Park City Utah Real Estate Trending Upward (?)

By Todd Anderson

Aug 19, 2009

The Park City real estate market place has been showing recent signs of increased activity. Most REALTORS® in Park City and Deer Valley will tell you they feel that things are getting better. Sales figures for the Park City Board of Realtors may or may not support this feeling. The month of July had 69 closings within Park City and approximately the same number outside the Park City zip code (Kamas and Heber Valleys). Park City area real estate sales totaled nearly $70M for the month while sales in areas outside of Park City (but through the PCBR) totaled about $12.5M. The sales figures represent an increase of approximately 50% over the same time last year. This quick glance will no doubt be the sound bite for the Board of Realtors. Upon closer inspection, the numbers remain strong, but maybe not quite as robust as they seem. Closings of recently completed construction account for $20M of the total -one closing of a newly built home in the Paintbrush subdivision of Empire Pass at Deer Valley accounted for over $11M of the total. Closings at the newly completed Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons Resort accounted for over $9M and should be even larger in the month of August. Without the new construction closings (most of which were put under contract in 2007), sales figures for July are not as strong. Yet the numbers are still larger that a year ago. Other positive market signals for Park City and Deer Valley are that sales have been dispersed through all portions of the market. Not everything that has sold has been distressed and lower priced home inventory. At least 10 of the real estate sales completed in July were for over $1M and were not distressed or new constructions including a $5M home in the Bald Eagle subdivision of Deer Valley. Outside Park City sales volume was up by 30% from last year with total dollar volume slightly down. This illustrates that there may be stronger deals in the outskirts of Park City. Outlying areas have definitely seen larger price variations. Overall, the Park City real estate market has shown an uptick for the last month, and pending sales for the last two weeks total over 50 potential sales. Buyers and Sellers in Park City and Deer Valley are finding common ground and making deals. Each neighborhood and subdivision is different as are the pressures on individual Buyers and Sellers to better understand if it is the right time for you to buy or sell Park City & Deer Valley real estate, contact your local YouInParkCity.com realty professional. .

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Real Estate News: Park City, Utah

By Todd Anderson

Jul 20, 2009

St Regis, Dakota Mtn Lodge, Treasure Hill, Summit Research Park and more As the funicular cars fro access to the new St Regis Hotel at Deer Crest in Deer Valley were set to be installed (Friday July 17,2009), local radio station KPCW was airing a story about a Deer Crest residence owner suing the project and its developers. The radio report indicates that the owner of a home and lot in the lower portion of Deer Crest near the base of the Jordanelle Gondola at Deer Valley Resort has brought a lawsuit against the developers of the St Regis claiming that the developer has improperly changed the original documents pertaining to the parking and access to the hotel at Roosevelt Gap (above the Lower Deer Valley area of Park City, Utah). The complaint stems from the parking that now exists at the hotel and the employee parking lot and shuttle to the hotel from the base area near the gondola. The Deer Crest home owner claims that traffic impacts on the private road through Deer Crest (Deer hollow Rd.) due to the employee shuttles, taxi and limousine service, and service/delivery trucks is outside the scope of the original guidelines for the area and that changes to the guidelines were made improperly. The St Regis at Deer Crest developers have counter-sued claiming that all changes were made legally and stated that the filing was an attempt to gain access to the amenities of the hotel by the property owner. In other Park City real estate news, the new Dakota Mountain Lodge at The Canyons Resort in Park City opened its doors for business. The Dakota Mountain Lodge is a part of the internationally renowned Waldorf-Astoria Collection luxury hotels. The Snyderville Planning Commission has approved guidelines for the Summit Research Park. The research park is an 89 acre development in the Kimball Junction area of Park City just off hwy 224 near the I-80 interchange. The development is scheduled to begin work soon with some road improvements designed to improve traffic flow around the Landmark Dr. Area. The development of the research park with the housing and business construction around it has a possible 20-year build out. In other planning commission news, the Park City Planning department is scheduled to hear more on the Old Town area Treasure Hill development. This possible large hotel and residential development on the southern hillside above Old Town appears to be moving forward. The fact that there are major projects finishing up, under construction, and being planned for the near future are positive signs for the future value of real estate in Park City and Deer Valley. These developments will have impacts both positive and negative for many other Park City area communities and developments. To discuss possible recent and future development impacts on your property or future property purchases, contact a YouInParkCity.com Group REALTOR® with Keller Williams Park City Real Estate.

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Golf at The Canyons Resort in Park City

By Todd Anderson

Jun 17, 2009

Golf courses and spas are a major component of resort real estate in the Park City and Deer Valley area. Many of the real estate communities in The Canyons area of Park City have some reliance on golf in the area. A meeting will be held today to discuss why the proposed golf course adjacent to The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah has not come to fruition.

In the late 1990's as part of The Canyons Resort specially planned area (SPA), a golf course was required as part of the plan. The plan required a course to be in place by 2002.

The Spa allows for increased density at the base of The Canyons Resort and has many conditions which allow for the density increase such as a golf course (golf is often developed as "open space" in large development and SPA areas in and around Park City, Utah), roads, trails public right-of-ways, etc. Many of the problems with the proposed golf course and overall development of the base area at The Canyons Resort stem from the fact that there are over 25 different land owners involved dealing with complicated trades, leases and other transactions to get the original SPA approved.

With the Talisker Corp. as the new owner of The Canyons Resort, it was widely anticipated that due to its golf background, the course would move forward quickly. This has yet to happen and the lawsuits surrounding the area can only make matters worse.

Many of the real estate developments within and around The Canyons and Park City have made mention of the future course and no doubt many Buyers have made real estate purchases based on the proposed course.

The proposed golf course at The Canyons could play an important role in making the resort and surrounding tourism driven developments more profitable year-round. Most of the newer real estate developments in The Canyons area (The Grand Summit, The Sundial Lodge, Escala, Vintage on the Strand, The Westgate, Dakota Mountain Lodge, Fairway Springs and more) have made some claim to proximity to and added benefit to owners and guests that the proposed golf course at The Canyons will bring.

Unfortunately, golf courses are not cure-all prescriptions for real estate and tourism. Local private and semi-private Park City area golf courses are experiencing difficulties. These can be seen by the recent bankruptcy and subsequent emergence from bankruptcy at Promontory, as well as the exodus of over 100 members at the Jeremy Ranch golf club and heavily discounted memberships becoming available at Park Meadows Country Club.

The completion of the proposed course at The Canyons Resort in Park City will be a welcome addition by area golfers and tourists alike, but how well the Park City area which boasts more than 14 golf courses (and at least 3 more on the way) within a 20 mile drive can absorb enough tee times to make them all work is yet to be seen. The effect on the real estate surrounding the Park City and Deer Valley area golf courses is a great discussion.

For more information about golf related real estate opportunities in the Park City and Deer Valley areas, contact a YouInParkCity.com real estate agent.

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