"Purposeful Buyers"

During the freefall of 2009, Summit County was still visited by thousands of buyers, each seeking to verify what they'd heard about the second home market in the mountains.  A question we received regularly was, "Are we still falling?" and the anwer was usually a prompt, "We're not sure but expect that we are."  Although we met, greeted and toured hundreds of visitors through our new construction project in Frisco, WaterTower Place, we had no nibbles at our 2008, (pre-freefall) pricing.  Nevertheless, we held fast to our commitment to meet visitors every day to be certain we'd meet that first real buyer with a cheerful welcome.  Long months passed as summer became winter and winter brought with it in 2010, the first major settlement of prices in what has now become an approximately 20 to 30% reset. 

And, voila!  We've now ushered in a real crowd of purposeful buyers.  The principal difference between attitudes this year and last is that today, buyers are now fully aware that prices have fallen enough to assure their rise, when it happens, will generate some real upside for them.  Today, we state that we still do not know if prices are all the way to the floor, but that there's a certainty that they have fallen a long way.  And the happy result is that we are busy showing property, greeting buyers who walk-in and buyers escorted by brokers who recognize the values available today.  In the first half of this calendar year, we've closed more business, written more offers, taken more listings than we have in several years.

If you wonder about the condition of the market, we have 2,300 plus homes from which to choose.  If you persist and find a seller in a situation where you can both make things work, you'll be certain to achieve a bargain, and from among a reallly first-class inventory of property.  So, today, if you are a purposeful buyer, the world (in Summit County) is your oyster.  Give us a call.