The report was published 04/22/12.
Q1 2012 Executive Summary
Total Aspen Snowmass Market
In Q1 2012, the Aspen market is considerably off from last year Q1 2011 in spite of generally favorable US economic winds and trends - at least until the March US unemployment numbers were announced in early April. In Q1 2012 the total Aspen and Snowmass real estate market is down -29% in dollar sales and down -19% in unit sales over Q1 2011.
A comparison to the prior quarter Q4 2011, indicates a continued loss of sales momentum from the strong 1st Half of 2011.
Q1 2012: $182.9M (-28% from Q1 2011) 55 unit sales (-27% from Q1 2011) Q1 2011: $285.1M dollar sales (+84% from Q1 2010) 75 unit sales (+63% from Q1 2010) Q1 2010: $140.6M dollar sales (+47% from Q1 2009) 46 unit sales (+48 from Q1 2009) Q1 2009: $95.7M dollar sales 31 unit sales
In particular, Q1 2012 lacked the big ticket home sales over $5M and $10M+ that the market experienced the same time last year. Bear in mind , the average home price is $4.4M and the median is $4.0M, so a $5M sale is close to mid-market.
Over $10M Home Sales Q1 2012: Q1 2012 = sales >$10M (1 sale) or -83% Q1 2011 = sales >$ 10M (6 sales)
Over $5M Home Sales Q1 2012: Q1 2012 = sales >$5M (7 sales) or -42% Q1 2011 = sales >$5M (12 sales)
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