It’s that time of year! The 2009 Colorado Springs Area Parade of Homes has begun! Now is the time to see some of the area’s most amazingly constructed and decorated homes, brought to you by the Colorado Springs Home Builder Association (CSHBA).

Check out beautiful luxury parade homes in Monument, Briargate, Cordera, Flying Horse, Stetson Hills, Broadmoor, Fountain, and even Cripple Creek!

View 2009 Parade of Homes Map and Directions here!

• Dates: August 7 through August 23
• Times: Monday through Sunday; 11am – 7pm.
• Tickets: $10 Adults ages 18 – 64, $5 Seniors age 65 and older. You can purchase these tickets at any Safeway store or Buy Tickets through the CSHBA site.

Remember … you can register for a $5,000 Furniture Shopping Spree at the La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, at any Parade Home. You may also enter on teh CSHBA website thru August 23, 2009.  Click here to Register!

The new homes in this year’s Parade look AWESOME, so maybe we will see YOU on the tour!

Ute Pass - Colorado Springs Real Estate Market – September 2008

Single Family Homes in Ute Pass

• Active homes for sale: 24 (7 new listings in September)
• Homes sold in September2008: 2
• Average Sale Price: $187,500
• Median Sale Price: $187,500
• Average Days on Market: 80 days (up from 50 days in August)
• Average Sale Price/List Price: 90.9%

Read Also: Green Mountain Falls and Chipeta Park Real Estate Market for August 2008

“Based on information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR Services Corp. (”RSC”), for the period September 1-30, 2008.  RSC does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.  Data maintained by RSC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.”

Single Family Homes in Ute Pass

• Active homes for sale:27 (5 new listings in August)
• Homes sold in August 2008:2
• Average Sale Price: $330,000
• Median Sale Price: $330,000
• Average Days on Market: 50 days (up from 36 days in July)
• Average Sale Price/List Price: 86.9%

“Based on information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR Services Corp. (”RSC”), for the period August 1-31, 2008.  RSC does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.  Data maintained by RSC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.”

Sawgrass is a new patio home community “located long the 8th fairway of beautiful Shinnig Mountain Golf Course in Woodland Park [and is] nestled among towering Ponderosa pines with spectacular views of the golf course and majestic Pikes Peak.” (www.sawgrasswp.com)

Sawgrass at Shining Mountain is a gated community of low-maintenence, main-level living homes with a fully finished walk-out basement and covered rear Trex deck overlooking the golf course. Homes are 2,686 finished s.f. with an additional 405 sf left unfinished (for storage) and an attached 2-car garage.

The main level boasts a great room, dining room and open kitchen, a secondary bedroom and full hall bath and a master suite with 5-piece master bath, double walk-in closets and private access to rear deck.

The lower level offers a large rec room with wet bar, 2 more bedrooms with a 4-piece Jack and Jill bath, and a covered rear patio.

Prices for these beautiful Woodland Park patio homes start in the mid-$400,000.

• Featured Sawgrass Homes for Sale Now
• Sawgrass Patio Home Floor Plans
• Sawgrass Site Plan

The Sawgrass Patio Home Information Center is located at the Keller Williams Woodland Park office. For additional information, please contact Taylor Gray: (719) 632-1011

“Golf combines two favorite American pastimes:
taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.”
  ~P.J. O’Rourke

These areas are known as “up the pass” and refer to Chipeta Park, Green Mountain Falls and further west to Woodland Park and other towns in Park County and Summit County. Summit County is home to world famous ski-tropolis – Breckenridge, Colorado. Park County is all the towns and land from about Woodland Park to about Breckenridge.

When we have a client who is looking to buy or sell a home in Colorado Springs, we can help them, but once they head “up the pass” to places actually in the Rocky Mountains, we refer them to a competent real estate agent who understands the real estate of Park County and Summit County.

One real estate agent who sells homes in Park and Summit Counties is Emily Knott. Emily is a Keller Williams agent, based out of our Woodland Park Keller Williams office. I asked Emily to provide the Colorado Springs Real Estate Connection with some real estate statistics regarding Park and Summit Counties in Colorado, seeing as many people who visit our site may be interested in a second home in Colorado, or may just want to live more IN the Rocky Mountains than Colorado Springs real estate can offer.

Here is a summary of what Emily has to share:

Real Estate Statistics for Summit and Park Counties:

The average list price in Breckenridge, currently, is just under 1.6M!  Also, while the stats on Park County are accurate, they only take into account Park County on the West side of Wilkerson Pass (For the most part).

Also, the more rural areas such as Hartsel, Jefferson, and Como have on average much lower priced properties, which will bring down the average from Fairplay and Alma areas. The average for Alma and Fairplay areas on single family residential sales in 2007 is just under $300K, which is still very low compared to Summit County prices!

For someone looking for a second home in Colorado, or looking to just move to the Rocky Mountains, the Fairplay and Alma areas are a great option as they are still very affordable, and just 20 minutes or less from Breckenridge!  There are a ton of people who will be flooding over Hoosier Pass into Park County from Summit as the prices over there continue to rise which will make the Fairplay and Alma areas a fantastic investment zone.

What a great opportunity for home buyers and investors to own property near ski-country for just a fraction of the price that ski country offers!

Thank you, Emily, for your insight!

For additional questions on buying a Rocky Mountain Home or selling your home in Park or Summit County, please contact Emily Knott directly: (719) 210-5030