Park City vs. Other Mountain Resorts and More

Greetings from the Park! Here is what’s new, exciting, and fit to print in and around Park City.

MOUNTAIN RESORT COMPARISONS

Ever wondered how Park City compares to other ski resort towns? The following stats from the Western Mountain Resort Alliance (www.wmra.com) shows how Park City faired compared to Colorado, Canada and Idaho.

       Compare 2010 sales to 2009 sales:

             Park City – Up 16% in dollar volume and up 26% in number of transactions

              Sun Valley – Up 20% in dollar volume and up 24% in number of transactions

              Whistler – Up 6% in dollar volume and up 6% in number of transactions

              Vail – Up 67% in dollar volume and up 33% in number of transactions

              Steamboat – Up 17% in dollar volume and up 18% in number of transactions

 ANNUAL POND SKIMMING CONTEST

The Canyons Ski Resort is at it again.  As part of this year’s 10 day Spring Gruv celebration, the annual pond skimming contest is scheduled for Saturday, March 26^th. If you’re in town that weekend you may want to check out the Canyon’s website for the other 9 day’s events. http://www.thecanyons.com/events.html?textid=10040

BANK OWNED PROPERTIES

If misfortune breads opportunity, then check out the following:

–          Two ski to ski from houses in Old Town for $1.75M

–          Hotel Park City Executive Suite $334,900

–          Promontory cabin with 4600 sq ft under $1M

–          Canyons ski condo at $220,000

Of course you can always email us for a list of the 32 other foreclosed and 78 short sale properties.

 POST GREETINGS FROM THE PARK

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