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

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"Because there continues to be sufficient inventory of great homes available for purchase, although rapidly thinning, and not to mention the hassles of the permitting and building process with a particularly onerous Pitkin County Land Use Code, buyers, in general, do not want to buy land and build at present. In addition, credit markets continue to be locked up making many land purchases all but impossible."