonly translate the price into a per square foot price in an effort to make a comparison to their home town.  With it currently being ski season, the questions are often related to slope-side homes and condominiums with ski-in, ski-out access and projects currently under construction like the St. Regis, Montage Hotel, and Flagstaff Condominiums. Quick math puts the prices of most of these developments in the $1200 to $2000 per square foot. "Wow" and "Maybe you can sell me a spot to stand" are common responses once the math has been done.             One quick comment regarding the scarcity of true ski-in, ski-out property in the Deer Valley area, and for that matter, in the world often times puts a better perspective on the prices in Park City, Utah. These are also new homes and condominiums for sale with top grade custom finishes and upper end if not professional grade appliances. I remind people that the prices change dramatically as you move away from the slopes.             It is not unlike homes with views versus those without, or homes that are ocean front versus those that are a few blocks inland. On a recent trip to San Diego, I pulled a few for sale flyers from ocean front homes; after doing the math, I found that small homes (under 1000 sq. ft.) built 20 years ago or more are commanding prices well over $2500 per square foot.             Waterfront homes share a similar scarcity to slope-side homes; similarly resort towns all have a common scarcity in whatever makes them a great place to vacation usually makes them a very desirable place to live; if not for employment opportunities, definitely for lifestyle and quality of life reasons.             Whatever quality makes a resort town desirable and the proximity to that attraction, whether it is the ski slopes, golf course, ocean, or bay; the closer you are, the more scarce and more costly the property.             Deer Valley, not unlike other luxury resort towns, puts a premium on its amenity adjacent properties. But don't let those properties scare you away from Park City as a whole; there is a wide array of ownership opportunities available for the vacationer as well as someone wanting to call Park City, UT home. The YouInParkCity.com Group can help you find anything from a premium ski-in, ski-out property to one just minutes away at a discounted price. You'll have to make the decision of the mountains versus the beach.