Highlights for the December year end 2010 Pitkin County Market Analysis:

* $125,236,180 total dollars for December, an increase of 54% from December 2009

* 67 total transactions for December, an increase of 11.7% from December 2009

* For the year, $1,262,919,589 an increase of 17.75% over 2009

* For the year, 689 total transactions a decrease of 1.9% from

Mason Morse Real Estate is a top ranking real estate company in the Roaring Fork Valley, handling more transactions in 2010 than any other firm. Each year Mason Morse recognizes our Top Producers in each respective market, the Top 10% of 2010 Sales in the MLS (in transactions or sales volume), and Mason Morse Core Values

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Monday's storm left Aspen with over a foot of fresh snow on some ski mountains. The snowstorm shut down the airport and Highway 82 over IndependencePass. Great news for The Aspen Skiing Co. as they took advantage of the cold temperatures and fired up the snowguns on Aspen Mountain a week earlier than planned! Count down to ski season...

Mason & Morse Ranch Company has announced the upcoming auction of over 15,500 acres of top-quality cropland in the northwest territory of Kansas. The size of the acreage being set for absolute auction sale represents one of the largest amounts of cropland acres ever offered at auction at one time in western [...]

Woody Creek, Colorado. Mason Morse Real Estate has listed the historic Craig Ranch, located only 20 minutes from Aspen in the pristine Woody Creek Valley. At 838 acres and bordered by US Forest Service designated road less areas, it is one the few remaining Aspen legacy ranches of this caliber, size and diversity with abundant resources and [...]

ASPEN,CO Mason Morse Real Estate is proud to announce the sale of Aspen Lakes Ranch for $24.5 million. Brian Hazen, Vice President/Broker Associate of Mason Morse represented the Buyer. The sale represents the highest priced single family home sale in the Aspen/Snowmass market since July of 2009. "I judge Aspen by its quality of life and